COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details 3)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 Broadcasting licenses item	Dec. 31, 2014 Broadcasting licenses item	Dec. 31, 2014 Broadcasting licenses Digital Broadcasting in Cities Populations More than 50000 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Minimum	Dec. 31, 2014 Maximum	Dec. 31, 2014 Acquisition of programming rights USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Transmission and satellite fees USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Leasehold improvements USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Network affiliation agreements USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Payments for intellectual rights USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Other contractual obligations USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Advance Towards Construction of Digital Infrastructure Digital Broadcasting in Cities Populations Less than 50000 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Advance Towards Construction of Digital Infrastructure Digital Broadcasting in Cities Populations Less than 50000 RUB	Dec. 31, 2014 Advance Towards Construction of Digital Infrastructure Broadcasting licenses Digital Broadcasting in Cities Populations Less than 50000 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Advance Towards Construction of Digital Infrastructure Broadcasting licenses Digital Broadcasting in Cities Populations Less than 50000 RUB
Purchase commitments
Total	$ 263,850,000								$ 127,732,000	$ 70,445,000	$ 26,028,000	$ 8,846,000	$ 11,536,000	$ 19,263,000			$ 18,400,000	1,034,000,000
2015	137,751,000								110,323,000	14,548,000	5,244,000	1,901,000	2,079,000	3,656,000				644,000,000
2016	45,811,000								17,161,000	15,274,000	5,551,000	2,012,000	2,185,000	3,628,000				271,000,000
2017	30,446,000								248,000	16,136,000	5,830,000	2,097,000	2,306,000	3,829,000				68,000,000
2018	30,095,000									16,958,000	4,521,000	2,201,000	2,426,000	3,989,000				51,000,000
2019	19,747,000									7,529,000	4,882,000	635,000	2,540,000	4,161,000
Period of transmission agreements with the Russian television and radio network (RTRS), a transmission provider				10 years
Number of viewers in Russia				140,000,000
Threshold population of cities for digital broadcasting					50,000
Digital transmission expenses	4,400,000					3,000,000
Analog-to-digital transmission expenses	24,000,000
Other non-current assets	34,987,000														6,900,000	390,000,000
Exchange rate (in ruble)	56.26
Operating leases
Terms of operating leases for satellite transponders and office space							1 year	11 years
Total operating lease expense	6,092,000	6,969,000	7,032,000
Non-Income Taxes
Accruals for contingencies related to non-income taxes	170,000	328,000
Possible contingencies related to non-income taxes, which are not accrued	$ 609,000
Compliance with Licenses terms
Broadcast Licenses term	10 years
Percentage of programming in the Kazakh language during every six-hour slot							50.00%