INCOME TAXES (Details 2) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
Net operating losses and tax loss carryforwards	$ 375,000	$ 588,000
Programming rights	52,562,000	55,646,000
Valuation allowance	(375,000)	(588,000)
Total deferred tax assets	52,562,000	55,646,000
Intangible assets	(15,506,000)	(21,933,000)
Property and equipment	(1,253,000)	(1,665,000)
Unremitted earnings of Russian subsidiaries	(49,953,000)	(39,007,000)
Other deferred tax liabilities	(398,000)	(65,000)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(67,110,000)	(62,670,000)
Amount of indefinitely reinvested foreign earnings including earnings already reinvested	640,400,000
Unrecognized deferred tax liabilities on indefinitely reinvested foreign earnings	120,100,000
Deferred tax assets:
Foreign tax component	52,937,000	56,234,000
Valuation allowance	(375,000)	(588,000)
Total deferred tax assets	52,562,000	55,646,000
Deferred tax liabilities:
Domestic tax component	(49,953,000)	(39,007,000)
Foreign tax component	(17,157,000)	(23,663,000)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(67,110,000)	(62,670,000)
Operating loss and tax loss carryforwards
Unrecognized income tax benefits and related interest and penalties accrued	2,021,000	1,590,000
Russian
Operating loss and tax loss carryforwards
Tax loss carryforwards	1,877,000	2,938,000
Potential deferred tax benefits on tax loss carryforwards	$ 375,000	$ 588,000