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Segment Reporting
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting SEGMENT REPORTING
We principally deliver broadband, video, telephony and mobile services to residential and business customers, as well as proprietary content and advertising services in the United States. Our connectivity services are provided through a converged fixed and mobile network and key operating activities and resource allocation decisions are managed centrally. Our chief executive officer is the chief operating decision maker ("CODM"). Our CODM assesses performance and decides how to allocate resources based on our consolidated statements of operations. Our CODM manages the business on a consolidated basis such that we have a single operating segment. Our segment performance measure is consolidated net income (loss). The measure of segment assets is the Company's total consolidated assets which are reflected on our balance sheets.
The following table presents significant expenses that are not separately presented on the statements of operations that are reviewed by the CODM.
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2026202520262025
Programming costs$426,146 $497,520 $867,488 $1,002,276 
Other direct costs (a)161,508 165,170 351,295 330,945 
Programming and other direct costs$587,654 $662,690 $1,218,783 $1,333,221 
Sales and marketing (d)$173,502 $200,381 $353,932 $381,276 
Network services135,540 136,771 258,452 270,921 
Other (b)346,914 359,715 703,775 742,856 
Other operating expenses (c)$655,956 $696,867 $1,316,159 $1,395,053 
(a)Other direct costs include interconnection, call completion, circuit and transport fees paid to other telecommunication companies for the transport and termination of voice and data services. These costs also include franchise fees which are payable to the state governments and local municipalities where we operate. Additionally, these costs include the cost of media for advertising spots sold, the cost of mobile devices sold to our customers and direct costs of providing mobile services.
(b)Other operating expenses include costs related to our call center operations that handle customer inquiries and billing and collection activities, costs related to our information technology systems, costs related to our news and advertising business, as well as our Lightpath business, and various other operating costs such as share-based compensation, corporate overhead and facilities.
(c)Other operating expenses for CSC Holdings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 amounted to $657,640 and $1,319,610, respectively, and include additional costs of $1,684 and $3,451 respectively, that were eliminated at Optimum Communications.
(d)Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2025 amounts to conform to the 2026 presentation