Represents the analog to digital transmission expenses.

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Renewal period (in years) of broadcasting licenses and other operating licenses required by all broadcast television stations in Russia.

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Percentage of programming in the Kazakh language to be broadcasted during every six-hour slot, as per the law of the Kazakh government.

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Represents the standard term, in number of years of broadcast Licenses.

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Represents the estimated annual payment to fund the construction of the infrastructure and signal transmission for the digital broadcasting expansion.

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Estimated aggregate accrual for non-income tax contingencies as of the balance sheet date.

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Estimated aggregate accrual for non-income tax contingencies related to pre-acquisition operations of the Channel 31 Group as of the balance sheet date.

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Estimated aggregate amount of possible non-income tax contingencies not accrued as of the balance sheet date.

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Amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation maturing in the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 440

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (b)

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-Paragraph 7

-Subparagraph b

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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Amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation maturing in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation maturing in the four fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation maturing in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation maturing in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of the unrecorded obligation to transfer funds in the future for fixed or minimum amounts or quantities of goods or services at fixed or minimum prices (for example, as in take-or-pay contracts or throughput contracts).

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details 2) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details 2) (USD $)	Nov. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Purchase commitments
Total commitments		$ 466,720,000
Through 2012		111,715,000
2013		196,074,000
2014		80,924,000
2015		40,525,000
2016		37,482,000
Non-Income Taxes
Accruals for contingencies related to non-income taxes		3,037,000	2,722,000
Possible contingencies related to non-income taxes, which are not accrued		1,317,000
Compliance with Licenses terms
Renewal period of broadcasting licenses and other operating licenses		5 years
Broadcast Licenses term	10 years
Legal and Tax Proceedings
Maximum term of matter resolution		1 year
Broadcasting licenses, indefinite lived \| Broadcasting licenses, finite lived
Purchase commitments
Analog-to-digital transmission expenses		24,000,000
Estimated annual payment to fund the construction and the infrastructure and signal transmission		26,000,000
Minimum
Compliance with Licenses terms
Percentage of programming in the Kazakh language during every six-hour slot		50.00%
Channel 31 Group
Non-Income Taxes
Accruals for contingencies related to non-income taxes related to pre-acquisition operation of the Channel 31 Group		1,684,000	1,700,000
Acquisition of programming rights
Purchase commitments
Total commitments		298,454,000
Through 2012		91,308,000
2013		159,254,000
2014		44,442,000
2015		3,450,000
2016		0
Transmission and satellite fees
Purchase commitments
Total commitments		104,569,000
Through 2012		9,589,000
2013		23,318,000
2014		23,069,000
2015		23,710,000
2016		24,883,000
Leasehold obligations
Purchase commitments
Total commitments		36,471,000
Through 2012		1,901,000
2013		7,985,000
2014		8,424,000
2015		8,878,000
2016		9,283,000
Network affiliation agreements
Purchase commitments
Total commitments		7,151,000
Through 2012		837,000
2013		2,266,000
2014		2,156,000
2015		1,572,000
2016		320,000
Acquisition of format rights
Purchase commitments
Total commitments		6,853,000
Through 2012		6,853,000
Cable connections
Purchase commitments
Total commitments		5,347,000
Through 2012		392,000
2013		1,239,000
2014		1,239,000
2015		1,239,000
2016		1,238,000
Payments for intellectual rights
Purchase commitments
Total commitments		3,361,000
Through 2012		174,000
2013		736,000
2014		777,000
2015		817,000
2016		857,000
Other contractual obligations
Purchase commitments
Total commitments		4,514,000
Through 2012		661,000
2013		1,276,000
2014		817,000
2015		859,000
2016		$ 901,000