COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details 2) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 14, 2013 Broadcasting licenses, indefinite lived Broadcasting licenses, finite lived Item	Dec. 31, 2012 Broadcasting licenses, indefinite lived Broadcasting licenses, finite lived	Dec. 31, 2013 Broadcasting licenses, indefinite lived Broadcasting licenses, finite lived Forecast	Mar. 31, 2013 Minimum	Mar. 31, 2013 Acquisition of programming rights	Mar. 31, 2013 Transmission and satellite fees	Mar. 31, 2013 Leasehold obligations	Mar. 31, 2013 Network affiliation agreements	Mar. 31, 2013 Acquisition of format rights	Mar. 31, 2013 Cable connections	Mar. 31, 2013 Payments for intellectual rights	Mar. 31, 2013 Other contractual obligations
Purchase commitments
Total commitments		$ 392,605,000					$ 216,994,000	$ 89,267,000	$ 41,116,000	$ 9,242,000	$ 2,026,000	$ 4,241,000	$ 14,507,000	$ 15,212,000
Through 2013		197,753,000					164,681,000	16,518,000	5,810,000	2,370,000	2,026,000	1,590,000	2,161,000	2,597,000
2014		93,918,000					52,313,000	21,955,000	8,158,000	3,101,000		2,121,000	3,049,000	3,221,000
2015		37,838,000						19,745,000	8,615,000	2,385,000		530,000	3,217,000	3,346,000
2016		34,732,000						18,263,000	9,042,000	1,090,000			3,384,000	2,953,000
2017		28,364,000						12,786,000	9,491,000	296,000			2,696,000	3,095,000
Period of transmission agreements with the Russian television and radio network (RTRS), a transmission provider			10 years
Number of viewers in Russia			141,600,000
Agreement fees payable					3,000,000
Annual per channel transmission fees after the rollout		26,000,000
Analog-to-digital transmission expenses				$ 26,000,000
Compliance with Licenses terms
Renewal period of broadcasting licenses and other operating licenses		5 years
Broadcast Licenses term	10 years
Percentage of programming in the Kazakh language during every six-hour slot						50.00%