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10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015


		Commission File Numbers:		333-72440
				333-82124-02

Mediacom Broadband LLC

Mediacom Broadband Corporation*

(Exact names of Registrants as specified in their charters)


Delaware		06-1615412
Delaware		06-1630167
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers)

1 Mediacom Way

Mediacom Park, NY 10918

(Address of principal executive offices)

(845) 443-2600

(Registrants’ telephone number)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrants were required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. x Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrants have submitted electronically and posted on their corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrants were required to submit and post such files). x Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrants are large accelerated filers, accelerated filers, non-accelerated filers or smaller reporting companies. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrants are shell companies (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ¨ Yes x No

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of the Registrants’ common stock: Not Applicable

*	Mediacom Broadband Corporation meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction H (1) (a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and is therefore filing this form with the reduced disclosure format.

MEDIACOM BROADBAND LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS


	Page
PART I
Item 1. Financial Statements		4
Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014		4
Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014		5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014		6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)		7
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		13
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk		22
Item 4. Controls and Procedures		22

PART II
Item 1. Legal Proceedings		22
Item 1A. Risk Factors		22
Item 6. Exhibits		23
Signatures		24

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is for the three months ended March 31, 2015. Any statement contained in a prior periodic report shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Quarterly Report to the extent that a statement herein modifies or supersedes such statement. The Securities and Exchange Commission allows us to “incorporate by reference” information that we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information by referring you directly to those documents. Information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Quarterly Report.

Mediacom Broadband LLC is a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mediacom Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation. Mediacom Broadband Corporation is a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mediacom Broadband LLC. Mediacom Broadband Corporation was formed for the sole purpose of acting as co-issuer with Mediacom Broadband LLC of debt securities and does not conduct operations of its own.

References in this Quarterly Report to “we,” “us,” or “our” are to Mediacom Broadband LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (including Mediacom Broadband Corporation), unless the context specifies or requires otherwise. References in this Quarterly Report to “Mediacom” or “MCC” are to Mediacom Communications Corporation.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

You should carefully review the information contained in this Quarterly Report and in other reports or documents that we file from time to time with the SEC.

In this Quarterly Report, we state our beliefs of future events and of our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify those so-called “forward-looking statements” by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “should” or “will,” or the negative of those and other comparable words. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those we anticipate as a result of various factors, many of which are beyond our control. Factors that may cause such differences to occur include, but are not limited to:

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increased levels of competition for residential and business customers from other providers, including but not limited to direct broadcast satellite operators, local telephone companies, other cable providers, wireless communications companies, and providers that offer streaming and downloading of video content over the Internet;

•

lower demand for our residential and business services, which may result from increased competition, weakened economic conditions or other factors;

•

our ability to contain the continued increases in video programming costs or to raise video rates to offset, in whole or in part, the effects of such costs, including retransmission consent costs;

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significant unanticipated increases in the use of bandwidth-intensive Internet services;

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our ability to further expand our business services, which has continued to make increasing contributions to our results of operations;

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our ability to successfully adopt new technologies and introduce new products and services to meet customer demands and preferences;

•

our ability to secure hardware, software and operational support for the delivery of products and services to consumers;

•

disruptions or failures of our network and information systems, including those caused by “cyber-attacks,” natural disasters or other material events outside our control;

•

our reliance on certain intellectual property rights, and not infringing on the intellectual property rights of others;

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our ability to refinance our debt prior to maturity or obtain future funding for general corporate purposes or potential strategic transactions, on favorable terms, if at all;

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our ability to generate sufficient cash flows from operations to meet our debt service obligations;

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changes in assumptions underlying our critical accounting policies;

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changes in legislative and regulatory matters that may cause us to incur additional costs and expenses; and

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other risks and uncertainties discussed in the Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2014 and other reports or documents that we file from time to time with the SEC.

Statements included in this Quarterly Report are based upon information known to us as of the date that this Quarterly Report is filed with the SEC, and we assume no obligation to update or alter our forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable federal securities laws.

PART I

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MEDIACOM BROADBAND LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands)


	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
	(Unaudited)
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash	$	10,802		$	9,452
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,997 and $3,057		64,305			59,164
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		14,077			9,664

Total current assets		89,184			78,280
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $1,521,969 and $1,493,705		774,210			775,321
Franchise rights		1,176,908			1,176,908
Goodwill		195,945			195,945
Other assets, net of accumulated amortization of $23,140 and $20,737		34,418			32,959

Total assets	$	2,270,665		$	2,259,413

LIABILITIES, PREFERRED MEMBERS’ INTEREST AND MEMBER’S DEFICIT
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	155,853		$	144,595
Accounts payable - affiliates		6,568			1,513
Deferred revenue		37,091			36,245
Current portion of long-term debt		13,500			13,500

Total current liabilities		213,012			195,853
Long-term debt, less current portion		1,908,500			1,943,500
Other non-current liabilities		745			743

Total liabilities		2,122,257			2,140,096

Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)

PREFERRED MEMBERS’ INTEREST (Note 7)		150,000			150,000

MEMBER’S DEFICIT
Capital distributions		(105,603	)		(105,644	)
Retained earnings		104,011			74,961

Total member’s deficit		(1,592	)		(30,683	)

Total liabilities, preferred members’ interest and member’s deficit	$	2,270,665		$	2,259,413

The accompanying notes to the unaudited financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

MEDIACOM BROADBAND LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Dollars in thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2015			2014
Revenues	$	239,953		$	232,553
Costs and expenses:
Service costs (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)		100,225			93,990
Selling, general and administrative expenses		43,775			44,102
Management fee expense		4,750			4,300
Depreciation and amortization		36,193			39,013

Operating income		55,010			51,148
Interest expense, net		(23,902	)		(22,961	)
Gain on derivatives, net		2,660			5,551
Other expense, net		(218	)		(404	)

Net income	$	33,550		$	33,334
Dividend to preferred members (Note 7)		(4,500	)		(4,500	)

Net income applicable to member	$	29,050		$	28,834

The accompanying notes to the unaudited financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

MEDIACOM BROADBAND LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Dollars in thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$	33,550		$	33,334
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		36,193			39,013
Gain on derivatives, net		(2,660	)		(5,551	)
Amortization of deferred financing costs		1,738			1,319
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net		(5,141	)		1,864
Accounts receivable - affiliates		—			4,444
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(6,182	)		(848	)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities		14,313			2,822
Accounts payable - affiliates		5,055			5,765
Deferred revenue		846			371
Other non-current liabilities		2			(2	)

Net cash flows provided by operating activities	$	77,714		$	82,531

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Capital expenditures	$	(34,410	)	$	(32,742	)
Change in accrued property, plant and equipment		(82	)		4,280
Proceeds from sale of assets		34			—
Acquisition of other intangible assets		(1,559	)		—

Net cash flows used in investing activities	$	(36,017	)	$	(28,462	)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
New borrowings of bank debt	$	54,375		$	39,000
Repayment of bank debt		(89,375	)		(284,000	)
Issuance of senior notes		—			200,000
Dividend payments on preferred members’ interest (Note 7)		(4,500	)		(4,500	)
Financing costs		—			(3,812	)
Other financing activities		(847	)		(900	)

Net cash flows used in financing activities	$	(40,347	)	$	(54,212	)

Net increase (decrease) in cash		1,350			(143	)
CASH, beginning of period		9,452			11,237

CASH, end of period	$	10,802		$	11,094

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid during the period for interest, net of amounts capitalized	$	14,664		$	16,516

The accompanying notes to the unaudited financial statements are an integral part of these statements.

MEDIACOM BROADBAND LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

1. ORGANIZATION

Basis of Preparation of Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

Mediacom Broadband LLC (“Mediacom Broadband,” and collectively with its subsidiaries, “we,” “our” or “us”) is a Delaware limited liability company wholly-owned by Mediacom Communications Corporation (“MCC”). MCC is involved in the acquisition and operation of cable systems serving smaller cities and towns in the United States, and its cable systems are owned and operated through our operating subsidiaries and those of Mediacom LLC, a New York limited liability company wholly-owned by MCC. As limited liability companies, we and Mediacom LLC are not subject to income taxes and, as such, are included in the consolidated federal and state income tax returns of MCC, a C corporation.

Our principal operating subsidiaries conduct all of our consolidated operations and own substantially all of our consolidated assets. Our operating subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to make funds available to us.

We have prepared these unaudited consolidated financial statements in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). In the opinion of management, such statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals and adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of our consolidated results of operations and financial position for the interim periods presented. The accounting policies followed during such interim periods reported are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and are consistent with those applied during annual periods. For a summary of our accounting policies and other information, refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that might be expected for future interim periods or for the full year ending December 31, 2015.

Mediacom Broadband Corporation (“Broadband Corporation”), a Delaware corporation wholly-owned by us, co-issued, jointly and severally with us, public debt securities. Broadband Corporation has no operations, revenues or cash flows and has no assets, liabilities or stockholders’ equity on its balance sheet, other than a one-hundred dollar receivable from an affiliate and the same dollar amount of common stock. Therefore, separate financial statements have not been presented for this entity.

Franchise fees imposed by local governmental authorities are collected on a monthly basis from our customers and are periodically remitted to the local governmental authorities. Because franchise fees are our obligation, we present them on a gross basis with a corresponding operating expense. Franchise fees reported on a gross basis amounted to approximately $5.9 million and $5.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

2. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09 (“ASU 2014-09”) – Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The guidance states that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. An entity should also disclose sufficient information to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. This guidance supersedes most industry-specific guidance, including Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 51 – Financial Reporting by Cable Television Companies. ASU 2014-09 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is not permitted. In April 2015, the FASB proposed a deferral of the effective date by one year (effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017). The FASB also proposed permitting early adoption of the updated accounting guidance, but not before the original effective date of December 15, 2016. We have not completed our evaluation of this new guidance to determine its impact on our financial statements, financial disclosures and our method of adoption.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03 - Interest—Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30) Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs (“ASU 2015-03”). The purpose of this guidance is to simplify the presentation of debt issuance costs and requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. For public business entities, the amendments in this update are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. An entity should apply the new guidance on a retrospective basis, wherein the balance sheet of each individual period presented should be adjusted to reflect the period-specific effects of applying the new guidance. We have not completed our evaluation of this new guidance to determine its impact on our financial statements, financial disclosures and our method of adoption.

3. FAIR VALUE

The tables below set forth our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using a market-based approach at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014. Our financial assets and liabilities, all of which represent interest rate exchange agreements (which we refer to as “interest rate swaps”) have been categorized according to the three-level fair value hierarchy established by Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) No. 820 — Fair Value Measurement, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value, as follows:

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Level 1 — Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

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Level 2 — Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.

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Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data.


	Fair Value as of March 31, 2015
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets
Interest rate exchange agreements	$	—	$	549	$	—	$	549

Liabilities
Interest rate exchange agreements	$	—	$	8,939	$	—	$	8,939

	Fair Value as of December 31, 2014
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets
Interest rate exchange agreements	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

Liabilities
Interest rate exchange agreements	$	—	$	11,049	$	—	$	11,049

The fair value of our interest rate swaps represents the estimated amount that we would receive or pay to terminate such agreements, taking into account projected interest rates, based on quoted London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) futures and the remaining time to maturity. While our interest rate swaps are subject to contractual terms that provide for the net settlement of transactions with counterparties, we do not offset assets and liabilities under these agreements for financial statement presentation purposes, and assets and liabilities are reported on a gross basis.

As of March 31, 2015, we recorded a current liability in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $8.9 million and a long-term asset in other assets, net, of $0.5 million. As of December 31, 2014, we recorded a current liability in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $11.0 million. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, there was no long-term liability.

As a result of the changes in the mark-to-market valuations on our interest rate swaps, we recorded net gains on derivatives of $2.7 million and $5.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

4. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):


	March 31,			December 31,
	2015			2014
Cable systems, equipment and customer devices	$	2,171,125		$	2,143,668
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment		42,298			42,278
Vehicles		39,841			40,362
Buildings and leasehold improvements		34,917			34,720
Land and land improvements		7,998			7,998

Property, plant and equipment, gross	$	2,296,179		$	2,269,026
Accumulated depreciation		(1,521,969	)		(1,493,705	)

Property, plant and equipment, net	$	774,210		$	775,321

5. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):


	March 31,		December 31,
	2015		2014
Accounts payable - trade	$	32,870	$	33,474
Accrued programming costs		27,364		25,680
Accrued taxes and fees		18,277		15,072
Accrued payroll and benefits		15,252		14,514
Accrued interest		14,950		7,451
Advance customer payments		13,048		9,387
Liabilities under interest rate exchange agreements		8,939		11,049
Accrued service costs		7,098		7,922
Bank overdrafts ⁽¹⁾		4,163		5,025
Accrued property, plant and equipment		3,819		3,901
Accrued telecommunications costs		1,032		754
Other accrued expenses		9,041		10,366

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	155,853	$	144,595

(1)

Bank overdrafts represent outstanding checks in excess of funds on deposit at our disbursement accounts. We transfer funds from our depository accounts to our disbursement accounts upon daily notification of checks presented for payment. Changes in bank overdrafts are reported in “other financing activities” in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

6. DEBT

As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, our debt consisted of (dollars in thousands):


	March 31,		December 31,
	2015		2014
Bank credit facility	$	1,422,000	$	1,457,000
5¹⁄₂% senior notes due 2021		200,000		200,000
6³⁄₈% senior notes due 2023		300,000		300,000

Total debt	$	1,922,000	$	1,957,000
Less: current portion		13,500		13,500

Total long-term debt	$	1,908,500	$	1,943,500

Bank Credit Facility

As of March 31, 2015, we maintained a $1.586 billion bank credit facility (the “credit facility”), comprising:

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$256.0 million of revolving credit commitments, which expire on October 10, 2019;

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$195.0 million of outstanding borrowings under Term Loan G, which matures on January 20, 2020;

•

$589.5 million of outstanding borrowings under Term Loan H, which matures on January 29, 2021;

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$248.1 million of outstanding borrowings under Term Loan I, which matures on June 30, 2017; and

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$297.8 million of outstanding borrowings under Term Loan J, which matures on June 30, 2021.

As of March 31, 2015, we had $153.9 million of unused revolving credit commitments, all of which were available to be borrowed and used for general corporate purposes, after giving effect to $91.6 million of outstanding loans and $10.5 million of letters of credit issued thereunder to various parties as collateral.

The credit facility is collateralized by our ownership interests in our operating subsidiaries and is guaranteed by us on a limited recourse basis to the extent of such ownership interests. As of March 31, 2015, the credit agreement governing the credit facility (the “credit agreement”) required our operating subsidiaries to maintain a total leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) of no more than 5.0 to 1.0 and an interest coverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) of no less than 2.0 to 1.0. For all periods through March 31, 2015, our operating subsidiaries were in compliance with all covenants under the credit agreement.

Interest Rate Swaps

We have entered into several interest rate swaps with various banks to fix the variable rate on a portion of our borrowings under the credit facility to reduce the potential volatility in our interest expense that may result from changes in market interest rates. Our interest rate swaps have not been designated as hedges for accounting purposes, and have been accounted for on a mark-to-market basis as of, and for the three months ended, March 31, 2015 and 2014.

As of March 31, 2015, we had interest rate swaps which fixed the variable rate portion of $500 million of borrowings at 2.6%, all of which are scheduled to expire during December 2015. As of the same date, we also had forward starting interest rate swaps that will fix the variable rate portion of $200 million of borrowings at 1.5% for a three year period commencing December 2015.

As of March 31, 2015, the weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings under the credit facility, including the effect of our interest rate swaps, was 4.1%.

Senior Notes

As of March 31, 2015, we had $500 million of outstanding senior notes, comprising $200 million of 5¹⁄₂% senior notes due April 2021 and $300 million of 6³⁄₈% senior notes due April 2023. Our senior notes are unsecured obligations, and the indentures governing our senior notes (the “indentures”) limit the incurrence of additional indebtedness based upon a maximum debt to operating cash flow ratio (as defined in the indentures) of 8.5 to 1.0. For all periods through March 31, 2015, we were in compliance with all covenants under the indentures.

Other Assets

Other assets, net, primarily include financing costs and original issue discount incurred to raise debt, which are deferred and amortized as interest expense over the expected term of such financings. Original issue discount, as recorded in other assets, net, was $8.3 million and $8.7 million as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

Debt Ratings

MCC’s corporate credit ratings are Ba3 by Moody’s and BB- by Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”), both with stable outlooks. Our senior unsecured ratings are B2 by Moody’s and B by S&P, both with stable outlooks. There are no covenants, events of default, borrowing conditions or other terms in the credit agreement or indentures that are based on changes in our credit rating assigned by any rating agency.

Fair Value

As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the fair values of our senior notes and outstanding debt under the credit facility (which were calculated based upon market prices of such issuances) were as follows (dollars in thousands):


	March 31,		December 31,
	2015		2014
5¹⁄₂% senior notes due 2021	$	203,000	$	202,000
6³⁄₈% senior notes due 2023		316,500		309,000

Total senior notes	$	519,500	$	511,000

Bank credit facility	$	1,420,095	$	1,426,126

7. PREFERRED MEMBERS’ INTEREST

In July 2001, we received a $150 million preferred membership investment from Mediacom LLC, which has a 12% annual dividend, payable quarterly in cash. We paid $4.5 million in cash dividends on the preferred membership interest during each of the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

8. MEMBER’S EQUITY

As a wholly-owned subsidiary of MCC, our business affairs, including our financing decisions, are directed by MCC. See Note 9.

Capital contributions from parent and capital distributions to parent are reported on a gross basis in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

9. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

MCC manages us pursuant to management agreements with our operating subsidiaries. Under such agreements, MCC has full and exclusive authority to manage our day to day operations and conduct our business. We remain responsible for all expenses and liabilities relating to the construction, development, operation, maintenance, repair and ownership of our systems.

As compensation for the performance of its services, subject to certain restrictions, MCC is entitled to receive management fees in an amount not to exceed 4.0% of the annual gross operating revenues of our operating subsidiaries, and is also entitled to the reimbursement of all expenses necessarily incurred in its capacity as manager. MCC charged us management fees of $4.8 million and $4.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Mediacom LLC is a preferred equity investor in us. See Note 7.

10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Proceedings

We are involved in various legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, cash flows or business.

11. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

In accordance with the FASB’s ASC No. 350 — Intangibles — Goodwill and Other, the amortization of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets is prohibited and requires such assets to be tested annually for impairment, or more frequently if impairment indicators arise. We have determined that our cable franchise rights and goodwill are indefinite-lived assets and therefore not amortizable.

We last evaluated the qualitative factors surrounding our Mediacom Broadband reporting unit as of October 1, 2014 which, as of March 31, 2015, had negative equity carrying value, and did not believe that it was “more likely than not” that a goodwill impairment existed at that time. As such, we did not perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test.

Because we believe there has not been a meaningful change in the long-term fundamentals of our business during the first three months of 2015, we determined that there has been no triggering event under ASC 350 and, as such, no interim impairment test was required as of March 31, 2015.

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we acquired various intellectual property rights for approximately $1.6 million, which are recorded in other assets, net.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements as of, and for the three months ended, March 31, 2015 and 2014, and with our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Overview

We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mediacom Communications Corporation (“MCC”), the nation’s eighth largest cable company based on the number of customers who purchase one or more video services, also known as video customers. As of March 31, 2015, we served approximately 502,000 video customers, 581,000 high-speed data (“HSD”) customers and 225,000 phone customers, aggregating 1.31 million primary service units (“PSUs”).

We offer video, HSD and phone services to residential and small- to medium-sized business customers over our hybrid fiber and coaxial cable network. We believe our customers prefer the cost savings of the bundled services we offer, as well as the convenience of having a single provider contact for ordering, provisioning, billing and customer care. We also provide network and transport services to medium- and large sized businesses, governments, and educational institutions in our service areas, including cell tower backhaul for wireless telephone providers, and sell advertising time to local, regional and national advertisers.

Over the past several years, losses in our residential video customer base have been primarily responsible for slower growth in our residential revenues, while we have rapidly increased our business services revenues through customer gains. We expect to continue to grow revenues through customer additions in business services and, to a lesser extent, in residential services. Business services revenues are expected to continue to grow through HSD and phone sales to small- and medium-sized businesses and a greater number of cell tower backhaul sites and large enterprise customers. Revenues from residential services are expected to grow through HSD and phone customer growth, and gains in revenue per PSU resulting from video rate increases, and as more residential customers continue to take higher HSD tiers and advanced video services.

Our recent performance has been affected by tepid economic growth in the post-recession period and significant video competition. We believe the historically slower economic recovery from the recession, including the uneven gains in employment, consumer spending, household income, occupied housing, and new housing starts, has largely contributed to lower sales activity for all of our residential services, which has negatively impacted our residential customer and revenue growth. While we expect improvement as the economy strengthens, a continuation or broadening of such effects may adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

Our residential video service principally competes with direct broadcast satellite (“DBS”) providers, who offer video programming substantially similar to ours. Over the past several years, DBS competitors have deployed aggressive marketing campaigns, including deeply discounted promotional packages, more advanced customer premise equipment and exclusive sports programming, which we believe has contributed to residential video customer losses. We have placed a greater emphasis on higher quality customer relationships in our residential services, as we have generally eliminated or reduced tactical discounts for customers not likely to purchase two or more services or to stay with us for an extended period. In late 2013, we introduced a next generation set-top, with the TiVo guide, which we believe may enable us to reduce video customer losses and regain market share of new connects. If we are unsuccessful with this strategy and cannot offset video customer losses through higher average unit pricing and greater penetration of our advanced video services, we may experience future annual declines in video revenues.

Our residential HSD service competes primarily with digital subscriber line (“DSL”) services offered by local telephone companies. In approximately 12% of our homes passed, these phone companies have upgraded portions of their network to a fiber-to-the-node (“FTTN”) delivery system, allowing them to offer bundles of video, HSD and phone similar to ours. Based upon the speeds we offer, we believe our HSD service is generally superior to DSL offerings in our service areas. As consumers’ bandwidth requirements have dramatically increased in the past few years, a trend many industry experts expect to continue, we believe our ability to offer a HSD service today with downstream speeds of up to 150 megabits per second gives us a competitive advantage compared to the DSL service offered by the local telephone companies. We expect to continue to grow HSD revenues through residential customer growth and more customers taking higher HSD speed tiers.

Our residential phone service mainly competes with substantially comparable phone services offered by local telephone companies and cellular phone services offered by national wireless providers. We believe we will grow phone revenues through residential phone customer growth, which may be mostly offset by unit pricing pressure.

Our business services largely compete with local phone companies, or local exchange carriers (“LECs”). Developments and advancements in products and services by new, emerging companies may intensify competition. We have experienced strong growth

rates of business services revenues in the past several years, which we believe will continue through small-to medium-sized commercial HSD and phone customer growth. Our cell tower backhaul business, which has contributed to meaningful business services revenue growth in prior years, will likely experience relatively flat revenues in 2015, as certain carriers have delayed some of their network upgrades.

We face significant competition in our advertising business from a wide range of national, regional and local competitors. Competition will likely elevate as new formats for advertising are introduced into our markets. We compete for advertising revenues principally against local broadcast stations, national cable and broadcast networks, radio, newspapers, magazines, outdoor display and Internet companies. Due to the strong contributions of political advertising during a national election year in 2014, we expect to experience a decline in advertising revenues in 2015.

Video programming is, and historically has been, our single largest expense, and we have experienced substantial increases in video programming costs per video customer, particularly for sports and local broadcast programming, well in excess of the inflation rate or the change in the consumer price index. We believe these expenses will continue to grow at a high single- to low double-digit rate due to higher rates and retransmission consent fees demanded by large media conglomerates or other owners of popular cable networks and major market local broadcast stations, and of large independent television broadcast groups, who own or control a significant number of local broadcast stations across the country and, in some cases, own, control or otherwise represent multiple stations in the same market. Moreover, many owners of programming require us to purchase their networks and stations in bundles and effectively dictate how we offer them to our customers, given the contractual economic penalties if we fail to comply. Consequently, we have little or no ability to individually or selectively negotiate for networks or stations, to forego purchasing networks or stations that generate low customer interest, to offer sports programming services, such as ESPN and regional sports networks, on one or more separate tiers, or to offer networks or stations on an a la carte basis to give our customers more choice and potentially lower their costs. In many instances, such programmers have created additional networks and migrated popular programming, particularly sports programming, to these new networks. As carriage of such networks is generally negotiated within their total suite of networks, this has contributed to the increases in our programming costs. Additionally, we believe certain programmers may also demand higher fees from us in an effort to partially offset declines in their advertising revenue as more advertisers allocate a greater portion of their spending on Internet advertising. While such growth in programming expenses can be offset, in whole or in part, by rate increases, we expect our video gross margins will continue to decline if increases in programming costs outpace any growth in video revenues.

Revenues

Video

Video revenues primarily represent monthly subscription fees charged to residential customers, which vary according to the level of service and equipment taken, and revenue from the sale of video-on-demand content and pay-per-view events. Video revenues also include installation, reconnection and wire maintenance fees, franchise and late payment fees, and other ancillary revenues.

HSD

HSD revenues primarily represent monthly subscription and equipment fees charged to residential customers, which vary according to the level of HSD service taken.

Phone

Phone revenues primarily represent monthly subscription fees and equipment charged to residential customers for our phone service.

Business Services

Business services revenues primarily represent monthly fees charged to commercial video, HSD and phone customers, which vary according to the level of service taken, and fees charged to medium- to large-sized businesses, governments and educational institutions, including revenues from cell tower backhaul and enterprise class services.

Advertising

Advertising revenues primarily represent revenues from selling advertising time we receive under programming license agreements to local, regional and national advertisers for the placement of commercials on channels offered on our video services.

Costs and Expenses

Service Costs

Service costs consist of the costs related to providing and maintaining services to our customers. In addition to video programming, significant service costs include: HSD service, including bandwidth and connectivity; phone service, including leased circuits and long distance; our enterprise networks business, including leased access; technical personnel who maintain the cable network, perform customer installation activities and provide customer support; network operations center; utilities, including pole rental; and field operations, including outside contractors, vehicle fuel and maintenance and leased fiber for regional fiber networks.

Programming costs, which are generally paid on a per video customer basis, have historically represented our single largest expense. In recent years, we have experienced substantial increases in the per-unit cost of programming, which we believe will continue to grow due to the increasing contractual rates and retransmission consent fees demanded by large programmers and independent broadcasters. Our HSD costs fluctuate depending on customers’ bandwidth consumption and customer growth. Phone service costs are mainly determined by network configuration, customers’ long distance usage and net termination payments to other carriers. Our other service costs generally rise as a result of customer growth and inflationary cost increases for personnel, outside vendors and other expenses. Personnel and related support costs may increase as the percentage of expenses that we capitalize declines due to lower levels of new service installations. We anticipate that service costs, with the exception of programming expenses, will remain fairly consistent as a percentage of our revenues.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Significant selling, general and administrative expenses comprise call center, customer service, marketing, business services, support and administrative personnel; franchise fees and other taxes; bad debt; billing; marketing; advertising; and general office administration. These expenses generally rise due to customer growth and inflationary cost increases for personnel, outside vendors and other expenses. We anticipate that selling, general and administrative expenses will remain fairly consistent as a percentage of our revenues.

Service costs and selling, general and administrative expenses exclude depreciation and amortization, which we present separately.

Management Fee Expense

Management fee expense reflects compensation paid to MCC for the performance of services it provides us in accordance with management agreements between MCC and our operating subsidiaries.

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures are categorized in accordance with the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (“NCTA”) disclosure guidelines, which are intended to provide more consistency in the reporting of capital expenditures among peer companies in the cable industry. These disclosure guidelines are not required under GAAP, nor do they impact our accounting for capital expenditures under GAAP. Our capital expenditures comprise:

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Customer premise equipment, which include equipment and labor costs incurred in the purchase and installation of equipment that resides at a residential or commercial customer’s premise;

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Enterprise networks, which include costs associated with furnishing custom fiber solutions for medium- to large-sized business customers, including for cell tower backhaul;

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Scalable infrastructure, which include costs incurred in the purchase and installation of equipment at our facilities associated with network-wide distribution of services;

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Line extensions, which include costs associated with the extension of our network into new service areas;

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Upgrade/rebuild, which include costs to modify or replace existing components of our network; and

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Support capital, which include vehicles and all other capital purchases required to support our customers and general business operations.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

“OIBDA” is not a financial measure calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States. We define OIBDA as operating income before depreciation and amortization. OIBDA has inherent limitations as discussed below.

OIBDA is one of the primary measures used by management to evaluate our performance and to forecast future results. We believe OIBDA is useful for investors because it enables them to assess our performance in a manner similar to the methods used by management, and provides a measure that can be used to analyze value and compare the companies in the cable industry. A limitation of OIBDA, however, is that it excludes depreciation and amortization, which represents the periodic costs of certain capitalized tangible and intangible assets used in generating revenues in our business. Management uses a separate process to budget, measure and evaluate capital expenditures. In addition, OIBDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies, which may have different depreciation and amortization policies.

OIBDA should not be regarded as an alternative to operating income or net income as an indicator of operating performance, or to the statement of cash flows as a measure of liquidity, nor should it be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. We believe that operating income is the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure to OIBDA.

Actual Results of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2014

The table below sets forth our consolidated statements of operations and OIBDA for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 (dollars in thousands and percentage changes that are not meaningful are marked NM):


	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2015			2014			% Change
Revenues	$	239,953		$	232,553			3.2	%
Costs and expenses:
Service costs		100,225			93,990			6.6	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses		43,775			44,102			(0.7	%)
Management fee expense		4,750			4,300			10.5	%
Depreciation and amortization		36,193			39,013			(7.2	%)

Operating income		55,010			51,148			7.6	%
Interest expense, net		(23,902	)		(22,961	)		4.1	%
Gain on derivatives, net		2,660			5,551			NM
Other expense, net		(218	)		(404	)		NM

Net income	$	33,550		$	33,334			0.6	%

OIBDA	$	91,203		$	90,161			1.2	%

The table below represents a reconciliation of OIBDA to operating income (dollars in thousands):


	March 31,
	2015			2014			% Change
OIBDA	$	91,203		$	90,161			1.2	%
Depreciation and amortization		(36,193	)		(39,013	)		(7.2	%)

Operating income	$	55,010		$	51,148			7.6	%

Revenues

The tables below set forth our revenues and selected customer and average monthly revenue statistics as of, and for the three months ended, March 31, 2015 and 2014 (dollars in thousands, except per unit data):


	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2015		2014		% Change
Video	$	113,370	$	113,485		(0.1	%)
HSD		70,601		64,759		9.0	%
Phone		15,232		15,849		(3.9	%)
Business services		30,598		27,505		11.2	%
Advertising		10,152		10,955		(7.3	%)

Total	$	239,953	$	232,553		3.2	%

Average total monthly revenue per PSU ⁽¹⁾	$	61.76	$	60.82		1.5	%

(1)	Represents average total monthly revenues for the period divided by average PSUs for such period.


	March 31,
	2015		2014		% Change
Video customers		502,000		524,000		(4.2	%)
HSD customers		581,000		546,000		6.4	%
Phone customers		225,000		210,000		7.1	%

Primary service units (PSUs)		1,308,000		1,280,000		2.2	%

Revenues increased 3.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2015, primarily due to greater HSD and, to a lesser extent, business services revenues, offset in part by declines in advertising and phone revenues. Average total monthly revenue per PSU increased 1.5% to $61.76 for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

Video

Video revenues decreased 0.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2015, largely a result of residential customer losses since the prior year period, mostly offset by rate adjustments and, to a much lesser extent, greater installation fee revenues. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we gained 2,000 video customers, compared to a decline of 4,000 during the prior year period. As of March 31, 2015, we served 502,000 video customers, or 33.4% of our estimated homes passed, and 31.6% of our video customers took our DVR service.

HSD

HSD revenues grew 9.0% for the three ended March 31, 2015, primarily due to residential customer growth since the prior year period, and more customers taking higher-speed tiers. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we gained 17,000 HSD customers, compared to an increase of 12,000 during the prior year period. As of March 31, 2015, we served 581,000 HSD customers, or 38.7% of our estimated homes passed, and 33.0% of our HSD customers took our wireless home gateway service.

Phone

Phone revenues declined 3.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2015, principally due to lower revenues per residential customer. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we gained 7,000 phone customers, compared to an increase of 3,000 during the prior year period. As of March 31, 2015, we served 225,000 phone customers, or 15.0% of our estimated homes passed.

Business Services

Business services revenues rose 11.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2015, primarily due to growth in small- to medium-sized commercial HSD and phone customers since the prior year period.

Advertising

Advertising revenues fell 7.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2015, mainly due to lower levels of political advertising and automotive advertising, partially offset by greater digital advertising revenues.

Costs and Expenses

Service Costs

Service costs increased 6.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2015, principally due to higher video programming expenses. Programming expenses rose 10.5%, primarily due to higher fees associated with the renewal of programming contracts for certain sports and other popular cable networks and for local broadcast stations, and contractual increases under existing carriage agreements, offset in part by a lower video customer base. Service costs as a percentage of revenues were 41.8% and 40.4% for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses declined 0.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2015, largely as a result of lower bad debt, taxes and fees, billing and advertising expenses, mostly offset by greater marketing costs. Bad debt expenses fell 7.3%, largely due to a lower number of written off accounts. Taxes and fees decreased 2.3%, primarily due to lower property taxes, offset in part by an increase in franchise fees. Billing expenses were 4.3% lower, mainly due to a decrease in processing fees, offset in part by higher bank fees. Advertising expenses declined 6.6%, largely a result of lower costs associated with local advertising production. Marketing costs rose 6.7%, primarily due to greater use of direct mail marketing. Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenues were 18.2% and 19.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Management Fee Expense

Management fee expense was 10.5% higher for the three months ended March 31, 2015, reflecting higher fees charged by MCC. Management fee expense as a percentage of revenues was 2.0% and 1.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization was 7.2% lower for the three months ended March 31, 2015, mainly due to certain older plant and customer premise equipment becoming fully depreciated, offset in part by greater depreciation of customer premise equipment and investments in HSD bandwidth expansion and business support.

OIBDA

OIBDA grew 1.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2015, as the increase in revenues was largely offset by higher programming costs.

Operating Income

Operating income rose 7.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2015, principally due to lower depreciation and amortization and, to a lesser extent, growth in OIBDA.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense, net, increased 4.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2015, mainly due to greater average outstanding indebtedness, and, to a lesser extent, a higher average cost of debt.

Gain on Derivatives, Net

Other Expense, Net

Other expense, net, was $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, substantially representing revolving credit commitment fees, and $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014, representing $0.3 million of revolving credit commitment fees and $0.1 million of other fees.

Net Income

As a result of the factors described above, we recognized net income of $33.6 million and $33.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our net cash flows provided by operating activities are primarily used to fund investments to enhance the capacity and reliability of our network and further expand our products and services, as well as for scheduled repayments of our indebtedness and periodic distributions to MCC. As of March 31, 2015, our near-term liquidity requirements included scheduled term loan principal repayments of $10.1 million during the remainder of 2015 and $13.5 million during 2016. As of the same date, our sources of liquidity included $10.8 million of cash and $153.9 million of unused and available commitments under our $256.0 million revolving credit facility, after giving effect to $91.6 million of outstanding loans and $10.5 million of letters of credit issued to various parties as collateral.

We believe that cash generated by, or available to, us will be sufficient to meet our other anticipated capital and liquidity needs for the next twelve months. In the longer term, we may not generate sufficient net cash flows from operations to fund our maturing term loans and senior notes. If we are unable to obtain sufficient future financing on acceptable terms, or at all, we may need to take other actions to conserve or raise capital that we would not take otherwise. However, we have accessed the debt markets for significant amounts of capital in the past and expect to continue to be able to access these markets in the future as necessary.

Net Cash Flows Provided by Operating Activities

Net cash flows provided by operating activities were $77.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, primarily due to OIBDA of $91.2 million and, to a much lesser extent, the $8.9 million net change in our operating assets and liabilities, offset in part by interest expense of $23.9 million. The net change in our operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to increases in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $14.3 million and in accounts payable to affiliates of $5.1 million, offset in part by increases in prepaid expenses and other assets of $6.2 million and in accounts receivable, net, of $5.1 million.

Net cash flows provided by operating activities were $82.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to OIBDA of $90.2 million and, to a much lesser extent, the $14.4 million net change in operating assets and liabilities, offset in part by interest expense of $23.0 million. The net change in our operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to an increase in accounts payable to affiliates of $5.8 million, a decrease in accounts receivable from affiliates of $4.4 million, an increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other current liabilities of $2.8 million and a decrease in accounts receivable, net, of $1.9 million.

Net Cash Flows Used in Investing Activities

Capital expenditures continue to be our primary use of capital resources and generally comprise substantially all of our net cash flows used in investing activities.

Net cash flows used in investing activities were $36.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, primarily comprising $34.4 million of capital expenditures and $1.6 million of acquisitions of intangible assets.

Net cash flows used in investing activities were $28.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014, comprising $32.7 million of capital expenditures, slightly offset by a net change in accrued property, plant and equipment of $4.2 million.

Capital Expenditures

The table below sets forth our capital expenditures for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 (dollars in thousands):


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014		Change
Customer premise equipment	$	21,197	$	16,846	$	4,351
Enterprise networks		2,419		2,851		(432	)
Scalable infrastructure		3,715		6,889		(3,174	)
Line extensions		1,303		1,578		(275	)
Upgrade / rebuild		3,224		3,079		145
Support capital		2,552		1,499		1,053

Total capital expenditures	$	34,410	$	32,742	$	1,668

The increase in capital expenditures primarily reflected greater spending on customer premise equipment, principally for our next-generation set-top, offset in part by reduced outlays for scalable infrastructure, largely for HSD bandwidth expansion.

Net Cash Flows Used in Financing Activities

Net cash flows used in financing activities were $40.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, comprising $35.0 million of net repayments under the credit facility, $4.5 million of dividend payments on preferred members’ interest and $0.8 million of other financing activities.

Net cash flows used in financing activities were $54.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014, as the net repayments of $245.0 million under the credit facility, $4.5 million of dividend payments on preferred members’ interest, $3.8 million of financing costs and $0.9 million of other financing activities were largely funded by the $200.0 million issuance of new senior notes.

Capital Structure

As of March 31, 2015, our total indebtedness was $1.922 billion, of which approximately 52% was at fixed interest rates or had interest rate swaps that fixed the corresponding variable portion of debt. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we paid cash interest of $14.7 million, net of capitalized interest.

Bank Credit Facility

As of March 31, 2015, we maintained a $1.586 billion credit facility, comprising $1.330 billion of term loans with maturities ranging from June 2017 to June 2021 and a $256.0 million revolving credit facility which is scheduled to expire in October 2019.

The credit facility is collateralized by our ownership interests in our operating subsidiaries, and is guaranteed by us on a limited recourse basis to the extent of such ownership interests. The credit agreement governing the credit facility (the “credit agreement”) requires our operating subsidiaries to maintain a total leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) of no more than 5.0 to 1.0 and an interest coverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) of no less than 2.0 to 1.0. For all periods through March 31, 2015, our operating subsidiaries were in compliance with all covenants under the credit agreement including, as of the same date, a total leverage ratio of 3.7 to 1.0 and an interest coverage ratio of 3.1 to 1.0. We do not believe that our operating subsidiaries will have any difficulty complying with any of the covenants under the credit agreement in the near future.

Interest Rate Swaps

We have entered into several interest rate swaps with various banks to fix the variable rate on certain of our borrowings to reduce the potential volatility in our interest expense that may result from changes in market interest rates.

We have current interest rate swaps that fix the variable portion of $500 million of borrowings at a rate of 2.6%, all of which are scheduled to expire during December 2015. We also have forward starting interest rate swaps that will fix the variable portion of $500 million of borrowings at a rate of 1.5% for a three year period commencing in December 2015.

As of March 31, 2015, the weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings under the credit facility, including the effect of our interest rate swaps, was 4.1%.

Senior Notes

As of March 31, 2015, we had $500 million of outstanding senior notes, comprising $200 million of 5¹⁄₂% senior notes due April 2021 and $300 million of 6³⁄₈% senior notes due April 2023.

Our senior notes are unsecured obligations, and the indentures governing our senior notes (the “indentures”) limit the incurrence of additional indebtedness based upon a maximum debt to operating cash flow ratio (as defined in the indentures) of 8.5 to 1.0. For all periods through March 31, 2015, we were in compliance with covenants under the indentures including, as of the same date, a debt to operating cash flow ratio of 5.3 to 1.0. We do not believe that we will have any difficulty complying with any of the covenants under the indentures in the near future.

Debt Ratings

MCC’s corporate credit ratings currently are Ba3 by Moody’s and BB- by Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”), both with stable outlooks. Our senior unsecured ratings currently are B2 by Moody’s and B by S&P, both with stable outlooks.

There can be no assurance that Moody’s or S&P will maintain their ratings on MCC and us. A negative change to these credit ratings could result in higher interest rates on future debt issuance than we currently experience, or adversely impact our ability to raise additional funds. There are no covenants, events of default, borrowing conditions or other terms in the credit agreement or indenture that are based on changes in our credit rating assigned by any rating agency.

Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

There have been no material changes to our contractual obligations and commercial commitments as previously disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of our financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Periodically, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to doubtful accounts, long-lived assets, capitalized costs and accruals. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe that the application of the critical accounting policies requires significant judgments and estimates on the part of management. For a summary of our critical accounting policies, please refer to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s 350 Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (“ASC 350”), the amortization of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets is prohibited and requires such assets to be tested annually for impairment, or more frequently if impairment indicators arise. We have determined that our cable franchise rights and goodwill are indefinite-lived assets and therefore not amortizable.

In accordance with Accounting Standards Update 2010-28 (“ASU 2010-28”) — When to Perform Step 2 of the Goodwill Impairment Test for Reporting Units with Zero or Negative Carrying Amounts (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force), and ASU 2011-08 — Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Topic 350), we have evaluated the qualitative factors surrounding our Mediacom Broadband reporting unit which, as of March 31, 2015, had negative equity carrying value. We last evaluated the qualitative factors surrounding our Mediacom Broadband reporting unit as of October 1, 2014, and did not believe that it was “more likely than not” that a goodwill impairment existed at that time and, as such, we did not perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test.

Inflation and Changing Prices

Our costs and expenses are subject to inflation and price fluctuations. Such changes in costs and expenses can generally be passed through to customers. Programming costs have historically increased at rates in excess of inflation and are expected to continue to do so. We believe that under the Federal Communications Commission’s existing cable rate regulations we may increase rates for cable television services to more than cover any increases in programming. However, competitive conditions and other factors in the marketplace may limit our ability to increase our rates.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

There have been no significant changes to the information required under this Item from what was disclosed in Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Mediacom Broadband LLC

Under the supervision and with the participation of the management of Mediacom Broadband LLC, including Mediacom Broadband LLC’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Mediacom Broadband LLC evaluated the effectiveness of Mediacom Broadband LLC’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, Mediacom Broadband LLC’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that Mediacom Broadband LLC’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2015.

There has not been any change in Mediacom Broadband LLC’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Mediacom Broadband LLC’s internal control over financial reporting.

Mediacom Broadband Corporation

Under the supervision and with the participation of the management of Mediacom Broadband Corporation, including Mediacom Broadband Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Mediacom Broadband Corporation evaluated the effectiveness of Mediacom Broadband Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, Mediacom Broadband Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that Mediacom Broadband Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2015.

There has not been any change in Mediacom Broadband Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Mediacom Broadband Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

See Note 10 in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number		Exhibit Description

31.1		Rule 15d-14(a) Certifications of Mediacom Broadband LLC

31.2		Rule 15d-14(a) Certifications of Mediacom Broadband Corporation

32.1		Section 1350 Certifications of Mediacom Broadband LLC

32.2		Section 1350 Certifications of Mediacom Broadband Corporation

101		The following is financial information from Mediacom Broadband LLC’s and Mediacom Broadband Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015, formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, (iv) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number		Exhibit Description

31.1		Rule 15d-14(a) Certifications of Mediacom Broadband LLC

31.2		Rule 15d-14(a) Certifications of Mediacom Broadband Corporation

32.1		Section 1350 Certifications of Mediacom Broadband LLC

32.2		Section 1350 Certifications of Mediacom Broadband Corporation

101		The following is financial information from Mediacom Broadband LLC’s and Mediacom Broadband Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015, formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, (iv) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Rocco B. Commisso, certify that:

(1)	I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Mediacom Broadband LLC;

(2)	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

(3)	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(4)

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and l5d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

(5)	The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Mark E. Stephan, certify that:

(1)	I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Mediacom Broadband LLC;

(2)	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

(3)	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(4)

(5)	The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Rocco B. Commisso, certify that:

(1)	I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Mediacom Broadband Corporation;

(2)	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

(3)	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(4)

(5)	The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Mark E. Stephan, certify that:

(1)	I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Mediacom Broadband Corporation;

(2)	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

(3)	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(4)

(5)	The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Mediacom Broadband LLC (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2015 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Rocco B. Commisso, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Mark E. Stephan, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)	the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)	the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


May 13, 2015	By:	/s/ ROCCO B. COMMISSO
		Rocco B. Commisso
		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
	By:	/s/ MARK E. STEPHAN
		Mark E. Stephan
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Mediacom Broadband Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2015 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Rocco B. Commisso, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Mark E. Stephan, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)	the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)	the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


May 13, 2015	By:	/s/ ROCCO B. COMMISSO
		Rocco B. Commisso
		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
	By:	/s/ MARK E. STEPHAN
		Mark E. Stephan
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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