INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

INCOME TAXES

Components of income (loss) before income taxes

	2011			2012			2013
Pretax income (loss):
Domestic	$	(31,892	)	$	(12,557	)	$	(7,527	)
Foreign		168,811			177,246			229,023
	$	136,919		$	164,689		$	221,496

Summary of significant components of the provision for income taxes

	2011			2012			2013
Domestic—current	$	(17,753	)	$	(7,047	)	$	3,612
Foreign—current		(59,140	)		(58,568	)		(58,756	)
Domestic—deferred		(10,315	)		(20,325	)		(10,947	)
Foreign—deferred		10,805			21,067			4,756
	$	(76,403	)	$	(64,873	)	$	(61,335	)

Reconciliation of the US statutory federal tax rate of 35% to the Company's effective tax rate

	2011			2012			2013
Income tax expense at US statutory rates (35%)	$	(47,922	)	$	(57,642	)	$	(77,524	)
Non-deductible expenses (stock-based compensation)		(6,411	)		(1,673	)		(642	)
Reversals of tax contingencies non-deductible for income tax purposes		1,075			1,956			464
Foreign tax credits/prior years		871			4,680			15,554
Foreign tax credits/current year		—			—			12,098
Effect of impairment loss		(25,091	)		(12,375	)		(10,454	)
Other permanent differences		1,075			181			(831	)
Income tax expense	$	(76,403	)	$	(64,873	)	$	(61,335	)

Summary of major components of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities

	2012			2013
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
Net operating losses and tax loss carryforwards	$	588		$	375
Programming rights		55,646			52,562
Valuation allowance		(588	)		(375	)
Total deferred tax assets	$	55,646		$	52,562
Intangible assets		(21,933	)		(15,506	)
Property and equipment		(1,665	)		(1,253	)
Unremitted earnings of Russian subsidiaries		(39,007	)		(49,953	)
Other deferred tax liabilities		(65	)		(398	)
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	(62,670	)	$	(67,110	)

Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities attributable to different tax paying components in different tax jurisdictions

	2012			2013
Deferred tax assets:
Domestic tax component	$	—		$	—
Foreign tax component		56,234			52,937
Valuation allowance		(588	)		(375	)
Total deferred tax assets	$	55,646		$	52,562
Deferred tax liabilities:
Domestic tax component	$	(39,007	)	$	(49,953	)
Foreign tax component		(23,663	)		(17,157	)
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	(62,670	)	$	(67,110	)