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Orange County-Poughkeepsie Limited Partnership (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Apr. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Option Indexed to Issuer's Equity [Line Items]          
Equity interest in O-P 8.108%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage        
Annual cash distributions to the Company from the O-P   $ 13,000,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions      
Aggregate strike price 50,000,000altv_EquityMethodInvestmentPutOptionAggregateStrikePrice        
Equity method investment put option value multiplier times EBITDA 0.081081altv_EquitymethodinvestmentPutOptionValueMultiplierTimesEbitda        
Equity method investment, amount the investment account was reduced to     0altv_EquityMethodInvestmentAmountInvestmentAccountWasReducedTo    
Income from equity investments 52,373,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 13,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments      
O-P [Member]          
Option Indexed to Issuer's Equity [Line Items]          
Gain on sale of equity method investment       49,800,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfStockInSubsidiaryOrEquityMethodInvestee
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Income from equity investments   7,271,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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= altv_OrangeCountyPoughkeepsieLimitedPartnershipMember
    2,597,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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Put Option [Member] | O-P [Member]          
Option Indexed to Issuer's Equity [Line Items]          
Proceeds on sale of ownership interest       $ 50,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfEquityMethodInvestments
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= altv_OrangeCountyPoughkeepsieLimitedPartnershipMember
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= us-gaap_PutOptionMember