Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Revenue Recognition (Tables)

v3.19.3
Revenue Recognition (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]  
Significant Changes in Our Contract Liabilities

Significant changes in our contract liabilities balances during the period are as follows:

 

 

 

Short-Term

 

 

Long-Term

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Balance, beginning of period January 1, 2019

 

$

11,537

 

 

$

1,379

 

Revenue recognized during the period that was included in the beginning balance of contract liabilities

 

 

(7,145

)

 

 

 

Additional amounts recognized during the period

 

 

14,392

 

 

 

590

 

Revenue recognized during the period that was recorded during the period

 

 

(9,569

)

 

 

 

Transfers

 

 

162

 

 

 

(162

)

Balance, end of period September 30, 2019

 

$

9,377

 

 

$

1,807

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount refundable at beginning of period

 

$

11,410

 

 

$

1,379

 

Amount refundable at end of period

 

$

9,287

 

 

$

1,807

 

Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction

We expect to satisfy these performance obligations as follows:

 

For the Twelve Months Ended September 30,

 

Amount

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

$

9,377

 

2021

 

 

667

 

2022

 

 

601

 

2023

 

 

248

 

2024

 

 

126

 

Thereafter

 

 

165

 

 

 

$

11,184

 

Trade and Barter Transactions Expenses

Trade and barter revenues and expenses were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Net broadcast barter revenue

 

$

1,384

 

 

$

1,366

 

 

$

4,915

 

 

$

4,080

 

Net digital media barter revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

93

 

 

 

 

Net publishing barter revenue

 

 

3

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net broadcast barter expense

 

$

1,458

 

 

$

1,199

 

 

$

4,211

 

 

$

3,667

 

Net digital media barter expense

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

Net publishing barter expense

 

 

7

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

6

 

Reconciliation of Revenue from Segments to Consolidated

The following table presents our revenues disaggregated by revenue source for each of our three operating segments:

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Broadcast

 

 

Digital Media

 

 

Publishing

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

By Source of Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Block Programming - National

 

$

36,517

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

36,517

 

Block Programming - Local

 

 

22,867

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,867

 

Spot Advertising - National

 

 

11,956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,956

 

Spot Advertising - Local

 

 

38,467

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,467

 

Infomercials

 

 

1,091

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,091

 

Network

 

 

13,923

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,923

 

Digital Advertising

 

 

8,558

 

 

 

15,136

 

 

 

290

 

 

 

23,984

 

Digital Streaming

 

 

557

 

 

 

2,947

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,504

 

Digital Downloads and eBooks

 

 

 

 

 

4,196

 

 

 

1,232

 

 

 

5,428

 

Subscriptions

 

 

825

 

 

 

6,076

 

 

 

581

 

 

 

7,482

 

Book Sales and e-commerce, net of estimated sales returns and allowances

 

 

294

 

 

 

468

 

 

 

9,342

 

 

 

10,104

 

Self-Publishing Fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,258

 

 

 

4,258

 

Print Advertising

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

474

 

 

 

499

 

Other Revenues

 

 

7,774

 

 

 

526

 

 

 

885

 

 

 

9,185

 

 

 

$

142,854

 

 

$

29,349

 

 

$

17,062

 

 

$

189,265

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timing of Revenue Recognition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Point in Time

 

$

141,161

 

 

$

29,301

 

 

$

17,062

 

 

$

187,524

 

Rental Income (1)

 

 

1,693

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,741

 

 

 

$

142,854

 

 

$

29,349

 

 

$

17,062

 

 

$

189,265

 

 

(1)

Rental income is not applicable to ASC Topic 606, but shown for the purpose of identifying each revenue source presented in total revenue on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements within this report on Form 10-Q.