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Segment Information

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Segment Information
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Segment Information  
Segment Information

(10) Segment Information

Liberty Broadband identifies its reportable segments as (A) those consolidated companies that represent 10% or more of its consolidated annual revenue, annual Adjusted OIBDA or total assets and (B) those equity method affiliates whose share of earnings or losses represent 10% or more of Liberty Broadband’s annual pre-tax earnings (losses).

Liberty Broadband evaluates performance and makes decisions about allocating resources to its operating segments based on financial measures such as revenue and Adjusted OIBDA. In addition, Liberty Broadband reviews nonfinancial measures such as subscriber growth.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, Liberty Broadband has identified the following consolidated company and equity method investment as its reportable segments:

GCI Holdings – a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company that provides a full range of wireless, data, video, voice, and managed services to residential, businesses, governmental entities, and educational and medical institutions primarily in Alaska.
Charter – an equity method investment that is one of the largest providers of cable services in the United States, offering a variety of entertainment, information and communications solutions to residential and commercial customers.

Liberty Broadband’s operating segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services. They are managed separately because each segment requires different technologies, distribution channels and marketing strategies. The accounting policies of the segment that is also a consolidated company are the same as those described in the Company’s summary of significant accounting policies in the Company’s annual financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. We have included amounts attributable to Charter in the tables below. Although Liberty Broadband owns less than 100% of the outstanding shares of Charter, 100% of the Charter amounts are included in the tables below and subsequently eliminated in order to reconcile the account totals to the Liberty Broadband condensed consolidated financial statements.

Performance Measures

Revenue by segment from contracts with customers, classified by customer type and significant service offerings follows:

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Nine months ended

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September 30,

2022

    

2021

2022

    

2021

amounts in millions

GCI Holdings

  

 

  

  

 

  

Consumer Revenue

  

 

  

  

 

  

Wireless

$

37

34

105

98

Data

 

58

53

173

158

Other

 

13

22

41

68

Business Revenue

 

Wireless

 

12

19

36

56

Data

 

103

92

288

268

Other

 

6

7

18

21

Lease, grant, and revenue from subsidies

 

19

19

58

57

Total GCI Holdings

248

246

719

726

Corporate and other

4

6

13

Total

$

248

 

250

725

 

739

Charter revenue totaled $13,550 million and $13,146 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $40,348 million and $38,470 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

The Company had receivables of $197 million and $217 million at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, the long-term portion of which are included in Other assets, net. The Company had deferred revenue of $32 million at both September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The receivables and deferred revenue are only from contracts with customers, which amounts exclude receivables and deferred revenue arising from leases, grants, and subsidies. GCI Holdings’ customers generally pay for services in advance of the performance obligation and therefore these prepayments are recorded as deferred revenue. The deferred revenue is recognized as revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations as the services are provided. Changes in the contract liability balance for the Company during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 were not materially impacted by other factors.

The Company expects to recognize revenue in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) of approximately $92 million in the remainder of 2022, $238 million in 2023, $91 million in 2024, $63 million in 2025 and $73 million in 2026 and thereafter.

For segment reporting purposes, Liberty Broadband defines Adjusted OIBDA as revenue less operating expenses and selling, general and administrative expenses excluding stock-based compensation. Liberty Broadband believes this measure is an important indicator of the operational strength and performance of its businesses by identifying those items that are not directly a reflection of each business’ performance or indicative of ongoing business trends. In addition, this measure allows management to view operating results and perform analytical comparisons and benchmarking between businesses and identify strategies to improve performance. This measure of performance excludes depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, transaction costs, separately reported litigation settlements and restructuring and impairment charges that are included in the measurement of operating income pursuant to GAAP. Accordingly, Adjusted OIBDA should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, operating income, net earnings, cash flow provided by operating activities and other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Liberty Broadband generally accounts for intersegment sales and transfers as if the sales or transfers were to third parties, that is, at current prices.

Adjusted OIBDA is summarized as follows:

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September 30,

2022

2021

2022

2021

amounts in millions

GCI Holdings

    

$

90

    

89

267

274

Charter

 

5,210

5,295

 

15,993

14,967

Corporate and other

 

(7)

(9)

 

(21)

(36)

 

5,293

5,375

 

16,239

15,205

Eliminate equity method affiliate

 

(5,210)

(5,295)

 

(15,993)

(14,967)

Consolidated Liberty Broadband

$

83

80

246

238

Other Information

September 30, 2022

 

Total

Investments

Capital

 

assets

in affiliate

expenditures

 

amounts in millions

 

GCI Holdings

$

3,374

132

Charter

 

143,669

 

 

6,456

Corporate and other

 

11,745

 

11,547

 

 

158,788

 

11,547

 

6,588

Eliminate equity method affiliate

 

(143,669)

 

 

(6,456)

Consolidated Liberty Broadband

$

15,119

 

11,547

 

132

The following table provides a reconciliation of Adjusted OIBDA to Operating income (loss) and Earnings (loss) before income taxes:

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Nine months ended

 

September 30,

September 30,

 

2022

2021

2022

    

2021

 

amounts in millions

 

Adjusted OIBDA

    

$

83

    

80

    

246

    

238

Stock-based compensation

 

(10)

(11)

(28)

 

(31)

Depreciation and amortization

 

(66)

(68)

(195)

 

(199)

Litigation settlement, net of recoveries

(19)

24

(29)

(86)

Operating income (loss)

(12)

25

(6)

(78)

Interest expense

(35)

(28)

(91)

 

(90)

Share of earnings (loss) of affiliate, net

 

309

314

998

 

752

Gain (loss) on dilution of investment in affiliate

 

(1)

(67)

 

(98)

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net

 

148

(27)

362

 

(53)

Gain (loss) on dispositions, net

12

179

 

12

Other, net

 

(34)

3

(73)

 

18

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

$

376

298

1,302

 

463