INCOME TAXES (Details 2) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
Net operating losses and tax loss carry forwards	$ 551,000	$ 554,000
Foreign tax credits		953,000
Programming rights	46,081,000	41,329,000
Valuation allowance	(531,000)	(1,481,000)
Total deferred tax assets	46,101,000	41,355,000
Intangible assets	(34,474,000)	(35,110,000)
Property and equipment	(955,000)	(909,000)
Unremitted earnings of Russian subsidiaries	(12,540,000)	(8,916,000)
Other deferred tax liabilities	(427,000)	(843,000)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(48,396,000)	(45,778,000)
Amounts of unrecognized deferred tax liabilities for unremitted earnings of Russian subsidiaries	53,000,000
Deferred tax assets
Domestic tax component		792,000
Foreign tax component	46,632,000	42,044,000
Valuation allowance	(531,000)	(1,481,000)
Total deferred tax assets	46,101,000	41,355,000
Deferred tax liabilities
Domestic tax component	(12,370,000)	(9,485,000)
Foreign tax component	(36,026,000)	(36,293,000)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(48,396,000)	(45,778,000)
Changes in valuation allowance
Balance at the beginning of the period	1,481,000
Deductions (subsequent payments or write-offs)	(871,000)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(79,000)
Balance at the end of the period	531,000	1,481,000
Operating loss and tax loss carryforwards
Unrecognized income tax benefits and related interest and penalties accrued	3,819,000	5,280,000
Unrecognized income tax benefits and related interest and penalties accrued relating to pre-acquisition operations of the Channel 31 Group	2,091,000	3,464,000
Russian
Operating loss and tax loss carryforwards
Tax loss carryforwards	2,655,000	2,640,000
Potential deferred tax benefits on tax loss carryforwards	$ 531,000	$ 528,000