CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
REVENUES:
Advertising	$ 77,356us-gaap_AdvertisingRevenue	$ 184,563us-gaap_AdvertisingRevenue
Sublicensing revenue and other revenues	1,782	1,684
Total operating revenues	79,138us-gaap_Revenues	186,247us-gaap_Revenues
EXPENSES:
Direct operating expenses (exclusive of programming expenses, shown below; exclusive of depreciation and amortization of $6,642 and $3,052 for the three months ended March 31,2014 and 2015, respectively; and exclusive of stock-based compensation (expenses) benefit of $1,149 and $(232) for the three months ended March 31,2014 and 2015, respectively)	(7,518)ctcm_DirectOperatingCostsAndExpenses	(11,653)ctcm_DirectOperatingCostsAndExpenses
Selling, general and administrative (exclusive of depreciation and amortization of $1,190 and $482 for the three months ended March 31,2014 and 2015, respectively; and exclusive of stock-based compensation (expense) benefit of $358 and $(373) for the three months ended March 31,2014 and 2015, respectively)	(20,063)	(41,552)
Stock-based compensation (expense) benefit	(605)	1,507
Programming expenses	(42,578)ctcm_ProgrammingExpenses	(78,578)ctcm_ProgrammingExpenses
Depreciation and amortization	(3,534)	(7,832)
Total operating expenses	(74,298)us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses	(138,108)us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
OPERATING INCOME	4,840us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	48,139us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
FOREIGN CURRENCY GAINS (LOSSES)	1,120	(3,370)
INTEREST INCOME	1,629us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	3,278us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
INTEREST EXPENSE	(80)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(136)us-gaap_InterestExpense
OTHER NON-OPERATING LOSS, net	(203)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(1,058)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
EQUITY IN INCOME (LOSS) OF INVESTEE COMPANIES	2	(939)
Income before income tax	7,308	45,914
INCOME TAX BENEFIT (EXPENSE)	1,112us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(14,179)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME	8,420us-gaap_ProfitLoss	31,735us-gaap_ProfitLoss
LESS: INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTEREST	(3)	(519)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO CTC MEDIA, INC. STOCKHOLDERS	$ 8,417us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 31,216us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net income per share attributable to CTC Media, Inc. stockholders-basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.05us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 0.20us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Net income per share attributable to CTC Media, Inc. stockholders-diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.05us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 0.20us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average common shares outstanding-basic (in shares)	155,782,325	155,710,719
Weighted average common shares outstanding-diluted (in shares)	156,156,059	155,803,931
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.18	$ 0.18

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