Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)	9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Nature of Operations [Text Block]	Nature of Business Onstream Media Corporation (“we” or "Onstream" or "ONSM"), organized in 1993, is a leading online service provider of live and on-demand corporate audio and web communications, virtual event technology and social media marketing, provided primarily to corporate (including large as well as small to medium sized businesses), education and government customers. The Audio and Web Conferencing Services Group consists of our Infinite Conferencing (“Infinite”) division, our Onstream Conferencing Corporation (“OCC”) division and our EDNet division. Our Infinite division, which operates primarily from the New York City area, and our OCC division, which operates primarily from San Diego, California, generate revenues from usage charges and fees for other services provided in connection with “reservationless” and operator-assisted audio and web conferencing services – see note 2. The EDNet division, which operates primarily from San Francisco, California, provides connectivity (in the form of high quality audio, compressed video and multimedia data communications) within the entertainment and advertising industries through its managed network, which encompasses production and post-production companies, advertisers, producers, directors, and talent. EDNet generates revenues primarily from network access and usage fees as well as sale, rental and installation of equipment. The Digital Media Services Group consists primarily of our Webcasting division, our DMSP (“Digital Media Services Platform”) division and our MP365 (“MarketPlace365”) division. The DMSP division includes the related UGC (“User Generated Content”) and Smart Encoding divisions. The Webcasting division, which operates primarily from Pompano Beach, Florida and has a sales and support facility in New York City, provides an array of corporate-oriented, web-based media services to the corporate market including live audio and video webcasting and on-demand audio and video streaming for any business, government or educational entity. The Webcasting division generates revenue primarily through production and distribution fees. The DMSP division, which operates primarily from Colorado Springs, Colorado, provides an online, subscription based service that includes access to enabling technologies and features for our clients to acquire, store, index, secure, manage, distribute and transform these digital assets into saleable commodities. The DMSP division generates revenues primarily from monthly subscription fees, plus charges for hosting, storage and professional services. Our UGC division, which also operates as Auction Video (see note 2) and operates primarily from Colorado Springs, Colorado, provides a video ingestion and flash encoder that can be used by our clients on a stand-alone basis or in conjunction with the DMSP. The Smart Encoding division, which operates primarily from San Francisco, California, provides both automated and manual encoding and editorial services for processing digital media. This division also provides hosting, storage and streaming services for digital media, which are provided via the DMSP. The MP365 division, which operates primarily from Pompano Beach, Florida with additional operations in San Francisco, California, enables publishers, associations, tradeshow promoters and entrepreneurs to self-deploy their own online virtual marketplaces using the MarketPlace365® platform. The MP365 division generates revenues primarily from monthly subscription fees, as well as booth fees, charged to MP365 promoters
Liquidity Disclosure [Policy Text Block]	Liquidity Our consolidated financial statements have been presented on the basis that we are an ongoing concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. We have incurred losses since our inception, and have an accumulated deficit of approximately $135.0 million as of June 30, 2013. Our operations have been financed primarily through the issuance of equity and debt, including convertible debt and debt combined with the issuance of equity. Effective October 22, 2012, we moved the listing of our common stock from The NASDAQ Capital Market ("NASDAQ") to OTC Markets' OTCQB marketplace ("OTCQB"), maintaining our ticker symbol "ONSM". On October 21, 2011, we received a letter from NASDAQ advising us that for the 30 consecutive trading days preceding the date of the notice, the bid price of our common stock had closed below the $1.00 per share minimum bid price required for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market, pursuant to NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(a)(2)(a) (the “Bid Price Rule”). The letter stated that we would be provided 180 calendar days, or until April 18th, 2012, to regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule, which deadline was subsequently extended on a one-time basis to October 15, 2012. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of our common stock would have needed to be at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days prior to that date. We carefully evaluated our options to maintain our listing on NASDAQ, including whether or not to implement a reverse split to satisfy the $1.00 per share minimum bid price requirement, and concluded that it was not in the best interest of our shareholders. For the year ended September 30, 2012, we had a net loss of approximately $2.6 million, although cash provided by operating activities for that period was approximately $1.1 million. For the nine months ended June 30, 2013, we had a net loss of approximately $3.4 million, although cash provided by operating activities for that period was approximately $383,000. Although we had cash of approximately $372,000 at June 30, 2013, we had a working capital deficit of approximately $3.7 million at that date. During the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we terminated a consulting contract, which termination we expect will reduce our professional fee expense by approximately $57,000 for the remainder of fiscal 2013, as compared to the corresponding period of fiscal 2012. During the third quarter of fiscal 2013, we renegotiated a supplier contract representing approximately $132,000 in annualized savings, which we expect will reduce our cost of sales by approximately $122,000 for the final quarter of fiscal 2013 and the first three quarters of fiscal 2014, as compared to the corresponding periods of fiscal 2012 and 2013. During the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2013, we made certain headcount reductions representing approximately $464,000 in annualized savings, which we expect will reduce our compensation and professional fee expenses by approximately $412,000 in aggregate for the final quarter of fiscal 2013 and the first three quarters of fiscal 2014, as compared to the corresponding periods of fiscal 2012 and 2013. During fiscal 2013, we renegotiated various supplier contracts representing approximately $203,000 in annualized savings, which we expect will cumulatively reduce our cost of sales and other general and administrative expenses by approximately $193,000 for the final quarter of fiscal 2013 and the first three quarters of fiscal 2014, as compared to the corresponding periods of fiscal 2012 and 2013. On November 30, 2012 we acquired certain assets and operations of Intella2 Inc., a San Diego-based communications company (“Intella2”) – see note 2. The acquired Intella2 operations have achieved positive operating cash flow through June 30, 2013, although we also incurred debt and other liabilities during the nine months ended June 30, 2013 that was associated specifically or generally with this acquisition – see notes 2 and 4. On December 21, 2012, we received a funding commitment letter (the “Funding Letter”) from J&C Resources, Inc. (“J&C”), agreeing to provide us, within twenty (20) days after our notice on or before December 31, 2013, aggregate cash funding of up to $550,000. Mr. Charles Johnston, who was one of our directors at the time of the transaction, is the president of J&C. This Funding Letter was obtained solely to demonstrate our ability to obtain short-term funds in the event other funding sources are not available, but does not represent any obligation to accept such funding on these terms and is not expected by us to be exercised. Cash provided under the Funding Letter would be in exchange for our issuance of (a) a note or notes with interest payable monthly at 15% per annum and principal payable on the earlier of a date twelve months from funding or July 1, 2014 and (b) 2.3 million unregistered common shares, which shares would be prorated in the case of partial funding. The note or notes would be unsecured and subordinated to all of our other debts, except to the extent such the terms of such debts would allow pari passu status. Furthermore, the note or notes would not be subject to any provisions, other than with respect to priority of payments or collateral, of our other debts. Upon receipt by us of an equivalent amount in dollars of investment from any other source after the date of this Funding Letter, other than funding received in connection with the LPC Purchase Agreement (see note 6), to refinance existing debt and up to $500,000 funding for general working capital or other business uses, this Funding Letter will be terminated. From the date of the Funding Letter through August 9, 2013, we have received funding of approximately $1.8 million, of which approximately $1.4 million is considered by us to be refinancing of existing debt. Accordingly, only approximately $419,000 would be considered new funding for general working capital or other business uses and as a result the Funding Letter remains in effect as of August 9, 2013. The $1.8 million of funding excludes advances made under our line of credit arrangement (the "Line") after the date of the Funding Letter. Furthermore, approximately $426,000 of the $1.4 million considered by us to be refinancing of existing debt is based on the net decrease in the outstanding balance under the Line from the date of the Funding Letter through August 9, 2013 - see note 4. During the three and twelve month periods ended June 30, 2013, our revenues were not sufficient to fund our total cash expenditures (operating, capital and debt service) for those periods. Based on the anticipated impact of the Intella2 acquisition (see note 2) as well as our expectations with respect to new webcasting reseller and other sales agreements recently entered into by us, we expect our revenues for the next twelve months to exceed our revenues for the comparable prior twelve month period. However, in the event we are unable to achieve the necessary revenue increases to fund our total cash expenditures, we believe that identified decreases in our current level of expenditures that we have already planned to implement or could implement (in addition to the already implemented cost savings discussed above) and the raising of additional capital in the form of debt and/or equity and/or the sales of assets or operations would be sufficient to fund our operations through June 30, 2014. We will closely monitor our revenue and other business activity to determine if and when further cost reductions, the raising of additional capital or other activity is considered necessary. Our continued existence is dependent upon our ability to raise capital and to market and sell our services successfully. However, there are no assurances whatsoever that we will be able to sell additional common shares or other forms of equity and/or that we will be able to borrow further funds under the Funding Letter or otherwise and/or that we will increase our revenues and/or control our expenses to a level sufficient to provide positive cash flow. The financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or amounts and classification of liabilities that may result if we are unsuccessful.
Consolidation, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Basis of Consolidation The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Onstream Media Corporation and its subsidiaries - Infinite Conferencing, Inc., Entertainment Digital Network, Inc., OSM Acquisition, Inc., Onstream Conferencing Corporation, AV Acquisition, Inc., Auction Video Japan, Inc., HotelView Corporation and Media On Demand, Inc. All significant intra-entity accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents consists of all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.
Concentration Risk, Credit Risk, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Concentration of Credit Risk We at times have cash in banks in excess of FDIC insurance limits and place our temporary cash investments with high credit quality financial institutions. We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers' financial condition and do not require collateral from them. Reserves for credit losses are maintained at levels considered adequate by our management.
Receivables, Trade and Other Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Bad Debt Reserves Where we are aware of circumstances that may impair a specific customer's ability to meet its financial obligations, we record a specific allowance against amounts due from it, and thereby reduce the receivable to an amount we reasonably believe will be collected. For all other customers, we recognize allowances for doubtful accounts based on the length of time the receivables are past due, the current business environment and historical experience.
Inventory, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Inventories Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or market by analyzing market conditions, current sales prices, inventory costs, and inventory balances. We evaluate inventory balances for excess quantities and obsolescence on a regular basis by analyzing backlog, estimated demand, inventory on hand, sales levels and other information. Based on that analysis, our management estimates the amount of provisions made for obsolete or slow moving inventory.
Fair Value Measurement, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Fair Value Measurements In accordance with the Financial Instruments topic of the ASC, we may elect to report most financial instruments and certain other items at fair value on an instrument-by-instrument basis with changes in fair value reported in earnings. After the initial adoption, the election is made at the acquisition of an eligible financial asset, financial liability, or firm commitment or when certain specified reconsideration events occur. The fair value election may not be revoked once an election is made. We have elected not to measure eligible financial assets and liabilities at fair value. We have determined that the carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, amounts due to directors and officers and deferred revenue approximate fair value due to the short maturity of the instruments. We have also determined that the carrying amounts of certain notes and other debt approximate fair value due to the short maturity of the instruments, as well as the market value interest rates they carry – these include the Line and Equipment Notes and Leases. The accrued liability for the contingent portion of the Intella2 purchase price, a portion of which is classified as non-current as of June 30, 2013, was determined based on its fair value as of the November 30, 2012 Intella2 acquisition – see note 2 - and the fair value of that liability will be re-evaluated at the end of each subsequent accounting period and adjusted accordingly. We have determined that the Rockridge Note, the CCJ Note, the Equipment Notes, the Subordinated Notes, the Intella2 Investor Notes, the Investor Notes, the Fuse Note, the Sigma Note and the USAC Note (the “Instruments”), discussed in note 4, meet the definition of a financial instrument as contained in the Financial Instruments topic of the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”), as this definition includes a contract that imposes a contractual obligation on us to deliver cash to the other party to the contract and/or exchange other financial instruments with the other party to the contract on potentially unfavorable terms. Accordingly, these items are (or were) financial liabilities subject to the accounting and disclosure requirements of the Fair Values Measurements and Disclosures topic of the ASC, whereby such liabilities are presented at fair value, which is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value should maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The accounting standards describe a fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value: Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 - Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. We have determined that there are no Level 1 inputs for determining the fair value of the Instruments. However, we have determined that the fair value of the Instruments may be determined using Level 2 inputs, as follows: the fair market value interest rate paid by us under the Line, as discussed in note 4. We have also determined that the fair value of the Instruments may be determined using Level 3 inputs, as follows: third party studies arriving at recommended discount factors for valuing payments made in unregistered restricted stock instead of cash, interest rates and other related expenses such as finders and origination fees observed in our ongoing and active negotiations with various financing sources, including the terms of transactions engaged in by us that are not eligible to be Level 2 inputs because of the non-comparable duration of the transaction as compared to the transaction being valued. Level 3 inputs currently used by us in our fair value calculations with respect to the Instruments include finders and origination fees ranging between 10% and 14% per annum and periodic interest rate premiums arising from less favorable collateral and/or payment priority, as compared to the Line, ranging between 6% and 11% per annum. Based on the use of the inputs described above, we have determined that there was no material difference between the carrying value and the fair value of the Instruments as of June 30, 2013, March 31, 2013, September 30, 2012, June 30, 2012, March 31, 2012 or September 30, 2011 and therefore no adjustment with respect to fair value was made to our consolidated financial statements as of those dates or for the nine or three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Goodwill and other intangible assets In accordance with the Intangibles – Goodwill and Other topic of the ASC, goodwill is reviewed annually (or more frequently if impairment indicators arise) for impairment. We follow a two-step process for impairment testing of goodwill. The first step of this test, used to identify potential impairment and described above, compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. The second step, if necessary, measures the amount of the impairment, including a comparison and reconciliation of the carrying value of all of our reporting units to our market capitalization, after appropriate adjustments for control premium and other considerations. During our fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011, we elected early adoption of the provisions of a recent ASC update to the above accounting standards that allow us to forego the two step impairment process based on certain qualitative evaluation – see discussion in Effects of Recent Accounting Pronouncements below. Also see note 2 – Goodwill and other Acquisition-Related Intangible Assets. Other intangible assets, such as customer lists, are amortized to expense over their estimated useful lives, although they are still subject to review and adjustment for impairment. We review our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. We assess the recoverability of such assets by comparing the estimated undiscounted cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets against their respective carrying amounts. The impairment amount, if any, is calculated based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of those assets.
Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Property and Equipment Property and equipment are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Property and equipment under capital leases are stated at the lower of the present value of the minimum lease payments at the beginning of the lease term or the fair value at the inception of the lease. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Amortization expense on assets acquired under capital leases is included in depreciation expense. The costs of leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of the lease term or the life of the improvement.
Internal Use Software, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Software Software developed for internal use, including the Digital Media Services Platform (“DMSP”), iEncode and other webcasting software and MarketPlace365 (“MP365”) platform, is included in property and equipment – see notes 2 and 3. Such amounts are accounted for in accordance with the Intangibles – Goodwill and Other topic of the ASC and amortized on a straight-line basis over three to five years, commencing when the related asset (or major upgrade release thereof) has been substantially placed in service.
Revenue Recognition, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Revenue Recognition Revenues from sales of goods and services are recognized when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement between us and the customer exists, (ii) the goods or service has been provided to the customer, (iii) the price to the customer is fixed or determinable and (iv) collectibility of the sales price is reasonably assured. The Infinite and OCC divisions of the Audio and Web Conferencing Services Group generate revenues from audio conferencing and web conferencing services, plus recording and other ancillary services. Infinite and OCC own telephone switches used for audio conference calls by its customers, which are generally charged for those calls based on a per-minute usage rate. Infinite provides online webconferencing services to its customers, charging either a per-minute rate or a monthly subscription fee allowing a certain level of usage. Audio conferencing and web conferencing revenue is recognized based on the timing of the customer’s use of those services. The EDNet division of the Audio and Web Conferencing Services Group generates revenues from customer usage of digital telephone connections controlled by EDNet, as well as bridging services and the sale and rental of equipment. EDNet purchases digital phone lines from telephone companies (and resellers) and sells access to the lines, as well as separate per-minute usage charges. Network usage and bridging revenue is recognized based on the timing of the customer’s use of those services. EDNet sells various audio codecs and video transport systems, equipment which enables its customers to collaborate with other companies or with other locations. As such, revenue is recognized for the sale of equipment when the equipment is installed or upon signing of a contract after the equipment is installed and successfully operating. All sales are final and there are no refund rights or rights of return. EDNet leases some equipment to customers under terms that are accounted for as operating leases. Rental revenue from leases is recognized ratably over the life of the lease and the related equipment is depreciated over its estimated useful life. All leases of the related equipment contain fixed terms. The Webcasting division of the Digital Media Services Group recognizes revenue from live and on-demand webcasts at the time an event is accessible for streaming over the Internet. Webcasting services are provided to customers using our proprietary streaming media software, tools and processes. Customer billings are typically based on (i) the volume of data streamed at rates agreed upon in the customer contract or (ii) a set monthly fee. Since the primary deliverable for the webcasting group is a webcast, returns are inapplicable. If we have difficulty in producing the webcast, we may reduce the fee charged to the customer. Historically these reductions have been immaterial, and are recorded in the month the event occurs. Services for live webcast events are usually sold for a single price that includes on-demand webcasting services in which we host an archive of the webcast event for future access on an on-demand basis for periods ranging from one month to one year. However, on-demand webcasting services are sometimes sold separately without the live event component and we have referred to these separately billed transactions as verifiable and objective evidence of the amount of our revenues related to on-demand services. In addition, we have determined that the material portion of all views of archived webcasts take place within the first ten days after the live webcast. Based on our review of the above data, we have determined that the material portion of our revenues for on-demand webcasting services are recognized during the period in which those services are provided, which complies with the provisions of the Revenue Recognition topic of the ASC. Furthermore, we have determined that the maximum potentially deferrable revenue from on-demand webcasting services charged for but not provided as of June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012 was immaterial in relation to our recorded liabilities at those dates. We include the DMSP and UGC divisions’ revenues, along with the Smart Encoding division’s revenues from hosting, storage and streaming, in the DMSP and hosting revenue caption. We include the EDNet division’s revenues from equipment sales and rentals and the Smart Encoding division’s revenues from encoding and editorial services in the Other Revenue caption. The DMSP, UGC and Smart Encoding divisions of the Digital Media Services Group recognize revenues from the acquisition, editing, transcoding, indexing, storage and distribution of their customers’ digital media. Charges to customers by these divisions generally include a monthly subscription or hosting fee. Additional charges based on the activity or volumes of media processed, streamed or stored by us, expressed in megabytes or similar terms, are recognized at the time the service is performed. Fees charged for customized applications or set-up are recognized as revenue at the time the application or set-up is completed. Deferred revenue represents amounts billed to customers for webcasting, EDNet, smart encoding or DMSP services to be provided in future accounting periods. As projects or events are completed and/or the services provided, the revenue is recognized. We add to our customer billings for certain services an amount to recover Universal Service Fund (“USF”) contributions which we have determined that we will be obligated to pay to the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), related to those particular services. This additional billing to our customers is not reflected as revenue by us, but rather is recorded as a liability on our books at the time of such billing, which liability is relieved upon our remittance of USF contributions as they are billed to us by USAC, an administrative and collection agency of the FCC - see notes 4 and 5.
Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Income Taxes As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves estimating current tax exposure together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our consolidated balance sheet. We then assess the likelihood that the deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and to the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we establish a valuation allowance. To the extent we establish a valuation allowance or change this allowance in a period, we include an expense or a benefit within the tax provision in our statement of operations. We have approximately $85.8 million in Federal net operating loss carryforwards as of June 30, 2013, which expire in fiscal years 2018 through 2033. Our utilization of approximately $20 million of the net operating loss carryforwards, acquired from the 2001 acquisition of EDNet and the 2002 acquisition of MOD and included in this $85.8 million total, against future taxable income may be limited as a result of ownership changes and other limitations. Significant judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes, our deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance recorded against those deferred tax assets. We had a deferred tax asset of approximately $32.3 million and $31.6 million as of June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012, respectively, primarily resulting from net operating loss carryforwards. A full valuation allowance has been recorded related to the deferred tax asset due to the uncertainty of realizing the benefits of certain net operating loss carryforwards before they expire. Our management will continue to assess the likelihood that the deferred tax asset will be realizable and the valuation allowance will be adjusted accordingly. Accordingly, no income tax benefit was recorded in our consolidated statement of operations as a result of the net tax losses for the nine and three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. The primary differences between the net loss for book and the net loss for tax purposes are the following items expensed for book purposes but not deductible for tax purposes – amortization of certain loan discounts, amortization and/or impairment adjustments of certain acquired intangible assets, expenses for stock options issued in payment for consultant and employee services but not exercised by the recipients and expenses related to shares issued or committed to be issued in payment for consultant and employee services, until such shares are issued and eligible for resale by the recipient. The Income Taxes topic of the ASC prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. However, as of June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012 we have not taken, nor recognized the financial statement impact of, any material tax positions, as defined above. Our policy is to recognize, as non-operating expense, interest or penalties related to income tax matters at the time such payments become probable, although we had not recognized any such material items in our statement of operations for the nine and three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. The tax years ending September 30, 2009 and thereafter remain subject to examination by Federal and various state tax jurisdictions.
Derivatives, Reporting of Derivative Activity [Policy Text Block]	Valuation of Derivatives In accordance with ASC Topic 415, Derivatives and Hedging, we follow a two-step approach to evaluate an instrument’s contingent exercise provisions, if any, and to evaluate the instrument’s settlement provisions when determining whether an equity-linked financial instrument (or embedded feature) is indexed to our own stock, which would in turn determine whether the instrument was treated as a liability to be recorded on our balance sheet at fair value and then adjusted to market in subsequent accounting periods. We have determined that this treatment was applicable to a warrant issued by us in September 2010 – see note 8.
Earnings Per Share, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Net Loss per Share For the nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, net loss per share is based on the net loss divided by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding, including the impact of 2,541,667 shares of common stock committed to be issued for compensation to certain Executives and for a loan origination fee, but not yet issued, as of June 30, 2013 (366,667 shares as of June 30, 2012) – see notes 4 and 5. Since the effect of common stock equivalents was anti-dilutive, all such equivalents were excluded from the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding. The total outstanding options and warrants, which have been excluded from the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding, were 1,397,667 and 3,313,702 at June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. In addition, the potential dilutive effects of the following convertible securities outstanding at June 30, 2013 have been excluded from the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding: (i) the $572,879 outstanding balance of the Rockridge Note, which could have potentially converted into up to 238,700 shares of our common stock, (ii) the $200,000 outstanding balance of the Fuse Note, which could potentially convert into up to 400,000 shares of our common stock, (iii) the $200,000 portion of the outstanding balance of the Intella2 Investor Notes issued to Fuse Capital LLC which could potentially convert into up to 400,000 shares of our common stock and (iv) the $395,000 portion of the outstanding balance of the Sigma Note which could potentially convert into up to 395,000 shares of our common stock. In addition, the potential dilutive effects of the following convertible securities outstanding at June 30, 2012 have been excluded from the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding: (i) 17,500 shares of Series A-13 Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A-13”) which could have potentially converted into 101,744 shares of ONSM common stock (and which were converted into 437,500 shares based on a reduction in the conversion price agreed to by us in December 2012 – see note 6), (ii) 420,000 shares of Series A-14 Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A-14”) which were converted into 260,000 shares of ONSM common stock on September 30, 2012 and 160,000 shares of ONSM common stock during the nine months ended June 30, 2013, (iii) the $973,858 outstanding balance of the Rockridge Note, which could have potentially converted into up to 405,774 shares of our common stock, (iv) $350,000 of convertible notes which in aggregate could have potentially converted into up to 583,333 shares of our common stock, excluding interest (of which $175,000 was repaid by the issuance of a cumulative 583,334 shares in January and March 2013 and the balance was repaid in cash – see note 4) and (v) the $100,000 CCJ Note, which could have potentially converted into up to 50,000 shares of our common stock.
Compensation Related Costs, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Compensation and related expenses Compensation costs for employees considered to be direct labor are included as part of webcasting and smart encoding costs of revenue. Certain compensation costs for employees involved in development of software for internal use, as discussed under Software above, are capitalized. Accrued liabilities and amounts due to directors and officers includes, in aggregate, approximately $885,000 and $966,000 as of June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012, respectively, related to salaries, commissions, taxes, vacation and other benefits earned but not paid as of those dates.
Share-based Compensation, Option and Incentive Plans Policy [Policy Text Block]	Equity Compensation to Employees and Consultants We have a stock based compensation plan (the “Plan”) for our employees, directors and consultants. In accordance with the Compensation – Stock Compensation topic of the ASC, we measure compensation cost for all share-based payments, including employee stock options, at fair value, using the modified-prospective-transition method. Under this method, compensation cost recognized for the nine and three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 includes compensation cost for all share-based payments granted subsequent to September 30, 2006, calculated using the Black-Scholes model, based on the estimated grant-date fair value and allocated over the applicable vesting and/or service period. There were no Plan options granted during the nine months ended June 30, 2013. For Plan options that were granted and thus valued under the Black-Scholes model during the nine months ended June 30, 2012, the expected volatility rates were approximately 97%, the risk-free interest rates were approximately 0.4% to 1.1% and the expected terms were 3 to 5 years. We have granted Non-Plan Options to consultants and other third parties. These options have been accounted for under the Equity topic (Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees subtopic) of the ASC, under which the fair value of the options at the time of their issuance, calculated using the Black-Scholes model, is reflected as a prepaid expense in our consolidated balance sheet at that time and expensed as professional fees during the time the services contemplated by the options are provided to us. There were no Non-Plan options granted during the nine months ended June 30, 2013 or June 30, 2012. In all valuations above, expected dividends were $0 and the expected term was the full term of the related options (or in the case of extended options, the incremental increase in the option term as compared to the remaining term at the time of the extension). See Note 8 for additional information related to all stock option issuances.
Advertising Costs, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Advertising and marketing Advertising and marketing costs, which are charged to operations as incurred and classified in our financial statements under Professional Fees or under Other General and Administrative Operating Expenses, were approximately $539,000 and $522,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively and were approximately $199,000 and $167,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. These amounts include third party marketing consultant fees and third party sales commissions, but do not include commissions or other compensation to our employee sales staff.
Comprehensive Income, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Comprehensive Income or Loss We have recognized no transactions generating comprehensive income or loss that are not included in our net loss, and accordingly, net loss equals comprehensive loss for all periods presented.
Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Accounting Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates are used when accounting for allowances for doubtful accounts, inventory reserves, depreciation and amortization lives and methods, goodwill and other impairment allowances, income taxes and related reserves and contingent liabilities, including contingent purchase prices for acquisitions, contingent compensation arrangements and USF contributions. Such estimates are reviewed on an on-going basis and actual results could be materially affected by those estimates.
Reclassification, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Reclassifications Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation, including segregation of the cash and non-cash components of compensation expense on the statement of operations.
Interim Financial Data Policy [Policy Text Block]	Interim Financial Data In the opinion of our management, the accompanying unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared by us pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. These interim financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with our annual financial statements as of September 30, 2012. These interim financial statements have not been audited. However, our management believes the accompanying unaudited interim financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly our consolidated financial position as of June 30, 2013, the results of our operations for the nine and three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 and our cash flows for the nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. The results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations or cash flows that can be expected for the year ending September 30, 2013.
New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Effects of Recent Accounting Pronouncements In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued updated accounting guidance related to fair value measurements and disclosures, which includes amendments that clarify the intent about the application of existing fair value measurements and disclosures, while other amendments change a principle or requirement for fair value measurements or disclosures. This guidance, which we first adopted on a prospective basis during our fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, had no material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In June 2011, the FASB issued ASC Update (“ASU”) 2011-05 (Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income), which requires that all non-owner changes in stockholders’ equity be presented in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The guidance does not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income. In December 2011, the FASB issued guidance that indefinitely deferred one of the new provisions in the June 2011 guidance, which was a requirement for entities to present reclassification adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component in both the statement in which net income is presented and the statement in which other comprehensive income is presented (for both interim and annual financial statements). The remainder of the June 2011 guidance was effective for our fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, applied retrospectively, and its adoption had no material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08 (Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment) (“Update 2011-08”), which provides guidance setting forth the circumstances under which an entity may assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount and to use such qualitative assessment as a basis of determining whether it would be necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test described in Topic 350. Although the terms of Update 2011-08 did not require implementation before our fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, early adoption was permitted, which we elected in order to first apply this guidance to our fiscal year ended September 30, 2011 and the related annual impairment tests – see note 2. The adoption of this guidance had no material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In July 2012, the FASB issued ASU 2012-02 (Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment), which is intended to reduce the complexity and cost of performing a quantitative test for impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets by permitting an entity the option to perform a qualitative evaluation about the likelihood that an indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired in order to determine whether it should calculate the fair value of the asset. The update also improves previous guidance by expanding upon the examples of events and circumstances that an entity should consider between annual impairment tests in determining whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount. We adopted this guidance for our fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, which had no material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-11 (Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists), which provides that an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, should be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward, except to the extent a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward is not available, in which case the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented in the financial statements as a liability This update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013, with early adoption permitted. We believe that our implementation of this guidance will have no material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Nature of Business

Onstream Media Corporation (“we” or "Onstream" or "ONSM"), organized in 1993, is a leading online service provider of live and on-demand corporate audio and web communications, virtual event technology and social media marketing, provided primarily to corporate (including large as well as small to medium sized businesses), education and government customers.

The Audio and Web Conferencing Services Group consists of our Infinite Conferencing (“Infinite”) division, our Onstream Conferencing Corporation (“OCC”) division and our EDNet division. Our Infinite division, which operates primarily from the New York City area, and our OCC division, which operates primarily from San Diego, California, generate revenues from usage charges and fees for other services provided in connection with “reservationless” and operator-assisted audio and web conferencing services – see note 2.

The EDNet division, which operates primarily from San Francisco, California, provides connectivity (in the form of high quality audio, compressed video and multimedia data communications) within the entertainment and advertising industries through its managed network, which encompasses production and post-production companies, advertisers, producers, directors, and talent. EDNet generates revenues primarily from network access and usage fees as well as sale, rental and installation of equipment.

The Digital Media Services Group consists primarily of our Webcasting division, our DMSP (“Digital Media Services Platform”) division and our MP365 (“MarketPlace365”) division. The DMSP division includes the related UGC (“User Generated Content”) and Smart Encoding divisions.

The Webcasting division, which operates primarily from Pompano Beach, Florida and has a sales and support facility in New York City, provides an array of corporate-oriented, web-based media services to the corporate market including live audio and video webcasting and on-demand audio and video streaming for any business, government or educational entity. The Webcasting division generates revenue primarily through production and distribution fees.

The DMSP division, which operates primarily from Colorado Springs, Colorado, provides an online, subscription based service that includes access to enabling technologies and features for our clients to acquire, store, index, secure, manage, distribute and transform these digital assets into saleable commodities. The DMSP division generates revenues primarily from monthly subscription fees, plus charges for hosting, storage and professional services. Our UGC division, which also operates as Auction Video (see note 2) and operates primarily from Colorado Springs, Colorado, provides a video ingestion and flash encoder that can be used by our clients on a stand-alone basis or in conjunction with the DMSP. The Smart Encoding division, which operates primarily from San Francisco, California, provides both automated and manual encoding and editorial services for processing digital media. This division also provides hosting, storage and streaming services for digital media, which are provided via the DMSP.

The MP365 division, which operates primarily from Pompano Beach, Florida with additional operations in San Francisco, California, enables publishers, associations, tradeshow promoters and entrepreneurs to self-deploy their own online virtual marketplaces using the MarketPlace365® platform. The MP365 division generates revenues primarily from monthly subscription fees, as well as booth fees, charged to MP365 promoters

Liquidity Disclosure [Policy Text Block]

Liquidity

Our consolidated financial statements have been presented on the basis that we are an ongoing concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. We have incurred losses since our inception, and have an accumulated deficit of approximately $135.0 million as of June 30, 2013. Our operations have been financed primarily through the issuance of equity and debt, including convertible debt and debt combined with the issuance of equity.

Effective October 22, 2012, we moved the listing of our common stock from The NASDAQ Capital Market ("NASDAQ") to OTC Markets' OTCQB marketplace ("OTCQB"), maintaining our ticker symbol "ONSM". On October 21, 2011, we received a letter from NASDAQ advising us that for the 30 consecutive trading days preceding the date of the notice, the bid price of our common stock had closed below the $1.00 per share minimum bid price required for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market, pursuant to NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(a)(2)(a) (the “Bid Price Rule”). The letter stated that we would be provided 180 calendar days, or until April 18th, 2012, to regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule, which deadline was subsequently extended on a one-time basis to October 15, 2012. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of our common stock would have needed to be at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days prior to that date. We carefully evaluated our options to maintain our listing on NASDAQ, including whether or not to implement a reverse split to satisfy the $1.00 per share minimum bid price requirement, and concluded that it was not in the best interest of our shareholders.

For the year ended September 30, 2012, we had a net loss of approximately $2.6 million, although cash provided by operating activities for that period was approximately $1.1 million. For the nine months ended June 30, 2013, we had a net loss of approximately $3.4 million, although cash provided by operating activities for that period was approximately $383,000. Although we had cash of approximately $372,000 at June 30, 2013, we had a working capital deficit of approximately $3.7 million at that date.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we terminated a consulting contract, which termination we expect will reduce our professional fee expense by approximately $57,000 for the remainder of fiscal 2013, as compared to the corresponding period of fiscal 2012. During the third quarter of fiscal 2013, we renegotiated a supplier contract representing approximately $132,000 in annualized savings, which we expect will reduce our cost of sales by approximately $122,000 for the final quarter of fiscal 2013 and the first three quarters of fiscal 2014, as compared to the corresponding periods of fiscal 2012 and 2013. During the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2013, we made certain headcount reductions representing approximately $464,000 in annualized savings, which we expect will reduce our compensation and professional fee expenses by approximately $412,000 in aggregate for the final quarter of fiscal 2013 and the first three quarters of fiscal 2014, as compared to the corresponding periods of fiscal 2012 and 2013.

During fiscal 2013, we renegotiated various supplier contracts representing approximately $203,000 in annualized savings, which we expect will cumulatively reduce our cost of sales and other general and administrative expenses by approximately $193,000 for the final quarter of fiscal 2013 and the first three quarters of fiscal 2014, as compared to the corresponding periods of fiscal 2012 and 2013.

On November 30, 2012 we acquired certain assets and operations of Intella2 Inc., a San Diego-based communications company (“Intella2”) – see note 2. The acquired Intella2 operations have achieved positive operating cash flow through June 30, 2013, although we also incurred debt and other liabilities during the nine months ended June 30, 2013 that was associated specifically or generally with this acquisition – see notes 2 and 4.

On December 21, 2012, we received a funding commitment letter (the “Funding Letter”) from J&C Resources, Inc. (“J&C”), agreeing to provide us, within twenty (20) days after our notice on or before December 31, 2013, aggregate cash funding of up to $550,000. Mr. Charles Johnston, who was one of our directors at the time of the transaction, is the president of J&C. This Funding Letter was obtained solely to demonstrate our ability to obtain short-term funds in the event other funding sources are not available, but does not represent any obligation to accept such funding on these terms and is not expected by us to be exercised. Cash provided under the Funding Letter would be in exchange for our issuance of (a) a note or notes with interest payable monthly at 15% per annum and principal payable on the earlier of a date twelve months from funding or July 1, 2014 and (b) 2.3 million unregistered common shares, which shares would be prorated in the case of partial funding. The note or notes would be unsecured and subordinated to all of our other debts, except to the extent such the terms of such debts would allow pari passu status. Furthermore, the note or notes would not be subject to any provisions, other than with respect to priority of payments or collateral, of our other debts. Upon receipt by us of an equivalent amount in dollars of investment from any other source after the date of this Funding Letter, other than funding received in connection with the LPC Purchase Agreement (see note 6), to refinance existing debt and up to $500,000 funding for general working capital or other business uses, this Funding Letter will be terminated. From the date of the Funding Letter through August 9, 2013, we have received funding of approximately $1.8 million, of which approximately $1.4 million is considered by us to be refinancing of existing debt. Accordingly, only approximately $419,000 would be considered new funding for general working capital or other business uses and as a result the Funding Letter remains in effect as of August 9, 2013. The $1.8 million of funding excludes advances made under our line of credit arrangement (the "Line") after the date of the Funding Letter. Furthermore, approximately $426,000 of the $1.4 million considered by us to be refinancing of existing debt is based on the net decrease in the outstanding balance under the Line from the date of the Funding Letter through August 9, 2013 - see note 4.

During the three and twelve month periods ended June 30, 2013, our revenues were not sufficient to fund our total cash expenditures (operating, capital and debt service) for those periods. Based on the anticipated impact of the Intella2 acquisition (see note 2) as well as our expectations with respect to new webcasting reseller and other sales agreements recently entered into by us, we expect our revenues for the next twelve months to exceed our revenues for the comparable prior twelve month period. However, in the event we are unable to achieve the necessary revenue increases to fund our total cash expenditures, we believe that identified decreases in our current level of expenditures that we have already planned to implement or could implement (in addition to the already implemented cost savings discussed above) and the raising of additional capital in the form of debt and/or equity and/or the sales of assets or operations would be sufficient to fund our operations through June 30, 2014. We will closely monitor our revenue and other business activity to determine if and when further cost reductions, the raising of additional capital or other activity is considered necessary.

Our continued existence is dependent upon our ability to raise capital and to market and sell our services successfully. However, there are no assurances whatsoever that we will be able to sell additional common shares or other forms of equity and/or that we will be able to borrow further funds under the Funding Letter or otherwise and/or that we will increase our revenues and/or control our expenses to a level sufficient to provide positive cash flow. The financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or amounts and classification of liabilities that may result if we are unsuccessful.

Consolidation, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Basis of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Onstream Media Corporation and its subsidiaries - Infinite Conferencing, Inc., Entertainment Digital Network, Inc., OSM Acquisition, Inc., Onstream Conferencing Corporation, AV Acquisition, Inc., Auction Video Japan, Inc., HotelView Corporation and Media On Demand, Inc. All significant intra-entity accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents consists of all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

Concentration Risk, Credit Risk, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Concentration of Credit Risk

We at times have cash in banks in excess of FDIC insurance limits and place our temporary cash investments with high credit quality financial institutions. We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers' financial condition and do not require collateral from them. Reserves for credit losses are maintained at levels considered adequate by our management.

Receivables, Trade and Other Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Bad Debt Reserves

Where we are aware of circumstances that may impair a specific customer's ability to meet its financial obligations, we record a specific allowance against amounts due from it, and thereby reduce the receivable to an amount we reasonably believe will be collected. For all other customers, we recognize allowances for doubtful accounts based on the length of time the receivables are past due, the current business environment and historical experience.

Inventory, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or market by analyzing market conditions, current sales prices, inventory costs, and inventory balances. We evaluate inventory balances for excess quantities and obsolescence on a regular basis by analyzing backlog, estimated demand, inventory on hand, sales levels and other information. Based on that analysis, our management estimates the amount of provisions made for obsolete or slow moving inventory.

Fair Value Measurement, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with the Financial Instruments topic of the ASC, we may elect to report most financial instruments and certain other items at fair value on an instrument-by-instrument basis with changes in fair value reported in earnings. After the initial adoption, the election is made at the acquisition of an eligible financial asset, financial liability, or firm commitment or when certain specified reconsideration events occur. The fair value election may not be revoked once an election is made. We have elected not to measure eligible financial assets and liabilities at fair value.

We have determined that the carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, amounts due to directors and officers and deferred revenue approximate fair value due to the short maturity of the instruments. We have also determined that the carrying amounts of certain notes and other debt approximate fair value due to the short maturity of the instruments, as well as the market value interest rates they carry – these include the Line and Equipment Notes and Leases. The accrued liability for the contingent portion of the Intella2 purchase price, a portion of which is classified as non-current as of June 30, 2013, was determined based on its fair value as of the November 30, 2012 Intella2 acquisition – see note 2 - and the fair value of that liability will be re-evaluated at the end of each subsequent accounting period and adjusted accordingly.

We have determined that the Rockridge Note, the CCJ Note, the Equipment Notes, the Subordinated Notes, the Intella2 Investor Notes, the Investor Notes, the Fuse Note, the Sigma Note and the USAC Note (the “Instruments”), discussed in note 4, meet the definition of a financial instrument as contained in the Financial Instruments topic of the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”), as this definition includes a contract that imposes a contractual obligation on us to deliver cash to the other party to the contract and/or exchange other financial instruments with the other party to the contract on potentially unfavorable terms. Accordingly, these items are (or were) financial liabilities subject to the accounting and disclosure requirements of the Fair Values Measurements and Disclosures topic of the ASC, whereby such liabilities are presented at fair value, which is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value should maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

The accounting standards describe a fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 - Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

We have determined that there are no Level 1 inputs for determining the fair value of the Instruments. However, we have determined that the fair value of the Instruments may be determined using Level 2 inputs, as follows: the fair market value interest rate paid by us under the Line, as discussed in note 4. We have also determined that the fair value of the Instruments may be determined using Level 3 inputs, as follows: third party studies arriving at recommended discount factors for valuing payments made in unregistered restricted stock instead of cash, interest rates and other related expenses such as finders and origination fees observed in our ongoing and active negotiations with various financing sources, including the terms of transactions engaged in by us that are not eligible to be Level 2 inputs because of the non-comparable duration of the transaction as compared to the transaction being valued. Level 3 inputs currently used by us in our fair value calculations with respect to the Instruments include finders and origination fees ranging between 10% and 14% per annum and periodic interest rate premiums arising from less favorable collateral and/or payment priority, as compared to the Line, ranging between 6% and 11% per annum.

Based on the use of the inputs described above, we have determined that there was no material difference between the carrying value and the fair value of the Instruments as of June 30, 2013, March 31, 2013, September 30, 2012, June 30, 2012, March 31, 2012 or September 30, 2011 and therefore no adjustment with respect to fair value was made to our consolidated financial statements as of those dates or for the nine or three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Goodwill and other intangible assets

In accordance with the Intangibles – Goodwill and Other topic of the ASC, goodwill is reviewed annually (or more frequently if impairment indicators arise) for impairment. We follow a two-step process for impairment testing of goodwill. The first step of this test, used to identify potential impairment and described above, compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. The second step, if necessary, measures the amount of the impairment, including a comparison and reconciliation of the carrying value of all of our reporting units to our market capitalization, after appropriate adjustments for control premium and other considerations.

During our fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011, we elected early adoption of the provisions of a recent ASC update to the above accounting standards that allow us to forego the two step impairment process based on certain qualitative evaluation – see discussion in Effects of Recent Accounting Pronouncements below. Also see note 2 – Goodwill and other Acquisition-Related Intangible Assets.

Other intangible assets, such as customer lists, are amortized to expense over their estimated useful lives, although they are still subject to review and adjustment for impairment.

We review our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. We assess the recoverability of such assets by comparing the estimated undiscounted cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets against their respective carrying amounts. The impairment amount, if any, is calculated based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of those assets.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Property and equipment under capital leases are stated at the lower of the present value of the minimum lease payments at the beginning of the lease term or the fair value at the inception of the lease. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Amortization expense on assets acquired under capital leases is included in depreciation expense. The costs of leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of the lease term or the life of the improvement.

Internal Use Software, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Software

Software developed for internal use, including the Digital Media Services Platform (“DMSP”), iEncode and other webcasting software and MarketPlace365 (“MP365”) platform, is included in property and equipment – see notes 2 and 3. Such amounts are accounted for in accordance with the Intangibles – Goodwill and Other topic of the ASC and amortized on a straight-line basis over three to five years, commencing when the related asset (or major upgrade release thereof) has been substantially placed in service.

Revenue Recognition, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Revenue Recognition

Revenues from sales of goods and services are recognized when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement between us and the customer exists, (ii) the goods or service has been provided to the customer, (iii) the price to the customer is fixed or determinable and (iv) collectibility of the sales price is reasonably assured.

The Infinite and OCC divisions of the Audio and Web Conferencing Services Group generate revenues from audio conferencing and web conferencing services, plus recording and other ancillary services. Infinite and OCC own telephone switches used for audio conference calls by its customers, which are generally charged for those calls based on a per-minute usage rate. Infinite provides online webconferencing services to its customers, charging either a per-minute rate or a monthly subscription fee allowing a certain level of usage. Audio conferencing and web conferencing revenue is recognized based on the timing of the customer’s use of those services.

The EDNet division of the Audio and Web Conferencing Services Group generates revenues from customer usage of digital telephone connections controlled by EDNet, as well as bridging services and the sale and rental of equipment. EDNet purchases digital phone lines from telephone companies (and resellers) and sells access to the lines, as well as separate per-minute usage charges. Network usage and bridging revenue is recognized based on the timing of the customer’s use of those services.

EDNet sells various audio codecs and video transport systems, equipment which enables its customers to collaborate with other companies or with other locations. As such, revenue is recognized for the sale of equipment when the equipment is installed or upon signing of a contract after the equipment is installed and successfully operating. All sales are final and there are no refund rights or rights of return. EDNet leases some equipment to customers under terms that are accounted for as operating leases. Rental revenue from leases is recognized ratably over the life of the lease and the related equipment is depreciated over its estimated useful life. All leases of the related equipment contain fixed terms.

The Webcasting division of the Digital Media Services Group recognizes revenue from live and on-demand webcasts at the time an event is accessible for streaming over the Internet. Webcasting services are provided to customers using our proprietary streaming media software, tools and processes. Customer billings are typically based on (i) the volume of data streamed at rates agreed upon in the customer contract or (ii) a set monthly fee. Since the primary deliverable for the webcasting group is a webcast, returns are inapplicable. If we have difficulty in producing the webcast, we may reduce the fee charged to the customer. Historically these reductions have been immaterial, and are recorded in the month the event occurs.

Services for live webcast events are usually sold for a single price that includes on-demand webcasting services in which we host an archive of the webcast event for future access on an on-demand basis for periods ranging from one month to one year. However, on-demand webcasting services are sometimes sold separately without the live event component and we have referred to these separately billed transactions as verifiable and objective evidence of the amount of our revenues related to on-demand services. In addition, we have determined that the material portion of all views of archived webcasts take place within the first ten days after the live webcast.

Based on our review of the above data, we have determined that the material portion of our revenues for on-demand webcasting services are recognized during the period in which those services are provided, which complies with the provisions of the Revenue Recognition topic of the ASC. Furthermore, we have determined that the maximum potentially deferrable revenue from on-demand webcasting services charged for but not provided as of June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012 was immaterial in relation to our recorded liabilities at those dates.

We include the DMSP and UGC divisions’ revenues, along with the Smart Encoding division’s revenues from hosting, storage and streaming, in the DMSP and hosting revenue caption. We include the EDNet division’s revenues from equipment sales and rentals and the Smart Encoding division’s revenues from encoding and editorial services in the Other Revenue caption.

The DMSP, UGC and Smart Encoding divisions of the Digital Media Services Group recognize revenues from the acquisition, editing, transcoding, indexing, storage and distribution of their customers’ digital media. Charges to customers by these divisions generally include a monthly subscription or hosting fee. Additional charges based on the activity or volumes of media processed, streamed or stored by us, expressed in megabytes or similar terms, are recognized at the time the service is performed. Fees charged for customized applications or set-up are recognized as revenue at the time the application or set-up is completed.

Deferred revenue represents amounts billed to customers for webcasting, EDNet, smart encoding or DMSP services to be provided in future accounting periods. As projects or events are completed and/or the services provided, the revenue is recognized.

We add to our customer billings for certain services an amount to recover Universal Service Fund (“USF”) contributions which we have determined that we will be obligated to pay to the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), related to those particular services. This additional billing to our customers is not reflected as revenue by us, but rather is recorded as a liability on our books at the time of such billing, which liability is relieved upon our remittance of USF contributions as they are billed to us by USAC, an administrative and collection agency of the FCC - see notes 4 and 5.

Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Income Taxes

As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves estimating current tax exposure together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our consolidated balance sheet. We then assess the likelihood that the deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and to the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we establish a valuation allowance. To the extent we establish a valuation allowance or change this allowance in a period, we include an expense or a benefit within the tax provision in our statement of operations.

We have approximately $85.8 million in Federal net operating loss carryforwards as of June 30, 2013, which expire in fiscal years 2018 through 2033. Our utilization of approximately $20 million of the net operating loss carryforwards, acquired from the 2001 acquisition of EDNet and the 2002 acquisition of MOD and included in this $85.8 million total, against future taxable income may be limited as a result of ownership changes and other limitations.

Significant judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes, our deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance recorded against those deferred tax assets. We had a deferred tax asset of approximately $32.3 million and $31.6 million as of June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012, respectively, primarily resulting from net operating loss carryforwards. A full valuation allowance has been recorded related to the deferred tax asset due to the uncertainty of realizing the benefits of certain net operating loss carryforwards before they expire. Our management will continue to assess the likelihood that the deferred tax asset will be realizable and the valuation allowance will be adjusted accordingly.

Accordingly, no income tax benefit was recorded in our consolidated statement of operations as a result of the net tax losses for the nine and three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. The primary differences between the net loss for book and the net loss for tax purposes are the following items expensed for book purposes but not deductible for tax purposes – amortization of certain loan discounts, amortization and/or impairment adjustments of certain acquired intangible assets, expenses for stock options issued in payment for consultant and employee services but not exercised by the recipients and expenses related to shares issued or committed to be issued in payment for consultant and employee services, until such shares are issued and eligible for resale by the recipient.

The Income Taxes topic of the ASC prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. However, as of June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012 we have not taken, nor recognized the financial statement impact of, any material tax positions, as defined above. Our policy is to recognize, as non-operating expense, interest or penalties related to income tax matters at the time such payments become probable, although we had not recognized any such material items in our statement of operations for the nine and three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. The tax years ending September 30, 2009 and thereafter remain subject to examination by Federal and various state tax jurisdictions.

Derivatives, Reporting of Derivative Activity [Policy Text Block]

Valuation of Derivatives

In accordance with ASC Topic 415, Derivatives and Hedging, we follow a two-step approach to evaluate an instrument’s contingent exercise provisions, if any, and to evaluate the instrument’s settlement provisions when determining whether an equity-linked financial instrument (or embedded feature) is indexed to our own stock, which would in turn determine whether the instrument was treated as a liability to be recorded on our balance sheet at fair value and then adjusted to market in subsequent accounting periods. We have determined that this treatment was applicable to a warrant issued by us in September 2010 – see note 8.

Earnings Per Share, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Net Loss per Share

For the nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, net loss per share is based on the net loss divided by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding, including the impact of 2,541,667 shares of common stock committed to be issued for compensation to certain Executives and for a loan origination fee, but not yet issued, as of June 30, 2013 (366,667 shares as of June 30, 2012) – see notes 4 and 5. Since the effect of common stock equivalents was anti-dilutive, all such equivalents were excluded from the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding. The total outstanding options and warrants, which have been excluded from the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding, were 1,397,667 and 3,313,702 at June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

In addition, the potential dilutive effects of the following convertible securities outstanding at June 30, 2013 have been excluded from the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding: (i) the $572,879 outstanding balance of the Rockridge Note, which could have potentially converted into up to 238,700 shares of our common stock, (ii) the $200,000 outstanding balance of the Fuse Note, which could potentially convert into up to 400,000 shares of our common stock, (iii) the $200,000 portion of the outstanding balance of the Intella2 Investor Notes issued to Fuse Capital LLC which could potentially convert into up to 400,000 shares of our common stock and (iv) the $395,000 portion of the outstanding balance of the Sigma Note which could potentially convert into up to 395,000 shares of our common stock.

In addition, the potential dilutive effects of the following convertible securities outstanding at June 30, 2012 have been excluded from the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding: (i) 17,500 shares of Series A-13 Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A-13”) which could have potentially converted into 101,744 shares of ONSM common stock (and which were converted into 437,500 shares based on a reduction in the conversion price agreed to by us in December 2012 – see note 6), (ii) 420,000 shares of Series A-14 Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A-14”) which were converted into 260,000 shares of ONSM common stock on September 30, 2012 and 160,000 shares of ONSM common stock during the nine months ended June 30, 2013, (iii) the $973,858 outstanding balance of the Rockridge Note, which could have potentially converted into up to 405,774 shares of our common stock, (iv) $350,000 of convertible notes which in aggregate could have potentially converted into up to 583,333 shares of our common stock, excluding interest (of which $175,000 was repaid by the issuance of a cumulative 583,334 shares in January and March 2013 and the balance was repaid in cash – see note 4) and (v) the $100,000 CCJ Note, which could have potentially converted into up to 50,000 shares of our common stock.

Compensation and related expenses

Compensation costs for employees considered to be direct labor are included as part of webcasting and smart encoding costs of revenue. Certain compensation costs for employees involved in development of software for internal use, as discussed under Software above, are capitalized. Accrued liabilities and amounts due to directors and officers includes, in aggregate, approximately $885,000 and $966,000 as of June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012, respectively, related to salaries, commissions, taxes, vacation and other benefits earned but not paid as of those dates.

Share-based Compensation, Option and Incentive Plans Policy [Policy Text Block]

Equity Compensation to Employees and Consultants

We have a stock based compensation plan (the “Plan”) for our employees, directors and consultants. In accordance with the Compensation – Stock Compensation topic of the ASC, we measure compensation cost for all share-based payments, including employee stock options, at fair value, using the modified-prospective-transition method. Under this method, compensation cost recognized for the nine and three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 includes compensation cost for all share-based payments granted subsequent to September 30, 2006, calculated using the Black-Scholes model, based on the estimated grant-date fair value and allocated over the applicable vesting and/or service period. There were no Plan options granted during the nine months ended June 30, 2013. For Plan options that were granted and thus valued under the Black-Scholes model during the nine months ended June 30, 2012, the expected volatility rates were approximately 97%, the risk-free interest rates were approximately 0.4% to 1.1% and the expected terms were 3 to 5 years.

We have granted Non-Plan Options to consultants and other third parties. These options have been accounted for under the Equity topic (Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees subtopic) of the ASC, under which the fair value of the options at the time of their issuance, calculated using the Black-Scholes model, is reflected as a prepaid expense in our consolidated balance sheet at that time and expensed as professional fees during the time the services contemplated by the options are provided to us. There were no Non-Plan options granted during the nine months ended June 30, 2013 or June 30, 2012.

In all valuations above, expected dividends were $0 and the expected term was the full term of the related options (or in the case of extended options, the incremental increase in the option term as compared to the remaining term at the time of the extension). See Note 8 for additional information related to all stock option issuances.

Advertising Costs, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Advertising and marketing

Advertising and marketing costs, which are charged to operations as incurred and classified in our financial statements under Professional Fees or under Other General and Administrative Operating Expenses, were approximately $539,000 and $522,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively and were approximately $199,000 and $167,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. These amounts include third party marketing consultant fees and third party sales commissions, but do not include commissions or other compensation to our employee sales staff.

Comprehensive Income, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Comprehensive Income or Loss

We have recognized no transactions generating comprehensive income or loss that are not included in our net loss, and accordingly, net loss equals comprehensive loss for all periods presented.

Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Accounting Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates are used when accounting for allowances for doubtful accounts, inventory reserves, depreciation and amortization lives and methods, goodwill and other impairment allowances, income taxes and related reserves and contingent liabilities, including contingent purchase prices for acquisitions, contingent compensation arrangements and USF contributions. Such estimates are reviewed on an on-going basis and actual results could be materially affected by those estimates.

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Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation, including segregation of the cash and non-cash components of compensation expense on the statement of operations.

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Interim Financial Data

In the opinion of our management, the accompanying unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared by us pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. These interim financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with our annual financial statements as of September 30, 2012. These interim financial statements have not been audited. However, our management believes the accompanying unaudited interim financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly our consolidated financial position as of June 30, 2013, the results of our operations for the nine and three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 and our cash flows for the nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. The results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations or cash flows that can be expected for the year ending September 30, 2013.

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Effects of Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued updated accounting guidance related to fair value measurements and disclosures, which includes amendments that clarify the intent about the application of existing fair value measurements and disclosures, while other amendments change a principle or requirement for fair value measurements or disclosures. This guidance, which we first adopted on a prospective basis during our fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, had no material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASC Update (“ASU”) 2011-05 (Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income), which requires that all non-owner changes in stockholders’ equity be presented in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The guidance does not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income. In December 2011, the FASB issued guidance that indefinitely deferred one of the new provisions in the June 2011 guidance, which was a requirement for entities to present reclassification adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component in both the statement in which net income is presented and the statement in which other comprehensive income is presented (for both interim and annual financial statements). The remainder of the June 2011 guidance was effective for our fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, applied retrospectively, and its adoption had no material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08 (Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment) (“Update 2011-08”), which provides guidance setting forth the circumstances under which an entity may assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount and to use such qualitative assessment as a basis of determining whether it would be necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test described in Topic 350. Although the terms of Update 2011-08 did not require implementation before our fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, early adoption was permitted, which we elected in order to first apply this guidance to our fiscal year ended September 30, 2011 and the related annual impairment tests – see note 2. The adoption of this guidance had no material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In July 2012, the FASB issued ASU 2012-02 (Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment), which is intended to reduce the complexity and cost of performing a quantitative test for impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets by permitting an entity the option to perform a qualitative evaluation about the likelihood that an indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired in order to determine whether it should calculate the fair value of the asset. The update also improves previous guidance by expanding upon the examples of events and circumstances that an entity should consider between annual impairment tests in determining whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount. We adopted this guidance for our fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, which had no material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-11 (Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists), which provides that an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, should be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward, except to the extent a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward is not available, in which case the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented in the financial statements as a liability This update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013, with early adoption permitted. We believe that our implementation of this guidance will have no material impact on our consolidated financial statements.