Liberty Broadband Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Intangible Assets and Goodwill

Intangible Assets and Goodwill

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill



	GCI Holdings		Corporate and other	Total
	amounts in thousands
Balance at January 1, 2018	$	—	25,569	25,569
Acquisitions	942,118		—	942,118
Balance at September 30, 2018	$	942,118	25,569	967,687

Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization



	September 30, 2018
	Gross				Net
	carrying		Accumulated		carrying
	amount		amortization		amount
	amounts in thousands
Customer relationships	$	443,267	(46,981	)	396,286
Other amortizable intangibles	117,482		(33,209	)	84,273
Total	$	560,749	(80,190	)	480,559

Amortization expense for intangible assets with finite useful lives was $17.1 million and $0.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Amortization expense for intangible assets with finite useful lives was $38.7 million and $2.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Amortization expense for amortizable intangible assets for each of the five succeeding fiscal years is estimated to be (amounts in thousands):



Remainder of 2018	$	16,994
2019	$	59,357
2020	$	51,358
2021	$	45,754
2022	$	41,656