Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates (Details 3)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013 item	Mar. 31, 2012 item
Subscriber revenue | Distributors concentration
Concentration of Risk
Concentration of risk (as a percent)	88.00%	75.00%
Number of major distributors	5	4
Threshold for concentration of risk (as a percent)	10.00%	10.00%
Hallmark Channel subscribers | Distributors concentration
Concentration of Risk
Concentration of risk (as a percent)	44.00%	47.00%
Number of major distributors	2	2
Threshold for concentration of risk (as a percent)	15.00%	15.00%
Programming rights | Programming content providers concentration
Concentration of Risk
Concentration of risk (as a percent)	61.00%	45.00%
Number of programming content providers	3	2
Threshold for concentration of risk (as a percent)	10.00%	10.00%