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Segment Information

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Segment Information
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information
Segment Information

During the first quarter of 2017, the Company reported its operations through three reportable segments: Media & Content, Aviation Connectivity and Maritime & Land Connectivity. Prior to the EMC Acquisition in the third quarter of 2016, the Company operated through two operating segments: Media & Content and Connectivity. Following the EMC Acquisition, because the Company had acquired a significant number of new customers in different markets and geographic areas of operations and given a then-new management structure and corresponding organizational changes, the Company re-evaluated its reportable segments and concluded that a change to its reportable segments was appropriate and consistent with how its chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) would manage the Company’s operations for purposes of evaluating financial performance and allocating resources. As such, during the fourth quarter of 2016, as a result of the EMC Acquisition, the Company formed a Maritime & Land Connectivity segment.

In the second quarter of 2017 however, following changes in our senior management (including our CODM) and organizational changes across our business, we reorganized our business from three operating segments back into two operating segments—Media & Content and Connectivity—primarily through integrating the business and operations of our former Aviation Connectivity segment with that of our former Maritime & Land Connectivity segment. Our CODM determined this was appropriate based on the similarities and synergies between these two segments relating to satellite bandwidth and equipment used in those businesses as well as on our restructured organizational reporting lines across our business departments.

The CODM evaluates financial performance and allocates resources by reviewing revenue, costs of sales and contribution profit separately for our various segments. Total segment gross margin provides the CODM a measure to analyze operating performance of each of the Company’s operating segments and its enterprise value against historical data and competitors’ data, although historical results may not be indicative of future results, as operating performance is highly contingent on many factors, including customer tastes and preferences. All other financial information is reviewed by the CODM on a consolidated basis.

The following table summarizes revenue and gross margin by our reportable segments for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands):

 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
Revenue:
 
 
 
Media & Content
 
 
 
Licensing and services
$
74,915

 
$
76,380

Connectivity
 
 
 
Services
71,611

 
67,263

Equipment
9,971

 
8,949

Total
81,582

 
76,212

Total revenue
$
156,497

 
$
152,592

Cost of sales:
 
 
 
Media & Content
 
 
 
Licensing and services
$
54,471

 
$
54,255

Connectivity
 
 
 
Services
57,943

 
48,617

Equipment
6,082

 
7,668

Total
64,025

 
56,285

Total cost of sales
$
118,496

 
$
110,540

Gross Margin:
 
 
 
Media & Content
$
20,444

 
$
22,125

Connectivity
17,557

 
19,927

Total Gross Margin
38,001

 
42,052

Other operating expenses
67,560

 
143,465

Loss from operations
$
(29,559
)
 
$
(101,413
)


The Company’s total assets by segment were as follows (in thousands):

 
 
March 31, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Media & Content
 
$
397,250

 
$
362,216

Connectivity
 
523,564

 
479,714

Total segment assets
 
920,814

 
841,930

Corporate assets
 
34,157

 
18,654

Total assets
 
$
954,971

 
$
860,584