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ADT Inc
(NYSE:ADT) 

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ADT Inc. provides security, automation, and smart home solutions to consumer and business customers in the United States. It provides a range of fire detection, fire suppression, video surveillance, and access control systems to residential, commercial, and multi-site customers. The company primaril...

Founded: 1874
IPO Price: $14 (Jan 19, 2018)
Full Time Employees: 17,500
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Security & Protection Services

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At a glance:
  • Recurring Revenue Base Anchors Stability: ADT’s business is supported by subscription monitoring and services revenue, which tends to be more predictable than one-time equipment sales and can provide resilience across economic cycles.
  • Customer Churn and Subscriber Growth Are Key Drivers: Net subscriber additions and churn rates are central to ADT’s outlook because small changes can materially impact lifetime value, profitability, and the pace of revenue growth.
  • Leverage and Interest Expense Influence Equity Value: As a capital-intensive, debt-bearing model, ADT’s earnings and free cash flow can be sensitive to refinancing needs, interest rates, and management’s progress on debt reduction.
  • Partnerships and Smart-Home Offerings Shape Competitive Position: Strategic partnerships and integration with smart-home ecosystems can improve customer acquisition and retention, but success depends on execution, product differentiation, and channel effectiveness.
  • Margins and Free Cash Flow Depend on Install/Service Efficiency: Operational metrics such as installation costs, service productivity, and hardware economics can drive margin expansion and free cash flow conversion, especially as the company scales its subscriber base.
Bull Thesis:
  • Strong Recurring Revenue Model: ADT benefits from a high-margin, subscription-based revenue model, providing predictable and stable cash flows. This recurring revenue base offers resilience against economic fluctuations and forms a solid foundation for long-term growth.
  • Strategic Partnerships and Smart Home Expansion: The partnership with Google (e.g., Google Nest integration) enhances ADT's smart home offerings, broadens its technology capabilities, and expands its addressable market beyond traditional security. This positions ADT to capture growth in the evolving smart home ecosystem.
  • Powerful Brand Recognition and Market Leadership: ADT possesses one of the most recognized brands in the security industry, fostering high customer trust and loyalty. This strong brand equity provides a significant competitive advantage in customer acquisition and retention, maintaining its leadership position.
  • Increasing Demand for Security and Monitoring Services: Societal trends, including concerns over safety and the desire for peace of mind, continue to drive demand for professional security and monitoring services. ADT is well-positioned to capitalize on this persistent market need.
Bear Thesis:
  • High Customer Acquisition Costs (CAC) and Churn: ADT faces significant upfront costs to acquire new customers, which can weigh on profitability and free cash flow generation. Additionally, competition from DIY solutions and other providers can lead to higher churn rates, necessitating continuous investment in customer retention.
  • Intense Competition from Diverse Players: The security market is highly competitive, with pressure from traditional rivals, cable companies, and a growing number of DIY smart home security providers (e.g., Ring, SimpliSafe). This competition can lead to pricing pressure and challenges in maintaining market share.
  • Significant Debt Load and Interest Rate Sensitivity: ADT carries a substantial amount of debt on its balance sheet. This debt can limit financial flexibility, increase interest expenses (especially in a rising interest rate environment), and potentially constrain investments in growth or innovation.
  • Challenges in Generating Consistent Free Cash Flow: Despite a strong recurring revenue model, ADT has historically faced challenges in consistently generating robust free cash flow due to high customer acquisition costs, capital expenditures, and debt servicing. This can impact its ability to deleverage or return capital to shareholders.
Main Competitors:
  • Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (Vivint Smart Home Security System), Competes directly with ADT by offering professionally installed and monitored smart home security systems, often through a direct-to-consumer sales model and long-term contracts, emphasizing integrated smart home automation and energy management. Vivint was acquired by NRG Energy in March 2023.
  • Brinks Home Security (Brinks Home Security Systems), A long-standing competitor in the traditional professionally installed and monitored home security market, competing on service, monitoring quality, and brand recognition, often through dealer networks and direct sales, similar to ADT's core business model.
  • Comcast Corporation ($CMCSA) (Xfinity Home Security & Automation), Leverages its existing broadband and cable TV customer base to offer integrated smart home security and automation services. Xfinity Home competes on bundled pricing, convenience, and the appeal of a single provider for multiple home services, often at competitive rates.
  • Amazon.com, Inc. ($AMZN) (Ring Alarm Security System), Disrupts the traditional security market by offering affordable, DIY-friendly smart security devices and systems with optional professional monitoring. Ring appeals to cost-conscious consumers and those preferring self-installation and flexible, lower-cost subscriptions, challenging ADT's higher upfront costs and long-term contracts.
Moat:
ADT's primary moat lies in its strong brand recognition, extensive professional installation and monitoring infrastructure, and a large, loyal customer base built over decades. However, it faces intense competition from several fronts. Traditional security providers like Brinks Home Security and Vivint compete directly on service, sales models, and integrated smart home solutions. Telecom giants such as Comcast's Xfinity Home leverage existing customer relationships and bundled services to attract subscribers. Furthermore, the rise of tech companies like Amazon's Ring has introduced a significant disruptive force with affordable, DIY-friendly systems and flexible monitoring options, challenging ADT's higher upfront costs and long-term contract model. ADT must continuously innovate its offerings, integrate advanced smart home technology, and adapt its pricing strategies to maintain its market leadership against these diverse competitive pressures.
Income Statements:
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    Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 
                                     
      revenue:
                                     
      monitoring and related services
    1,080,476,000 1,083,181,000 1,097,561,000 1,090,241,000 1,083,104,000 1,085,210,000 1,077,550,000 1,068,065,000 1,062,652,000 1,053,654,000 1,053,456,000 1,187,063,000 1,173,318,000 1,162,536,000 1,159,641,000 1,121,296,000 1,103,038,000 1,098,389,000 1,083,520,000 1,062,766,000 1,053,974,000 1,045,677,000 1,041,379,000 1,045,957,000 1,058,181,000 1,093,564,000 1,085,422,000 1,070,415,000 1,040,122,000 1,029,399,000 1,023,126,000 1,017,292,000  
      security installation, product, and other
    198,053,000 192,946,000 200,393,000 196,794,000 184,387,000 175,169,000 166,286,000 136,494,000 127,020,000 118,744,000 126,417,000 328,533,000 294,201,000                     
      total revenue
    1,278,529,000 1,276,127,000 1,297,954,000 1,287,035,000 1,267,491,000 1,260,379,000 1,243,836,000 1,204,559,000 1,209,311,000 1,222,255,000 1,237,484,000 1,593,128,000 1,612,354,000 1,645,442,000 1,604,091,000 1,544,747,000 1,380,988,000 1,317,002,000 1,304,417,000 1,304,704,000 1,314,724,000 1,298,924,000 1,331,387,000 1,369,752,000 1,298,283,000 1,300,570,000 1,283,744,000 1,243,060,000 1,185,450,000 1,148,316,000 1,131,459,000 1,116,448,000  
      yoy
    0.87% 1.25% 4.35% 6.85% 4.81% 3.12% 0.51% -24.39% -25.00% -25.72% -22.85% 3.13% 16.75% 24.94% 22.97% 18.40% 5.04% 1.39% -2.03% -4.75% 1.27% -0.13% 3.71% 10.19% 9.52% 13.26% 13.46% 11.34%      
      qoq
    0.19% -1.68% 0.85% 1.54% 0.56% 1.33% 3.26% -0.39% -1.06% -1.23% -22.32% -1.19% -2.01% 2.58% 3.84% 11.86% 4.86% 0.96% -0.02% -0.76% 1.22% -2.44% -2.80% 5.50% -0.18% 1.31% 3.27% 4.86% 3.23% 1.49% 1.34%   
      total cost of revenue
    242,855,000 241,954,000 250,710,000 250,186,000 240,122,000 234,469,000 222,106,000 196,234,000 235,827,000 229,070,000 236,820,000 483,676,000 514,001,000 527,946,000 494,321,000 509,768,000 415,437,000 371,985,000 381,585,000 381,166,000 374,300,000 357,895,000 376,347,000 407,986,000 369,681,000 356,556,000 338,089,000 325,958,000 283,431,000 263,286,000 246,225,000 248,394,000  
      gross profit
    1,035,674,000 1,034,173,000 1,047,244,000 1,036,849,000 1,027,369,000 1,025,910,000 1,021,730,000 1,008,325,000 973,484,000 993,185,000 1,000,664,000 1,109,452,000 1,098,353,000 1,117,496,000 1,109,770,000 1,034,979,000 965,551,000 945,017,000 922,832,000 923,538,000 940,424,000 941,029,000 955,040,000 961,766,000 928,602,000 944,014,000 945,655,000 917,102,000 902,019,000 885,030,000 885,234,000 868,054,000  
      yoy
    0.81% 0.81% 2.50% 2.83% 5.54% 3.29% 2.11% -9.12% -11.37% -11.12% -9.83% 7.20% 13.75% 18.25% 20.26% 12.07% 2.67% 0.42% -3.37% -3.97% 1.27% -0.32% 0.99% 4.87% 2.95% 6.66% 6.83% 5.65%      
      qoq
    0.15% -1.25% 1.00% 0.92% 0.14% 0.41% 1.33% 3.58% -1.98% -0.75% -9.81% 1.01% -1.71% 0.70% 7.23% 7.19% 2.17% 2.40% -0.08% -1.80% -0.06% -1.47% -0.70% 3.57% -1.63% -0.17% 3.11% 1.67% 1.92% -0.02% 1.98%   
      gross margin %
    81.01% 81.04% 80.68% 80.56% 81.06% 81.40% 82.14% 83.71% 80.50% 81.26% 80.86% 69.64% 68.12% 67.91% 69.18% 67.00% 69.92% 71.76% 70.75% 70.79% 71.53% 72.45% 71.73% 70.21% 71.53% 72.58% 73.66% 73.78% 76.09% 77.07% 78.24% 77.75%  
      selling, general, and administrative expenses
    364,769,000 360,427,000 384,353,000 356,138,000 368,600,000 370,823,000 358,520,000 388,440,000 398,453,000 380,491,000 395,600,000 441,771,000 462,229,000 480,177,000 480,427,000 482,348,000 445,137,000 448,634,000 445,636,000 449,602,000 444,715,000 410,933,000 414,031,000 453,227,000 358,714,000 378,645,000 344,664,000 324,509,000 324,323,000 295,119,000 322,538,000 304,970,000  
      depreciation and intangible asset amortization
    345,486,000 341,147,000 347,818,000 338,734,000 339,517,000 340,667,000 335,270,000 333,859,000 334,353,000 329,877,000 333,088,000 345,838,000 383,055,000 411,704,000 406,332,000 476,123,000 490,689,000 480,010,000 474,271,000 469,809,000 473,528,000 473,346,000 477,869,000 489,024,000 486,508,000 505,832,000 500,864,000 495,878,000 484,161,000 474,772,000 488,320,000 483,676,000  
      operating income
    325,419,000 332,599,000 315,073,000 341,977,000 319,252,000 305,390,000 326,350,000 284,175,000 195,496,000 262,984,000 167,313,000 122,574,000 42,722,000 206,351,000 67,341,000 75,980,000 10,441,000 23,096,000 -1,879,000 -16,380,000 16,688,000 62,886,000 50,422,000 -89,356,000 64,105,000 -51,234,000 93,137,000 90,436,000 10,687,000 121,847,000 73,921,000 71,385,000  
      yoy
    1.93% 8.91% -3.46% 20.34% 63.30% 16.12% 95.05% 131.84% 357.60% 27.44% 148.46% 61.32% 309.18% 793.45% -3683.87% -563.86% -37.43% -63.27% -103.73% -81.67% -73.97% -222.74% -45.86% -198.81% 499.84% -142.05% 26.00% 26.69%      
      qoq
    -2.16% 5.56% -7.87% 7.12% 4.54% -6.42% 14.84% 45.36% -25.66% 57.18% 36.50% 186.91% -79.30% 206.43% -11.37% 627.71% -54.79% -1329.16% -88.53% -198.15% -73.46% 24.72% -156.43% -239.39% -225.12% -155.01% 2.99% 746.22% -91.23% 64.83% 3.55%   
      operating margin %
    25.45% 26.06% 24.27% 26.57% 25.19% 24.23% 26.24% 23.59% 16.17% 21.52% 13.52% 7.69% 2.65% 12.54% 4.20% 4.92% 0.76% 1.75% -0.14% -1.26% 1.27% 4.84% 3.79% -6.52% 4.94% -3.94% 7.26% 7.28% 0.90% 10.61% 6.53% 6.39%  
      interest expense
    -98,381,000 -109,972,000 -112,617,000 -115,798,000 -120,879,000 -82,051,000 -161,830,000 -109,700,000 -88,931,000 -169,769,000 -147,187,000 -84,282,000 -171,626,000 -147,243,000 -30,084,000 -6,307,000 -110,143,000 -133,275,000 -166,525,000 -47,724,000 -138,798,000 -156,759,000 -187,265,000 -225,367,000 -153,596,000 -152,431,000 -154,641,000 -158,905,000 -161,987,000 -152,405,000 -174,479,000 -174,333,000  
      other income
    426,000 -7,927,000 -3,835,000 803,000 -4,864,000 8,032,000 17,735,000 11,550,000 15,622,000 11,968,000 661,000 519,000 -1,190,000 95,596,000 -156,116,000 1,496,000 3,466,000 1,511,000 1,533,000 1,803,000 1,721,000 1,992,000 2,271,000 2,309,000 2,103,000 200,000 1,510,000 1,199,000 -1,792,000 552,000 29,282,000 -460,000  
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
    227,464,000 214,700,000 198,621,000 226,982,000 193,509,000                             
      income tax benefit
    -58,113,000 -68,404,000 -55,109,000 -58,749,000 -51,032,000 -29,275,000 -50,235,000 -59,840,000 -30,655,000 -17,023,000 -38,764,000 55,138,000 43,073,000 -1,202,000 -1,534,000 -19,524,000 38,289,000 36,496,000 41,021,000 14,563,000 13,232,000 27,699,000 27,831,000 77,964,000 16,466,000 36,367,000 22,848,000 22,361,000 3,623,000 7,701,000 4,571,000 7,568,000  
      income from continuing operations
    169,351,000 146,296,000 143,512,000 168,233,000 142,477,000 197,294,000 132,020,000 126,185,000 91,532,000 85,214,000 -20,665,000                       
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
    -977,000 -902,000 1,620,000 -3,054,000 -2,231,000 -7,337,000 -4,869,000 -33,791,000 19,000 490,658,000 -65,572,000                       
      net income
    168,374,000 145,394,000 145,132,000 165,179,000 140,246,000 189,957,000 127,151,000 92,394,000 91,551,000 575,872,000 -86,237,000 92,211,000 -89,698,000 151,443,000 -121,987,000 51,645,000 -57,947,000 -109,129,000 -125,850,000 -47,894,000 -112,061,000 -113,098,000 -106,741,000 -300,293,000 -71,993,000 -181,630,000 -104,057,000 -66,470,000 -149,469,000 -235,544,000 -66,705,000 -157,437,000  
      yoy
    20.06% -23.46% 14.14% 78.78% 53.19% -67.01% -247.44% 0.20% -202.07% 280.26% -29.31% 78.55% 54.79% -238.77% -3.07% -207.83% -48.29% -3.51% 17.90% -84.05% 55.66% -37.73% 2.58% 351.77% -51.83% -22.89% 56.00% -57.78%      
      qoq
    15.81% 0.18% -12.14% 17.78% -26.17% 49.39% 37.62% 0.92% -84.10% -767.78% -193.52% -202.80% -159.23% -224.15% -336.20% -189.12% -46.90% -13.29% 162.77% -57.26% -0.92% 5.96% -64.45% 317.11% -60.36% 74.55% 56.55% -55.53% -36.54% 253.11% -57.63%   
      net income margin %
    13.17% 11.39% 11.18% 12.83% 11.06% 15.07% 10.22% 7.67% 7.57% 47.12% -6.97% 5.79% -5.56% 9.20% -7.60% 3.34% -4.20% -8.29% -9.65% -3.67% -8.52% -8.71% -8.02% -21.92% -5.55% -13.97% -8.11% -5.35% -12.61% -20.51% -5.90% -14.10%  
      common stock:
                                     
      income from continuing operations per share - basic
    0.21 0.18 0.18 0.2 0.17 0.23 0.15 0.14 0.1 0.09 -0.02                       
      income from continuing operations per share - diluted
    0.2 0.17 0.17 0.19 0.16 0.22 0.14 0.13 0.1 0.09 -0.02                       
      net income per share
    0.21 0.18 0.18 0.2 0.16 0.22 0.14 0.1 0.1 0.63 -0.09                       
      weighted-average shares outstanding - basic
    759,716 777,822 764,742 777,635 808,029 846,521 850,462 848,273 855,893 856,843 857,423                       
      weighted-average shares outstanding - diluted
    821,857 841,176 828,448 839,951 871,312 908,700 912,861 909,128 918,394 856,843 857,423                       
      class b common stock:
                                     
      merger, restructuring, integration, and other
         9,030,000 1,590,000 1,851,000 45,182,000 19,833,000 16,296,000 18,090,000 17,647,000 19,264,000 6,285,000 528,000 19,284,000 -6,723,000 4,804,000 20,507,000 5,493,000 -6,117,000 12,038,000 108,794,000 12,813,000 9,800,000 6,990,000 6,279,000 -5,114,000 -6,708,000    
      income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in net earnings of equity method investee
         226,569,000 182,255,000 186,025,000 122,187,000                         
      income from continuing operations before equity in net earnings of equity method investee
         197,294,000 132,020,000 126,185,000 91,532,000                         
      equity in net earnings of equity method investee
                -2,677,000 -2,059,000 -1,594,000                   
      solar installation, product, and other
            19,639,000 49,857,000 57,611,000 77,532,000 144,835,000                     
      goodwill impairment
              88,367,000 181,179,000 192,700,000  149,385,000           45,482,000        
      income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in net earnings (losses) of equity method investee
             -38,772,250 20,787,000                       
      income from continuing operations before equity in net earnings (losses) of equity method investee
             -35,662,750 -17,977,000                       
      equity in net earnings (losses) of equity method investee
             -1,775,750 -2,688,000 -1,738,000                      
      income before income taxes and equity in net earnings (losses) of equity method investee
               38,811,000                      
      income before equity in net earnings (losses) of equity method investee
               93,949,000                      
      common stock
               0.1 -0.1 0.17 -0.13 0.06 -0.06 -0.13 -0.15 -0.06 -0.14 -0.15            
      class b common stock
               0.1 -0.1 0.17 -0.13 0.06 -0.06 -0.13 -0.15 -0.06 -0.62 0.05            
      weighted-average shares outstanding - basic:
                                     
      weighted-average shares outstanding - diluted:
                                     
      income before income taxes and equity in net earnings of equity method investee
                -130,094,000 154,704,000 -118,859,000                   
      income before equity in net earnings of equity method investee
                -87,021,000 153,502,000 -120,393,000                   
      installation, product, and other
                 330,784,750 444,450,000 423,451,000                  
      loss on extinguishment of debt
                     -36,957,000  -156,000 -4,904,000 -48,916,000  -65,843,000 -1,071,000 -14,532,000 -66,911,000 -21,561,000  -213,239,000  -61,597,000  
      income before income taxes
                   71,169,000 -96,236,000 -145,625,000 -166,871,000 -62,457,000 -125,293,000 -140,797,000 -134,572,000 -378,257,000 -88,459,000 -217,997,000 -126,905,000 -88,831,000 -153,092,000 -243,245,000 -71,276,000 -165,005,000  
      installation and other
                    277,950,000 218,613,000 220,897,000 241,938,000 260,750,000 253,247,000 290,008,000 323,795,000 240,102,000 207,006,000 198,322,000 172,645,000 145,328,000 118,917,000 108,333,000 99,156,000  
      weighted-average shares outstanding - basic and diluted:
                                     
      loss on sale of business
                         -19,000 680,000 77,000          
      net income per share
    0.21 0.18 0.18 0.2 0.16 0.22 0.14 0.1 0.1 0.63 -0.09                       
      basic and diluted
                          -0.14 -0.4 -0.118 -0.25 -0.14 -0.09 -0.155 -0.31 -0.09 -0.22  
      weighted-average number of shares:
                                     
      basic and diluted
                          760,597 759,092  739,852 749,575 756,252  755,277 750,009 728,579  
      loss on business held for sale
                            13,872,250 55,489,000        
      cash dividends declared per common share
                                0.026 0.035 0.035 0.035  
      merger, restructuring, integration, and other costs
                                  455,000 8,023,000  
    Balance Sheets:
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    Annual
      Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 
                                       
        assets
                                       
        current assets:
                                       
        cash and cash equivalents
      119,328,000 80,817,000 62,806,000 45,195,000 3,744,000 96,212,000 95,338,000 37,883,000 4,041,000 14,621,000 238,582,000 146,435,000 186,316,000 257,223,000 45,734,000 17,404,000 24,453,000 61,207,000 150,439,000 122,554,000 204,998,000 489,433,000 45,473,000 118,141,000 48,736,000 155,774,000 43,052,000 95,680,000 363,177,000 256,917,000 344,288,000 258,195,000 122,899,000 
        restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents
      32,470,000 27,723,000 108,228,000 107,247,000 87,442,000 107,853,000 109,411,000 111,034,000 114,655,000 115,329,000 117,482,000 114,365,000 117,236,000 116,357,000                    
        accounts receivable
      368,068,000 384,909,000 400,437,000 406,594,000 395,281,000 393,511,000 396,913,000 386,484,000 387,498,000 390,471,000 384,393,000 621,871,000 598,163,000 597,313,000 539,573,000 453,823,000 442,158,000 363,060,000 356,736,000 331,698,000 336,033,000 289,680,000 258,901,000 270,452,000          
        inventories
      188,884,000 201,778,000 190,436,000 185,690,000 188,818,000 196,731,000 203,007,000 203,022,000 209,765,000 223,681,000 199,203,000 307,728,000 326,617,000 329,490,000 331,615,000 304,835,000 277,323,000 214,205,000 192,790,000 181,404,000 174,839,000 155,159,000 130,414,000 129,074,000 104,219,000 105,503,000 108,251,000 106,680,000 89,178,000 79,332,000 78,134,000 82,564,000 85,672,000 
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      190,634,000 250,325,000 226,079,000 195,532,000 182,255,000 210,613,000 194,902,000 240,928,000 285,035,000 254,165,000 238,137,000 301,823,000 323,962,000 340,848,000 355,468,000 215,412,000 178,069,000 178,015,000 198,967,000 188,930,000 210,212,000 200,401,000 176,545,000 165,628,000 151,102,000 141,221,000 127,630,000 133,834,000 129,811,000 107,364,000 95,491,000 102,349,000 73,358,000 
        total current assets
      899,384,000 945,552,000 987,986,000 940,258,000 857,540,000 1,004,920,000 1,002,893,000 985,541,000 1,000,994,000 1,004,694,000 1,635,393,000 1,554,967,000 1,624,567,000 1,721,996,000 1,364,315,000 1,067,404,000 992,531,000 871,663,000 948,647,000 867,821,000 967,394,000 1,179,911,000 651,110,000 718,956,000 625,483,000 1,319,167,000 582,475,000 606,545,000 854,017,000 626,723,000 1,450,872,000 621,632,000 455,886,000 
        property and equipment
      273,167,000 243,398,000 240,810,000 240,770,000 242,290,000 247,183,000 259,554,000 263,004,000 261,275,000 283,170,000 276,179,000 340,898,000 356,067,000 375,968,000 376,968,000 362,071,000 364,108,000 334,862,000 325,349,000 326,657,000 325,716,000 324,201,000 333,686,000 340,111,000 328,731,000 337,449,000 356,911,000 331,010,000 326,565,000 308,671,000 318,827,000 327,823,000 332,445,000 
        subscriber system assets
      2,748,691,000 2,790,879,000 2,836,081,000 2,914,895,000 2,949,154,000 2,981,161,000 3,003,196,000 3,018,746,000 3,011,419,000 3,005,936,000 2,990,694,000 3,102,531,000 3,079,049,000 3,061,303,000 3,039,577,000 2,919,362,000 2,867,528,000 2,817,855,000 2,761,597,000 2,695,466,000 2,663,228,000 2,649,718,000 2,633,884,000 2,686,589,000 2,739,296,000 2,775,276,000 2,929,512,000 2,918,894,000 2,907,701,000 2,906,559,000 2,894,096,000 2,890,645,000 2,892,683,000 
        intangible assets
      4,829,452,000 4,817,996,000 4,867,486,000 4,875,837,000 4,806,326,000 4,854,099,000 4,898,878,000 4,835,809,000 4,843,986,000 4,877,493,000 4,823,473,000 5,004,029,000 5,019,815,000 5,091,747,000 5,185,952,000 5,285,664,000 5,413,351,000 5,520,747,000 5,649,464,000 5,809,295,000 5,906,690,000 6,046,728,000 6,234,528,000 6,475,283,000 6,669,645,000 6,815,587,000 7,225,974,000 7,349,315,000 7,488,194,000 7,488,118,000 7,568,606,000 7,715,553,000 7,856,775,000 
        goodwill
      4,999,172,000 4,885,574,000 4,885,574,000 4,903,899,000 4,903,899,000 4,903,899,000 4,903,899,000 4,903,899,000 4,903,899,000 4,903,899,000 4,903,899,000 5,344,329,000 5,626,514,000 5,818,605,000 5,822,076,000 5,940,758,000 5,943,403,000 5,244,942,000 5,244,685,000 5,242,973,000 5,236,302,000 5,217,275,000 5,219,361,000 5,217,400,000 4,959,658,000 4,956,917,000 5,145,477,000 5,132,911,000 5,081,887,000 5,088,325,000 5,075,681,000 5,078,370,000 5,070,586,000 
        deferred subscriber acquisition costs
      1,478,584,000 1,451,841,000 1,425,381,000 1,390,392,000 1,356,723,000 1,324,376,000 1,288,840,000 1,249,237,000 1,210,302,000 1,175,904,000 1,135,018,000 1,169,187,000 1,119,908,000 1,079,638,000 1,035,144,000 905,323,000 850,489,000 796,574,000 742,242,000 692,505,000 654,019,000 611,334,000 561,218,000 538,013,000 513,320,000 494,370,000 487,781,000 456,566,000 429,965,000 400,946,000 371,700,000 342,913,000 282,478,000 
        other assets
      684,198,000 683,271,000 737,875,000 706,019,000 714,133,000 735,319,000 726,732,000 727,023,000 712,308,000 712,998,000 771,077,000 818,438,000 719,777,000 723,568,000 743,863,000 534,199,000 462,941,000 435,279,000 403,902,000 376,931,000 363,587,000 336,900,000 324,453,000 286,391,000 247,519,000 248,323,000 249,039,000 238,456,000 120,279,000 148,242,000 135,850,000 131,988,000 123,967,000 
        total assets
      15,912,648,000 15,818,511,000 15,981,193,000 15,972,070,000 15,830,065,000 16,050,957,000 16,084,561,000 15,985,822,000 15,944,183,000 15,964,094,000 17,431,112,000 17,334,379,000 17,545,697,000 17,872,825,000 17,567,895,000 17,014,781,000 16,894,351,000 16,021,922,000 16,075,886,000 16,011,648,000 16,116,936,000 16,366,067,000 15,958,240,000 16,262,743,000 16,083,652,000 16,947,089,000 16,977,169,000 17,033,697,000 17,208,608,000 16,967,584,000 17,815,632,000 17,858,924,000 17,014,820,000 
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                       
        current liabilities:
                                       
        current maturities of long-term debt
      309,142,000 310,204,000 521,725,000 1,064,298,000 206,632,000 195,791,000 196,563,000 192,220,000 322,070,000 320,612,000 835,292,000 836,075,000 464,566,000 871,917,000 857,746,000 126,363,000 117,592,000 101,358,000 90,777,000 80,170,000 44,764,000 69,035,000 63,029,000 58,805,000 58,049,000 212,877,000 329,884,000 366,475,000 58,184,000 48,327,000 48,319,000 48,519,000 48,060,000 
        accounts payable
      113,178,000 106,980,000 166,884,000 187,125,000 132,739,000 153,537,000 226,614,000 222,113,000 260,137,000 293,883,000 275,557,000 375,312,000 397,666,000 486,715,000 489,948,000 449,542,000 474,976,000 361,020,000 357,045,000 348,441,000 321,595,000 273,100,000 213,148,000 284,123,000 241,954,000 296,990,000 275,081,000 249,416,000 221,341,000 206,135,000 196,920,000 200,853,000 187,695,000 
        deferred revenue
      247,075,000 243,724,000 247,483,000 252,856,000 252,880,000 247,785,000 249,920,000 247,414,000 252,080,000 264,398,000 271,900,000 385,639,000 395,201,000 402,691,000 428,861,000 373,863,000 373,532,000 339,182,000 347,483,000 355,773,000 345,582,000 341,146,000 347,764,000 349,298,000 342,359,000 343,875,000 340,100,000 340,201,000 334,886,000 310,766,000 316,249,000 319,192,000 309,157,000 
        accrued expenses and other current liabilities
      397,108,000 336,723,000 517,124,000 520,335,000 493,967,000 634,904,000 533,959,000 604,897,000 574,779,000 601,315,000 582,272,000 721,880,000 741,110,000 899,780,000 909,172,000 629,223,000 737,245,000 607,276,000 625,967,000 530,572,000 584,151,000 566,167,000 612,921,000 555,831,000 477,366,000 491,542,000 445,913,000 426,077,000 398,079,000 444,572,000 374,130,000 410,646,000 351,340,000 
        total current liabilities
      1,066,503,000 1,012,948,000 1,477,575,000 2,051,886,000 1,117,134,000 1,263,780,000 1,245,357,000 1,315,346,000 1,409,066,000 1,480,208,000 2,279,122,000 2,318,906,000 1,998,543,000 2,661,103,000 2,685,727,000 1,578,991,000 1,703,345,000 1,408,836,000 1,421,272,000 1,314,956,000 1,296,092,000 1,249,448,000 1,236,862,000 1,248,057,000 1,119,728,000 1,474,017,000 1,390,978,000 1,382,169,000 1,012,490,000 1,009,800,000 1,671,279,000 979,210,000 896,252,000 
        long-term debt
      7,359,722,000 7,379,430,000 7,284,108,000 6,751,094,000 7,612,702,000 7,511,282,000 7,524,523,000 7,532,250,000 7,566,878,000 7,523,349,000 8,832,409,000 8,834,725,000 9,375,568,000 8,956,671,000 8,945,314,000 9,735,304,000 9,575,098,000 9,508,341,000 9,471,195,000 9,445,820,000 9,447,780,000 9,675,430,000 9,685,322,000 9,899,058,000 9,634,226,000 9,638,118,000 9,481,059,000 9,347,601,000 9,944,112,000 9,519,504,000 9,522,457,000 9,527,952,000 10,121,126,000 
        deferred subscriber acquisition revenue
      2,079,449,000 2,083,580,000 2,087,721,000 2,090,428,000 2,078,616,000 2,067,608,000 2,058,273,000 2,034,660,000 1,975,886,000 1,914,954,000 1,849,142,000 1,826,454,000 1,735,298,000 1,645,478,000 1,554,764,000 1,308,260,000 1,199,293,000 1,098,769,000 1,000,558,000 900,458,000 832,166,000 768,356,000 701,129,000 683,862,000 673,625,000 644,741,000 629,810,000 583,460,000 544,429,000 505,188,000 460,307,000 413,317,000 368,669,000 
        deferred tax liabilities
      1,286,665,000 1,267,329,000 1,181,410,000 1,169,753,000 1,170,278,000 1,167,213,000 1,116,665,000 1,080,102,000 1,039,113,000 1,027,189,000 908,823,000 763,550,000 855,803,000 904,628,000 927,606,000 887,909,000 867,203,000 900,388,000 935,989,000 973,163,000 990,899,000 1,002,916,000 1,030,936,000 1,060,900,000 1,166,269,000 1,190,298,000 1,287,589,000 1,321,197,000 1,342,168,000 1,370,142,000 1,374,455,000 1,381,723,000 1,376,708,000 
        other liabilities
      320,517,000 282,262,000 281,991,000 235,549,000 219,966,000 224,384,000 230,231,000 199,713,000 217,459,000 229,748,000 215,991,000 272,732,000 265,959,000 271,842,000 247,630,000 224,050,000 300,693,000 365,272,000 392,250,000 399,341,000 510,663,000 531,441,000 509,876,000 476,040,000 305,435,000 288,731,000 297,874,000 251,239,000 140,604,000 126,956,000 125,292,000 124,975,000 136,504,000 
        total liabilities
      12,112,856,000 12,039,901,000 12,322,409,000 12,312,691,000 12,212,773,000 12,250,156,000 12,187,276,000 12,177,612,000 12,208,402,000 12,175,448,000 14,192,447,000 14,016,367,000 14,231,171,000 14,439,722,000 14,361,041,000 13,734,514,000 13,645,632,000 13,281,606,000 13,221,264,000 13,033,738,000 13,077,600,000 13,227,591,000 13,164,125,000 13,367,917,000 12,899,283,000 13,235,905,000 13,087,310,000 12,885,666,000 12,983,803,000 12,531,590,000 13,153,790,000 13,135,288,000 13,581,708,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                       
        stockholders' equity:
                                       
        preferred stock—authorized 1,000,000 shares of 0.01 par value...
                                       
        common stock—authorized 3,999,000,000 shares of 0.01 par value...
      7,503,000 7,652,000 7,650,000 7,780,000 7,882,000 8,366,000 8,573,000 8,571,000 8,556,000 8,674,000 8,668,000 8,664,000 8,668,000 8,621,000 8,586,000 8,513,000 8,468,000 7,764,000 7,763,000 7,749,000 7,710,000 7,707,000 7,704,000 7,701,000 7,536,000 7,500,000 7,464,000 7,670,000 7,669,000 7,668,000 1,052,000 1,052,000 2,000 
        class b common stock—authorized 100,000,000 shares of 0.01 par value...
      547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000 547,000              
        additional paid-in capital
      6,563,279,000 6,679,222,000 6,666,054,000 6,764,716,000 6,840,189,000 7,117,098,000 7,358,241,000 7,347,061,000 7,317,895,000 7,413,305,000 7,407,164,000 7,390,269,000 7,380,867,000 7,380,759,000 7,273,501,000 7,262,237,000 7,261,267,000 6,677,875,000 6,665,145,000 6,644,332,000 6,640,763,000 6,613,866,000 6,139,135,000 6,114,409,000 5,977,402,000 5,930,174,000 5,888,576,000 5,993,668,000 5,969,347,000 5,947,280,000 5,935,377,000 5,890,377,000 4,435,329,000 
        accumulated deficit
      -2,784,340,000 -2,907,255,000 -3,007,138,000 -3,106,714,000 -3,225,634,000 -3,318,174,000 -3,458,579,000 -3,535,042,000 -3,576,763,000 -3,617,718,000 -4,160,955,000 -4,041,963,000 -4,032,463,000 -3,909,624,000 -4,028,519,000 -3,933,140,000 -3,952,590,000 -3,862,964,000 -3,724,139,000 -3,568,615,000 -3,491,069,000 -3,349,356,000 -3,206,845,000 -3,072,852,000 -2,742,193,000 -2,112,318,000 -1,904,242,000 -1,773,662,000 -1,680,432,000 -1,504,054,000 -1,241,639,000 -1,148,059,000 -998,212,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      12,803,000 -1,556,000 -8,329,000 -6,950,000 -5,692,000 -7,036,000 -11,497,000 -12,927,000 -14,454,000 -16,162,000 -16,759,000 -39,505,000 -43,093,000 -47,200,000 -47,261,000  -68,973,000                 
        total stockholders' equity
      3,799,792,000 3,778,610,000 3,658,784,000 3,659,379,000 3,617,292,000 3,800,801,000 3,897,285,000 3,808,210,000 3,735,781,000 3,788,646,000 3,238,665,000 3,318,012,000 3,314,526,000 3,433,103,000 3,206,854,000 3,280,267,000 3,248,719,000 2,740,316,000 2,854,622,000 2,977,910,000 3,039,336,000 3,138,476,000 2,794,115,000 2,894,826,000 3,184,369,000 3,711,184,000 3,889,859,000 4,148,031,000 4,224,805,000 4,435,994,000 4,661,842,000 4,723,636,000 3,433,112,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
      15,912,648,000 15,818,511,000 15,981,193,000 15,972,070,000 15,830,065,000 16,050,957,000 16,084,561,000 15,985,822,000 15,944,183,000 15,964,094,000 17,431,112,000 17,334,379,000 17,545,697,000 17,872,825,000 17,567,895,000 17,014,781,000 16,894,351,000 16,021,922,000 16,075,886,000 16,011,648,000 16,116,936,000 16,366,067,000 15,958,240,000 16,262,743,000 16,083,652,000 16,947,089,000 16,977,169,000 17,033,697,000 17,208,608,000 16,967,584,000 17,815,632,000 17,858,924,000 17,014,820,000 
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
       15,317,000 24,359,000 27,272,000 30,916,000 31,763,000 38,301,000 48,702,000                          
        noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations
       14,352,000 9,604,000 13,981,000 14,077,000 15,889,000 12,227,000 15,541,000                          
        current assets of discontinued operations
            3,322,000 6,190,000                          
        noncurrent assets of discontinued operations
            569,000 2,563,000                          
        work-in-progress
               6,427,000 7,299,000 62,745,000 72,273,000 80,765,000 91,925,000 75,930,000 70,528,000 55,176,000 49,715,000 43,235,000 41,312,000 45,238,000 39,777,000 35,661,000 34,183,000 40,386,000 27,997,000 24,991,000 26,137,000 28,481,000 30,194,000 23,291,000 21,252,000 
        current assets held for sale
                450,297,000                       
        noncurrent assets held for sale
                895,379,000                       
        current liabilities held for sale
                314,101,000                       
        noncurrent liabilities held for sale
                106,960,000                       
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                     -57,890,000  -82,906,000 -94,694,000 -106,103,000 -118,615,000 -134,288,000 -145,879,000 -154,432,000 -58,376,000 -114,172,000 -101,939,000 -79,645,000 -71,779,000 -14,900,000 -32,948,000 -19,734,000 -4,007,000 
        preferred stock—authorized 1,000,000 and 250,000 shares of 0.01 par value as of december 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively; zero issued and outstanding
                                       
        class b common stock
                          547,000 547,000            
        preferred stock—authorized 1,000,000 and 250,000 shares of 0.01 par value as of september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively; zero issued and outstanding.
                                       
        preferred stock—authorized 250,000 shares of 0.01 par value...
                                       
        accounts receivable trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 44,337 and 39,765, respectively
                              287,243,000         
        accounts receivable trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 41,812 and 39,765, respectively
                               284,856,000        
        assets held for sale
                               591,427,000        
        liabilities held for sale
                               128,733,000        
        accounts receivable trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 43,892 and 39,765, respectively
                                275,545,000       
        accounts receivable trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 40,631 and 39,765, respectively
                                 245,360,000      
        accounts receivable trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 39,765 and 34,042, respectively
                                  245,714,000     
        mandatorily redeemable preferred securities—authorized 1,000,000 shares series a of 0.01 par value...
                                     708,111,000 682,449,000 
        accounts receivable trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 41,144 and 34,042, respectively
                                   154,629,000    
        restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                    753,883,000   
        accounts receivable trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 36,059 and 34,042, respectively
                                    148,882,000   
        current maturities of mandatorily redeemable preferred securities
                                    735,661,000   
        current portion of restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                     3,883,000 3,883,000 
        accounts receivable trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 35,358 and 34,042, respectively
                                     151,350,000  
        noncurrent restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                     750,000,000  
        accounts receivable trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 34,042 and 28,109, respectively
                                      148,822,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 
                                     
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                     
          net income
        145,132,000 165,179,000 140,246,000 189,957,000 127,151,000 92,394,000 91,551,000 575,872,000 -86,237,000 63,072,000 -89,698,000 151,443,000 51,645,000 -57,947,000 -109,129,000   -112,061,000            
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                     
          depreciation and intangible asset amortization
        347,818,000 338,734,000 339,535,000 340,693,000 335,325,000 334,325,000 334,353,000 329,877,000 329,901,000 345,838,000 383,055,000 411,704,000 476,123,000 490,689,000 480,010,000 474,271,000 469,809,000 473,528,000 473,346,000 477,869,000 489,024,000 486,508,000 505,832,000 500,864,000 495,878,000 484,161,000 474,772,000 488,320,000 483,676,000 
          amortization of deferred subscriber acquisition costs
        64,040,000 62,149,000 60,358,000 59,193,000 56,119,000 54,730,000 54,605,000 50,106,000 50,525,000 48,479,000 46,684,000 44,748,000 36,939,000 34,725,000 32,534,000 30,188,000 28,642,000 26,597,000 24,810,000 22,789,000 22,627,000 21,584,000 20,784,000 19,528,000 18,232,000 17,052,000 15,724,000 14,305,000 12,847,000 
          amortization of deferred subscriber acquisition revenue
        -90,005,000 -89,618,000 -88,871,000 -88,671,000 -87,980,000 -86,182,000 -83,376,000 -80,953,000 -79,719,000 -75,910,000 -72,022,000 -68,461,000 -53,423,000 -49,153,000 -45,020,000 -40,729,000 -37,159,000 -34,458,000 -31,329,000 -29,540,000 -29,477,000 -28,778,000 -28,034,000 -26,133,000 -24,339,000 -22,755,000 -20,826,000 -18,790,000 -16,765,000 
          share-based compensation expense
        10,716,000 11,649,000 20,521,000 9,284,000 9,942,000 21,416,000 7,971,000 8,069,000 15,580,000 11,506,000 15,982,000 16,922,000 16,020,000 15,389,000 16,242,000 13,587,000 16,019,000 21,255,000 26,431,000 24,828,000 23,499,000 20,500,000 18,876,000 22,540,000 23,710,000 22,107,000 17,803,000 45,814,000 49,288,000 
          deferred income taxes
        43,844,000 -146,000 2,634,000 51,931,000 38,667,000 37,571,000 11,414,000 118,431,000 138,030,000 -81,277,000 -49,949,000 -16,929,000 16,172,000 -37,494,000 -39,390,000 -40,781,000 -21,815,000 -26,408,000 -31,585,000 -32,915,000 -82,507,000 -31,550,000 -38,454,000 -24,278,000 -23,607,000 -8,455,000 -9,105,000 -4,040,000 -5,738,000 
          benefit from losses on receivables and inventory
        54,818,000 48,337,000 52,545,000 68,598,000 39,334,000 46,105,000 60,765,000 46,596,000 37,376,000 40,614,000 26,479,000 45,452,000 19,314,000 8,634,000 11,011,000   20,658,000            
          loss on extinguishment of debt
        4,798,000 6,443,000           36,957,000 156,000 4,904,000 48,916,000 65,843,000 1,071,000 14,532,000 66,911,000 21,561,000 213,239,000 61,597,000 
          goodwill, intangible, and other asset impairments
           3,017,000 850,000 20,446,000 6,893,000 93,831,000 234,132,000 193,700,000                   
          unrealized (gain) loss on interest rate swap contracts
        15,330,000 16,835,000 25,041,000 -15,968,000 62,872,000 8,402,000 -10,146,000 76,974,000 -16,380,000 -54,613,000 32,516,000 10,752,000 -145,289,000 -42,415,000 -23,033,000               
          other non-cash items
        14,465,000 19,620,000 18,987,000 -88,023,000 11,390,000 21,699,000 20,845,000 -2,756,000 50,191,000 24,051,000 28,601,000 20,167,000 65,445,000 49,370,000 28,854,000 31,985,000 38,815,000 41,584,000 25,606,000 28,765,000 48,579,000 33,892,000 35,927,000 38,479,000 29,478,000 21,999,000 -4,347,000 1,929,000 498,000 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and dispositions:
                                     
          deferred subscriber acquisition costs
        -99,289,000 -95,903,000 -92,787,000 -94,812,000 -88,195,000 -93,748,000 -89,086,000 -91,078,000 -110,312,000 -97,967,000 -87,161,000 -89,457,000 -92,837,000 -88,887,000 -87,122,000 -80,191,000 -67,402,000 -69,591,000 -75,382,000 -46,671,000 -48,194,000 -42,123,000 -50,215,000 -51,697,000 -45,953,000 -48,897,000 -46,967,000 -45,961,000 -42,849,000 
          deferred subscriber acquisition revenue
        58,051,000 57,537,000 57,828,000 55,919,000 61,525,000 68,912,000 65,918,000 67,787,000 73,274,000 74,944,000 73,529,000 73,454,000 81,073,000 75,300,000 71,687,000 71,684,000 58,170,000 55,253,000 54,582,000 30,325,000 39,714,000 57,975,000 66,992,000 71,969,000 62,908,000 63,141,000 65,384,000 66,169,000 61,804,000 
          other
        -103,248,000 28,022,000 -75,854,000 130,615,000 -67,932,000 56,729,000 -121,458,000 159,107,000 -49,801,000 -40,074,000 -195,076,000 113,421,000 -163,110,000 84,204,000 -3,908,000 73,384,000 -3,623,000 221,895,000 -50,848,000 -51,132,000 -93,918,000 36,951,000 -111,000 -58,451,000 4,458,000 -48,166,000 -43,348,000 -36,999,000 44,268,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        480,060,000 563,899,000 466,626,000 459,676,000 498,218,000 563,203,000 363,802,000 412,032,000 446,259,000 492,795,000 306,640,000 566,851,000 308,072,000 494,370,000 369,693,000 426,326,000 359,334,000 373,480,000 364,262,000 378,778,000 250,229,000 413,868,000 480,077,000 469,910,000 509,262,000 381,643,000 443,202,000 458,188,000 504,574,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                     
          dealer generated customer accounts and bulk account purchases
        -156,915,000 -224,098,000 -106,899,000 -112,249,000 -213,504,000 -142,462,000 -117,594,000 -203,176,000 -133,311,000 -136,333,000 -115,818,000 -121,208,000 -185,070,000 -162,814,000 -172,649,000 -140,894,000 -198,761,000 -115,585,000 -120,668,000 -82,216,000 -62,247,000 -155,196,000 -180,641,000 -170,513,000 -163,333,000 -166,871,000 -199,101,000 -167,946,000 -159,607,000 
          subscriber system asset expenditures
        -98,155,000 -103,727,000 -105,461,000 -116,625,000 -122,509,000 -143,497,000 -140,515,000 -149,588,000 -160,619,000 -160,895,000 -159,433,000 -162,044,000 -182,141,000 -175,904,000 -179,530,000 -194,905,000 -144,345,000 -145,843,000 -135,281,000           
          purchases of property and equipment
        -42,643,000 -37,632,000 -45,420,000 -33,691,000 -42,723,000 -46,702,000 -40,689,000 -45,833,000 -41,173,000 -30,132,000 -59,215,000 -40,983,000 -38,317,000 -41,560,000 -42,687,000 -42,486,000 -41,505,000 -44,874,000 -36,072,000           
          proceeds (payments) from divestiture of businesses
                                     
          proceeds (payments) from interest rate swaps
        -652,000 -635,000 -743,000 -1,593,000 -2,446,000 -2,413,000 -1,816,000 23,566,000 22,904,000 19,958,000 16,322,000                   
          other investing
        -61,000 1,792,000 264,000 -400,000 511,000 2,451,000 544,000 19,824,000 1,722,000 8,700,000 -1,574,000 220,000 373,000 467,000 1,379,000 737,000 1,408,000 11,563,000 30,102,000 1,403,000 2,782,000 1,371,000 2,452,000 1,396,000 -244,000 -2,327,000 -2,000 13,339,000 213,000 
          net cash from investing activities
        -298,426,000 -364,300,000 -258,259,000 -261,064,000 -401,671,000 -332,623,000 -300,070,000 1,230,574,000 -333,381,000 -318,660,000 -336,040,000 -323,994,000 -405,123,000 -525,096,000 -393,487,000 -378,050,000 -399,112,000 -337,202,000 -264,701,000 -197,139,000 -338,435,000 178,744,000 -369,282,000 -387,574,000 -400,065,000 -654,190,000 -387,873,000 -329,336,000 -366,811,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                     
          proceeds from long-term borrowings
        609,500,000 93,000,000 637,000,000 98,386,000 65,000,000 810,521,000 95,000,000 217,178,000 50,000,000 600,000,000 70,035,000 280,000,000 185,000,000 1,000,000,000 10,729,000 1,000,000,000 1,640,000,000 25,000,000 1,421,629,000       
          repayment of long-term borrowings, including call premiums
        -627,192,000 -139,460,000 -511,029,000 -98,387,000 -69,972,000 -961,040,000 -56,646,000 -2,073,082,000 -15,415,000 -265,857,000 -607,444,000 -77,464,000 -153,269,000 -176,504,000 -1,042,621,000 -14,131,000 -17,937,000 -306,703,000 -1,074,488,000 -235,563,000 -1,438,044,000 -195,113,000 -1,400,441,000 -1,917,952,000 -331,689,000 -13,304,000 -12,405,000 -12,055,000 -661,873,000 
          proceeds from receivables facility
        60,287,000 81,932,000 64,691,000 38,708,000 44,296,000 79,655,000 65,910,000 69,459,000 71,994,000 76,445,000 63,749,000 64,660,000 46,876,000 135,624,000 46,646,000 41,606,000 29,670,000 38,769,000 23,896,000           
          repayment of receivables facility
        -58,968,000 -38,355,000 -76,397,000 -53,925,000 -45,034,000 -99,729,000 -57,984,000 -55,765,000 -52,238,000 -47,950,000 -44,432,000 -39,574,000 -20,876,000 -102,130,000 -11,522,000 -9,326,000 -7,367,000 -4,286,000 -2,033,000           
          repurchases of common stock, including excise tax
        -111,656,000                             
          dividends on common stock
        -45,802,000 -47,080,000 -48,918,000 -50,052,000 -50,042,000 -49,965,000 -32,207,000 -32,187,000 -32,171,000 -32,191,000 -32,038,000 -31,961,000 -31,596,000 -29,184,000 -29,115,000 -29,069,000 -28,980,000 -29,030,000 -26,975,000 -27,032,000 -26,291,000 -530,912,000 -3,448,000 -3,926,000 -26,481,000 -26,480,000 -26,694,000   
          payments on finance leases
        -6,120,000 -7,152,000 -7,304,000 -5,954,000 -7,584,000 -8,248,000 -7,237,000 -11,465,000 -10,997,000 -10,289,000 -10,982,000 -11,229,000                  
          other financing
        -156,000 313,000 118,000 5,232,000 -1,623,000 4,350,000 -12,374,000 2,322,000 -1,691,000 -7,003,000 -25,803,000 7,325,000 -29,118,000 -15,215,000 -15,545,000 -8,075,000 -26,686,000 -14,444,000 -12,871,000 -8,991,000 -3,915,000 -1,814,000 -3,004,000 1,944,000 -140,000 -2,270,000 -1,025,000 -275,000 -141,000 
          net cash from financing activities
        -163,042,000 -138,343,000 -321,246,000 -199,296,000 -40,715,000 -200,359,000 -74,986,000 -1,868,720,000 -17,614,000 -216,887,000 -40,628,000 70,939,000 91,845,000 -4,367,000 -64,341,000 -19,055,000 -40,685,000 -319,417,000 345,183,000 -253,638,000 157,611,000 -704,488,000 5,719,000 -135,271,000 -380,164,000 380,484,000 -892,893,000 -42,510,000 747,920,000 
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents:
                                     
          net increase
        18,592,000 61,256,000 -112,879,000  55,832,000 30,221,000 -11,254,000  95,264,000 -42,752,000 -70,028,000                   
          beginning balance
        204,065,000 129,950,000 373,580,000 33,277,000                
          ending balance
        18,592,000 61,256,000 91,186,000 -684,000 55,832,000 30,221,000 118,696,000 -226,114,000 95,264,000 -42,752,000 303,552,000 313,796,000 28,071,000 -35,093,000                
          intangible and other asset impairments
                                     
          repurchases of common stock
          -396,564,000 -147,200,000 -93,356,000             -128,014,000 -21,854,000     
          (gain) loss on sales of businesses
                                     
          change in fair value of other financial instruments
                                     
          accounts receivable
                                     
          long-term retail installment contracts
                                     
          inventories and work-in-progress
                                     
          other assets
                                     
          accounts payable
                                     
          accrued interest
                                     
          accrued and other liabilities
                                     
          proceeds (payments) from sale of business, net of cash sold
           3,494,000                          
          proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of expenses
                                     
          proceeds (payments) from opportunity fund
                                     
          net increase during the period
                   313,796,000 -5,206,000 -35,093,000                
          acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
                   1,000 32,000 -147,092,000 -502,000 -15,909,000 -42,463,000 -2,782,000 197,000 -179,569,000 -13,404,000 -18,801,000 -22,618,000 -53,893,000 -304,346,000 -12,259,000 -36,214,000 
          sales of businesses, net of cash sold
                                     
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures:
                                     
          proceeds from sale of business, net of cash sold
                                     
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
                                     
          contract assets
                                     
          sale of business, net of cash sold
                                   
          proceeds from opportunity fund
                                     
          payments on interest rate swaps
                   8,112,000                  
          goodwill impairment
                                    
          intangible asset impairments
                      17,883,000             
          change in fair value of financial instruments
                                     
          deferred financing costs
                    -172,000 -1,958,000 -12,184,000 -60,000 -114,000 -1,534,000 -12,346,000 -1,477,000 -14,139,000 -1,649,000 -9,017,000       
          loss on sale of business
                         -19,000 680,000 77,000         
          effect of currency translation on cash
                             17,000 29,000 129,000 663,000 -1,577,000 195,000 -249,000 -387,000 
          proceeds from issuance of common stock
                                     
          supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities not disclosed elsewhere:
                                     
          issuance of shares for acquisition of business
                          113,841,000         
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of acquisitions:
                                     
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents
                                     
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents at beginning of period
                       207,747,000             
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents at end of period
                       29,221,000 127,284,000             
          supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                     
          net loss
                        -47,894,000   -106,741,000 -300,293,000  -181,630,000 -104,057,000 -66,470,000  -235,544,000 -66,705,000 -157,437,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
                                     
          provision for losses on receivables and inventory
                        14,250,000   32,184,000 45,692,000         
          unrealized loss on interest rate swap contracts
                        -106,517,000  -8,311,000 28,337,000 69,563,000         
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents
                        -80,463,000             
          unrealized gain on interest rate swap contracts
                                     
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of acquisitions and dispositions:
                                     
          repayment of mandatorily redeemable preferred securities, including redemption premium
                                    
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
                            69,405,000 -111,859,000 116,543,000 -52,806,000 -270,304,000 106,360,000 -837,369,000   
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                          48,736,000 367,162,000   
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                          444,744,000 -71,999,000 118,141,000 -111,859,000 116,543,000 -52,806,000 96,858,000 106,360,000 -837,369,000   
          issuance of shares in lieu of cash dividend
                          4,000 4,000 3,000  22,563,000 22,441,000     
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                     
          subscriber system assets
                            -64,830,000 -111,719,000 -136,613,000 -149,085,000 -144,888,000  -147,572,000 -142,763,000 -137,957,000 
          capital expenditures
        -42,643,000 -37,632,000 -45,420,000 -33,691,000 -42,723,000 -46,702,000 -40,689,000 -45,833,000 -41,173,000 -30,132,000 -59,215,000 -40,983,000 -38,317,000 -41,560,000 -42,687,000 -42,486,000 -41,505,000 -44,874,000 -36,072,000 -34,571,000 -38,706,000 -35,679,000 -46,754,000 -37,707,000 -32,648,000 -28,939,000 -31,966,000 -33,246,000 
          free cash flows
        437,417,000 526,267,000 421,206,000 425,985,000 455,495,000 516,501,000 323,113,000 366,199,000 405,086,000 462,663,000 247,425,000 525,868,000 269,755,000 452,810,000 327,006,000 383,840,000 317,829,000 328,606,000 328,190,000 378,778,000 215,658,000 375,162,000 444,398,000 423,156,000 471,555,000 348,995,000 414,263,000 426,222,000 471,328,000 
          provision for losses on accounts receivable and inventory
                             13,204,000 14,607,000 14,235,000 13,406,000 17,078,000 16,417,000 14,146,000 13,385,000 
          proceeds from initial public offering, net of related fees
                                    
          supplementary cash flow information:
                                     
          interest paid, net of interest income
                                     
          (refunds) payments on income taxes
                                     
          issuance of shares in lieu of cash dividends
                                     
          loss on business held for sale
                                     
          amortization of deferred revenue fair value adjustment
                                     
          subscriber system assets and deferred subscriber installation costs
                                     
          proceeds received from settlement of derivative contracts
                                     
          proceeds from issuance of mandatorily redeemable preferred securities
                                     
          equity capital contributions
                                     
          income taxes paid, net of refunds
                                     
          proceeds from initial public offering, net of fees
                                   -3,915,000 1,409,934,000 
          dividends
                                     
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
                                    885,296,000 
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
                                    126,782,000 
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
                                    1,012,078,000 
          amortization of deferred subscriber acquisition costs and revenue
                                     
          amortization of unearned revenue fair value adjustment
                                     
          proceeds received from issuance of preferred securities
                                     
          repayment of long-term borrowings
                                     
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                     
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                                     
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period