Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Investment in Charter Accounted for Using the Equity Method (Tables)

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Investment in Charter Accounted for Using the Equity Method (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Investment in Charter Accounted for Using the Equity Method  
Schedule of allocation of excess basis within memo accounts used for equity accounting purposes

The excess basis in our investment in Charter of $4,555 million as of June 30, 2020 is allocated within memo accounts used for equity accounting purposes as follows (amounts in millions):

June 30,

December 31,

2020

2019

Property and equipment

    

$

236

225

Customer relationships

 

1,180

1,043

Franchise fees

 

2,182

1,996

Trademarks

 

29

29

Goodwill

 

1,883

1,630

Debt

 

(70)

(9)

Deferred income tax liability

 

(885)

(817)

$

4,555

4,097

Summary of financial information for Charter

Summarized unaudited financial information for Charter is as follows (amounts in millions):

Charter condensed consolidated balance sheets

    

June 30, 2020

December 31, 2019

 

Current assets

$

4,770

6,537

Property and equipment, net

 

34,074

34,591

Goodwill

 

29,554

29,554

Intangible assets, net

 

73,808

74,775

Other assets

 

2,930

2,731

Total assets

$

145,136

148,188

Current liabilities

9,142

12,385

Deferred income taxes

 

17,789

17,711

Long-term debt

 

77,663

75,578

Other liabilities

 

4,141

3,703

Equity

 

36,401

38,811

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

$

145,136

148,188

Charter condensed consolidated statements of operations

Three months ended

    

Six months ended

June 30,

June 30,

2020

2019

2020

2019

Revenue

$

11,696

11,347

23,434

22,553

Cost and expenses:

Operating costs and expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

 

7,297

7,244

14,729

14,480

Depreciation and amortization

 

2,428

2,500

4,925

5,050

Other operating (income) expenses, net

 

2

62

9

57

9,727

9,806

19,663

19,587

Operating income

1,969

1,541

3,771

2,966

Interest expense, net

 

(957)

(945)

(1,937)

(1,870)

Other income (expense), net

30

(126)

(296)

(190)

Income tax benefit (expense)

 

(166)

(84)

(195)

(203)

Net income (loss)

876

386

1,343

703

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

(110)

(72)

(181)

(136)

Net income (loss) attributable to Charter shareholders

$

766

314

1,162

567