Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
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| Deferred tax assets: | ||
| Net operating loss carryforwards and tax credits | $ 1,376,012 | $ 1,447,159 |
| Deferred revenue | 760,774 | 730,239 |
| Accrued bonus | 35,225 | 31,458 |
| Expensed costs capitalized for tax | 19,610 | 19,584 |
| Investments | 44,129 | 46,857 |
| Stock based compensation | 74,544 | 66,030 |
| Other | 31,133 | 37,226 |
| Total deferred tax assets | 2,341,427 | 2,378,553 |
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||
| Depreciation of property and equipment | (259,491) | (250,821) |
| FCC license | (783,822) | (779,145) |
| Other intangible assets | (172,520) | (190,442) |
| Total deferred tax liabilities | (1,215,833) | (1,220,408) |
| Net deferred tax assets before valuation allowance | 1,125,594 | 1,158,145 |
| Valuation allowance | (47,682) | (49,095) |
| Total net deferred tax asset | $ 1,077,912 | $ 1,109,050 |
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowance of deferred tax assets attributable to expensed costs capitalized for tax. No definition available.
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- Definition Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards and Tax Credit Carryforwards No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liabilities attributable to taxable temporary differences from other intangible assets other than our FCC licenses. No definition available.
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- Definition Net deferred tax assets before valuation allowance. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from deferred income. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from equity method investments. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount, after allocation of valuation allowances and deferred tax liability, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible differences and carryforwards, without jurisdictional netting. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences, classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from employee bonuses. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from share-based compensation. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from intangible assets other than goodwill. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from property, plant, and equipment. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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