COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details 2) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 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	Sep. 30, 2013 Minimum	Sep. 30, 2013 Acquisition of programming rights	Sep. 30, 2013 Transmission and satellite fees	Sep. 30, 2013 Leasehold obligations	Sep. 30, 2013 Network affiliation agreements	Sep. 30, 2013 Acquisition of format rights	Sep. 30, 2013 Cable connections	Sep. 30, 2013 Payments for intellectual rights	Sep. 30, 2013 Other contractual obligations
Purchase commitments
Total	$ 400,889,000					$ 233,481,000	$ 80,338,000	$ 42,363,000	$ 7,687,000	$ 1,465,000	$ 2,590,000	$ 15,376,000	$ 17,589,000
Through 2013	89,019,000					77,537,000	5,436,000	1,788,000	762,000	1,465,000	432,000	700,000	899,000
2014	156,990,000					117,259,000	21,231,000	7,431,000	2,996,000		1,727,000	2,961,000	3,385,000
2015	65,549,000					29,139,000	19,270,000	7,766,000	2,299,000		431,000	3,124,000	3,520,000
2016	42,951,000					9,546,000	17,916,000	8,002,000	1,047,000			3,287,000	3,153,000
2017	27,198,000						12,735,000	8,287,000	284,000			2,590,000	3,302,000
2018	19,182,000						3,750,000	9,089,000	299,000			2,714,000	3,330,000
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				1,300,000
Annual per channel transmission fees after the rollout	26,000,000
Analog-to-digital transmission expenses			$ 26,000,000
Compliance with license terms
Broadcast Licenses term	10 years
Percentage of programming in the Kazakh language during every six-hour slot					50.00%