INCOME TAXES (Details 2) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
Net operating losses and tax loss carry forwards	$ 588,000	$ 551,000
Programming rights	55,646,000	48,234,000
Valuation allowance	(588,000)	(531,000)
Total deferred tax assets	55,646,000	48,254,000
Intangible assets	(21,933,000)	(35,804,000)
Property and equipment	(1,665,000)	(2,644,000)
Unremitted earnings of Russian subsidiaries	(39,007,000)	(12,540,000)
Other deferred tax liabilities	(65,000)	(177,000)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(62,670,000)	(51,165,000)
Amounts of unrecognized deferred tax liabilities for unremitted earnings of Russian subsidiaries	129,000,000
Deferred tax assets
Foreign tax component	56,234,000	48,785,000
Valuation allowance	(588,000)	(531,000)
Total deferred tax assets	55,646,000	48,254,000
Deferred tax liabilities
Domestic tax component	(39,007,000)	(12,370,000)
Foreign tax component	(23,663,000)	(38,795,000)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(62,670,000)	(51,165,000)
Operating loss and tax loss carryforwards
Potential deferred tax benefits on tax loss carryforwards	0	4,680,000
Unrecognized income tax benefits and related interest and penalties accrued	1,590,000	3,819,000
Unrecognized income tax benefits and related interest and penalties accrued relating to pre-acquisition operations of the Channel 31 Group	317,000	2,091,000
Russian
Operating loss and tax loss carryforwards
Tax loss carryforwards	2,938,000	2,655,000
Potential deferred tax benefits on tax loss carryforwards	$ 588,000	$ 531,000