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Cable One, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/21 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 5/6/21, at 6:01pm ET   ·   As of:  5/7/21   ·   For:  3/31/21   ·   Accession #:  1437749-21-11188   ·   File #:  1-36863

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 5/07/21  Cable One, Inc.                   10-Q        3/31/21   91:7.7M                                   RDG Filings/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
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31: R20         Note 13 - Income Taxes                              HTML     31K 
32: R21         Note 14 - Net Income Per Common Share               HTML     47K 
33: R22         Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies             HTML     33K 
34: R23         Note 16 - Subsequent Events                         HTML     33K 
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                Intangible Assets Acquired (Details)                             
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                Summary of Accounts Receivable (Details)                         
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                Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Details)                        
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                Prepaid and Other Current Assets (Details)                       
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                Noncurrent Assets (Details)                                      
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                Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Details)               
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                Noncurrent Liabilities (Details)                                 
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                Equity Method Investments Without Determinable                   
                Fair Values (Details)                                            
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                Textual)                                                         
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                Textual)                                                         
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                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
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67: R56         Note 8 - Debt (Details Textual)                     HTML    148K 
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Agreements (Details)                                             
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                Amounts and Fair Values (Details)                                
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                Stock (Details)                                                  
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                Appreciation Rights (Details)                                    
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                Appreciation Rights, Fair Value Assumptions                      
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83: R72         Note 13 - Income Taxes (Details Textual)            HTML     27K 
84: R73         Note 14 - Net Income Per Common Share (Details      HTML     28K 
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 5/03/21  Cable One, Inc.                   8-K:1,2,7,9 5/03/21   12:1.6M                                   Cravath Swaine & … 01/FA
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