COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details 2) (USD $)	1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2011 Y	Dec. 31, 2010 Y Count sqm	Sep. 30, 2011 Segment D Y Month step Count sqm	Apr. 04, 2011 sqm
Operating leases
Terms of operating leases for satellite transponders and office space, low end of range (in years)			1
Terms of operating leases for satellite transponders and office space, high end of range (in years)			11
Area of office space leased (in square meters)		7,000		2,365
Initial term of lease agreements (in years)	10	10
Extendable term of lease agreements (in years)	10	10
Base rent per square meter per annum, approximately (in dollars per square meter)		$ 0.424		$ 0.470
Base rent per year, approximately		2,966,000		1,112,000
Base rent per square meter per annum for first year of lease agreements, approximately (in dollars per square meter)		0.402		0.314
Base rent per year for first year of lease agreements, approximately		2,811,000		742,000
Technical costs arising from maintenance, taxes and some supplementary municipal services			564,000
Income Taxes
Accruals for unrecognized income tax benefits and related interest and penalties		5,280,000	5,404,000
Increase in unrecognized tax benefits if the company lost challenge by tax authorities			2,210,000
Potential increase in unrecognized tax benefits that could occur within twelve months			215,000
Unrecognized tax benefit that could significantly change within 12 months due to a lapse of statutory limitation term			2,107,000
Non-Income Taxes
Accruals for contingencies related to non-income taxes		5,023,000	5,030,000
Accruals for contingencies related to non-income taxes related to pre-acquisition operation of the Channel 31 Group		3,589,000	3,577,000
Possible contingences related to non-income taxes, which are not accrued			650,000
Broadcast Licenses
Renewal period of broadcasting licenses and other operating licenses (in years)			5
Extension period of broadcasting licenses and other operating licenses (in years)			10
Minimum percentage of programming in the Kazakh language during every six-hour slot			50.00%
Programming rights
Purchase commitments
Total commitments			219,460,000
2011			77,952,000
2012			89,480,000
2013			39,366,000
2014			12,662,000
Format rights
Purchase commitments
Total commitments			700,000
Transmission and satellite services
Purchase commitments
Total commitments			85,131,000
2011			4,373,000
2012			17,839,000
2013			19,445,000
2014			21,001,000
2015			22,473,000
Cable connections
Purchase commitments
Total commitments			8,918,000
2011			1,799,000
2012			2,191,000
2013			2,191,000
2014			2,191,000
2015			546,000
Channel 31 Group
Income Taxes
Accruals for unrecognized income tax benefits and related interest and penalties		$ 3,464,000	$ 3,453,000