COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details 3) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012 Channel 31 Group	Mar. 31, 2013 Broadcasting licenses, indefinite lived Broadcasting licenses Item	Dec. 31, 2013 Broadcasting licenses, indefinite lived Broadcasting licenses	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum	Dec. 31, 2013 Acquisition of programming rights	Dec. 31, 2013 Transmission and satellite fees	Dec. 31, 2013 Leasehold obligations	Dec. 31, 2013 Network affiliation agreements	Dec. 31, 2013 Acquisition of format rights	Dec. 31, 2013 Cable connections	Dec. 31, 2013 Payments for intellectual rights	Dec. 31, 2013 Other contractual obligations
Purchase commitments
Total	$ 384,779,000								$ 227,816,000	$ 70,885,000	$ 37,547,000	$ 9,593,000	$ 852,000	$ 2,158,000	$ 13,780,000	$ 22,148,000
2014	228,552,000								189,020,000	19,591,000	7,231,000	3,026,000	852,000	1,707,000	2,766,000	4,359,000
2015	66,197,000								29,690,000	17,753,000	7,595,000	2,998,000		451,000	2,926,000	4,784,000
2016	43,051,000								9,106,000	16,555,000	7,802,000	1,823,000			3,087,000	4,678,000
2017	28,557,000									11,889,000	8,090,000	1,746,000			2,442,000	4,390,000
2018	18,422,000									5,097,000	6,829,000				2,559,000	3,937,000
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						1,200,000
Agreement fees payable for 2014						25,000,000
Annual per channel transmission fees after the rollout	26,000,000
Analog-to-digital transmission expenses						24,000,000
Operating leases
Terms of operating leases for satellite transponders and office space							1 year	11 years
Total operating lease expense	6,969,000	7,032,000	7,241,000
Non-Income Taxes
Accruals for contingencies related to non-income taxes	328,000	998,000
Accruals for contingencies related to non-income taxes related to pre-acquisition operation of the Channel 31 Group				347,000
Possible contingencies related to non-income taxes, which are not accrued	$ 927,000
Compliance with licenses terms
Broadcast Licenses term	10 years
Percentage of programming in the Kazakh language during every six-hour slot							50.00%