INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

INCOME TAXES

Components of income (loss) before income taxes

	2012			2013			2014
Pretax income (loss):
Domestic	$	(12,557	)	$	(7,527	)	$	(3,586	)
Foreign		177,246			229,023			171,747
	$	164,689		$	221,496		$	168,161

Summary of significant components of the provision for income taxes

	2012			2013			2014
Domestic—current	$	(7,047	)	$	3,612		$	(5,894	)
Foreign—current		(58,568	)		(58,756	)		(40,080	)
Domestic—deferred		(20,325	)		(10,947	)		(8,612	)
Foreign—deferred		21,067			4,756			(199	)
	$	(64,873	)	$	(61,335	)	$	(54,785	)

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

	2012			2013			2014
Income tax expense at US statutory rates (35%)	$	(57,642	)	$	(77,524	)	$	(58,856	)
Non-deductible expenses (stock-based compensation)		(1,673	)		(642	)		60
Reversals of tax contingencies non-deductible for income tax purposes		1,956			464			1,124
Foreign tax credits/prior years		4,680			15,554			—
Foreign tax credits/current year		—			12,098			11,805
Effect of impairment loss		(12,375	)		(10,454	)		(10,275	)
Other permanent differences		181			(831	)		1,357
Income tax expense	$	(64,873	)	$	(61,335	)	$	(54,785	)

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

	2013			2014
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
Net operating losses and tax loss carryforwards	$	375		$	641
Programming rights		52,562			30,484
Valuation allowance		(375	)		(641	)
Total deferred tax assets	$	52,562		$	30,484
Intangible assets		(15,506	)		(7,261	)
Property and equipment		(1,253	)		(360	)
Unremitted earnings of Russian subsidiaries		(49,953	)		(58,550	)
Other deferred tax liabilities		(398	)		(1,217	)
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	(67,110	)	$	(67,388	)

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

	2013			2014
Deferred tax assets:
Domestic tax component	$	—		$	—
Foreign tax component		52,937			31,125
Valuation allowance		(375	)		(641	)
Total deferred tax assets	$	52,562		$	30,484
Deferred tax liabilities:
Domestic tax component	$	(49,953	)	$	(58,550	)
Foreign tax component		(17,157	)		(8,838	)
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	(67,110	)	$	(67,388	)