NOTES PAYABLE - NARRATIVE (Details)				1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Apr. 29, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 17, 2013 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2013 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) installments	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) installments shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		4.00%
Restricted cash						$ 8,984,000		$ 8,984,000		$ 6,751,000
Payments of debt issuance costs								3,655,000	$ 0
Gains (loss) on extinguishment of debt						0	$ 0	(931,000)	$ 0
Long Term Portion						178,872,000		178,872,000		139,387,000
Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity						$ 53,523,000		$ 53,523,000
Number of quarterly payments | installments						28		28
Recourse Notes Payable
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Long Term Portion						$ 86,697,000		$ 86,697,000		21,000,000
Debt Service Payment for 2013 and 2010 Credit Agreements
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Restricted cash debt servicing						6,500,000		6,500,000		3,900,000
Prospect Loan
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Restricted cash debt servicing						1,800,000		1,800,000		6,500,000
Restricted cash						1,000,000		1,000,000		1,000,000
2013 Term Loans
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Restricted cash						5,800,000		$ 5,800,000		5,800,000
LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate								0.61%
Prospect Loan
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt face amount			$ 70,000,000			70,000,000		$ 70,000,000		70,000,000
Basis spread on variable rate			9.00%
Debt interest rate, stated rate			2.50%
Guarantor maximum exposure annual limit								1,500,000
Long Term Portion						66,965,000		66,965,000		67,967,000
Prospect Loan | Debt Instrument, Prepayment Period - Between Second And Third Anniversary
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Prepayment premium			5.00%
Prospect Loan | Debt Instrument, Prepayment Period - Between Third and Fourth Anniversary
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Prepayment premium			4.00%
Prospect Loan | Debt Instrument, Prepayment Period - Between Fourth and Fifth Anniversary
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Prepayment premium			3.00%
Prospect Loan | Debt Instrument, Prepayment Period - Between Fifth and Sixth Anniversary
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Prepayment premium			2.00%
Prospect Loan | Debt Instrument, Prepayment Period - Between Sixth and Seventh Anniversary
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Prepayment premium			1.00%
Prospect Loan | LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt variable rate basis floor			2.00%
Convertible Notes | Convertible Debt
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt face amount	$ 64,000,000
Debt interest rate, stated rate	5.50%
Debt conversion ratio	$ 1,000
Debt conversion ratio	0.8245723
Debt conversion price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 1.21
Debt repurchase price percentage	100.00%
Debt redemption price percentage	100.00%
Proceeds from issuance of unsecured debt	$ 60,900,000
Treasury stock, shares acquired (shares) | shares	2,721,000
Treasury stock acquired	$ 2,700,000
Interest expense						900,000		2,400,000
2013 Term Loans
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt face amount			$ 130,000,000			125,087,000		125,087,000		125,087,000
Debt decrease assigned			$ 5,000,000
Long Term Portion						15,956,000		15,956,000		36,418,000
Discount on debt instrument						$ 137,000		$ 137,000		196,000
2013 Term Loans | LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt variable rate basis floor			1.00%
Basis spread on variable rate			2.75%
Debt variable rate basis						0.43%		0.43%
2013 Term Loans | Base Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			1.75%
Cinedigm Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 55,000,000
Cinedigm Credit Agreement | Line of Credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Repayments of debt	18,600,000
Debt repurchased face amount	18,200,000
Cinedigm Credit Agreement | Eurodollar
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		4.00%
Cinedigm Credit Agreement | Federal Funds Effective Swap Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.50%
Variable rate basis percentage of nation's largest banks		75.00%
Cinedigm Revolving Loans | Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 30,000,000
Cinedigm Revolving Loans | Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit current borrowing capacity						$ 25,505,000		$ 25,505,000
Line of credit minimum liquidity				$ 5,000,000.0
Cinedigm Revolving Loans | LIBOR | Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt variable rate basis floor				1.00%
Cinedigm Revolving Loans | Base Rate | Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				3.00%
Debt variable rate basis		6.25%
Basis spread on variable rate minimum				1.00%
Cinedigm Revolving Loans | Eurodollar | Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				4.00%
Debt variable rate basis		1.00%
Cinedigm Term Loans | Term Loans
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 25,000,000
Cinedigm Term Loans | Base Rate | Term Loans
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		5.00%
Cinedigm Term Loans | Eurodollar | Term Loans
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		6.00%
2013 Notes | Senior Notes
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt interest rate, stated rate					9.00%
Debt conversion original debt amount					$ 5,000,000
Discount on debt instrument					$ 1,600,000
2013 Warrants | Senior Notes | Class A common stock
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Number of securities called by warrants | shares					1,500,000
Forward Stock Purchase Transaction | Convertible Notes | Convertible Debt
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Treasury stock, shares acquired (shares) | shares								11,791,384
Treasury stock acquired	$ 11,400,000
Debt Service Reserve | Cinedigm Revolving Loans | Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Restricted cash						$ 2,200,000		$ 2,200,000		$ 0