GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Goodwill by reporting unit as at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 is summarized as follows:

	Gross Balance, December 31, 2009	Accumulated Impairment Losses		Balance, December 31, 2009	Additions/ Adjustments	Impairment Charge	Foreign Currency		Balance, December 31, 2010	Accumulated Impairment Losses		Gross Balance, December 31, 2010
Broadcast segment:
Bulgaria	64,044	(64,044	)	—	115,641	—	(1,308	)	114,333	(64,044	)	178,377
Croatia	11,211	(10,454	)	757	—	—	(60	)	697	(10,454	)	11,151
Czech Republic	936,268	—		936,268	—	—	(19,123	)	917,145	—		917,145
Romania	69,825	—		69,825	—	—	(5,848	)	63,977	—		63,977
Slovak Republic	62,990	—		62,990	—	—	(4,565	)	58,425	—		58,425
Slovenia	20,398	—		20,398	—	—	(1,478	)	18,920	—		18,920
Media Pro Entertainment segment:
Fiction and reality and entertainment	18,537	—		18,537	2,580	—	(1,806	)	19,311	—		19,311
Production services	9,950	—		9,950	1,240	—	(879	)	10,311	—		10,311
Distribution	17,548	—		17,548	2,336	—	(1,701	)	18,183	—		18,183
Total	1,210,771	(74,498	)	1,136,273	121,797	—	(36,768	)	1,221,302	(74,498	)	1,295,800

	Gross Balance, December 31, 2010		Accumulated Impairment Losses			Balance, December 31, 2010		Additions/ Adjustments			Impairment Charge			Foreign Currency			Balance, December 31, 2011		Accumulated Impairment Losses			Gross Balance, December 31, 2011
Broadcast segment:
Bulgaria	$	178,377	$	(64,044	)	$	114,333	$	—		$	(53,416	)	$	(1,983	)	$	58,934	$	(117,460	)	$	176,394
Croatia	11,151		(10,454		)	697		—			—			(35		)	662		(10,454		)	11,116
Czech Republic	917,145		—			917,145		—			—			(54,688		)	862,457		—			862,457
Romania	63,977		—			63,977		707			—			(2,606		)	62,078		—			62,078
Slovak Republic	58,425		—			58,425		—			—			(1,850		)	56,575		—			56,575
Slovenia	18,920		—			18,920		—			—			(599		)	18,321		—			18,321
Media Pro Entertainment segment:
Fiction and reality and entertainment	19,311		—			19,311		(1,029		)	—			(780		)	17,502		—			17,502
Production services	10,311		—			10,311		1,029			(11,028		)	(312		)	—		(11,028		)	11,028
Distribution	18,183		—			18,183		1,477			—			(996		)	18,664		—			18,664
Total	$	1,295,800	$	(74,498	)	$	1,221,302	$	2,184		$	(64,444	)	$	(63,849	)	$	1,095,193	$	(138,942	)	$	1,234,135

Schedule Of Intangible Assets Net [Table Text Block]

The net book value of our broadcast licenses and other intangible assets as at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 is summarized as follows:

	Indefinite-Lived Broadcast Licenses			Amortized Broadcast Licenses			Trademarks			Customer Relationships			Other			Total
Balance, December 31, 2009	$	58,506		$	152,488		$	74,580		$	61,377		$	6,292		$	353,243
Additions	—			178,158			74,066			37,322			—			289,546
Impairment	—			—			(397		)	—			—			(397		)
Amortization	—			(15,133		)	(1,516		)	(8,249		)	(1,089		)	(25,987		)
Foreign currency movements	(4,670		)	(5,968		)	(5,061		)	(4,654		)	(411		)	(20,764		)
Balance, December 31, 2010	$	53,836		$	309,545		$	141,672		$	85,796		$	4,792		$	595,641
Additions	—			—			—			—			2,034			2,034
Impairment	—			—			(4,304		)	—			—			(4,304		)
Amortization	—			(18,759		)	(5,692		)	(9,200		)	(1,230		)	(34,881		)
Foreign currency movements	(2,036		)	(10,576		)	(5,031		)	(2,250		)	(402		)	(20,295		)
Balance, December 31, 2011	$	51,800		$	280,210		$	126,645		$	74,346		$	5,194		$	538,195

Schedule Of Intangible Assets Gross [Table Text Block]

The gross value and accumulated amortization of broadcast licenses and other intangible assets was as follows at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010:

	December 31, 2011			December 31, 2010
Gross value	$	514,640		$	538,884
Accumulated amortization	(154,891		)	(132,955		)
Net book value of amortized intangible assets	359,749			405,929
Indefinite-lived broadcast licenses and trademarks	178,446			189,712
Total broadcast licenses and other intangible assets, net	$	538,195		$	595,641

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

The estimated amortization expense for our intangible assets with finite lives as of December 31, 2011, which includes the change in estimates noted above, is as follows:

2012	$	46,563
2013	46,194
2014	45,573
2015	31,733
2016	31,736

Key Measurements Involved And Valuation Methods Applied [Table Text Block]

The table below shows the key measurements involved and the valuation methods applied:

Measurement	Valuation Method
Recoverability of carrying value	Undiscounted future cash flows
Fair value of indefinite-lived broadcast licenses	Build-out method
Fair value of indefinite-lived trademarks	Relief from royalty method
Fair value of reporting units	Discounted cash flow model

Schedule Of Impairment Charges [Table Text Block]

We recognized impairment charges in the following reporting units in respect of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets in the year ended December 31, 2011:

	Trademark		Goodwill		Total
MPE - Production Services	$	—	$	11,028	$	11,028
Broadcast - Bulgaria	4,304		53,416		57,720
Total	$	4,304	$	64,444	$	68,748

We recognized the following impairment charges in respect of goodwill, indefinite-lived intangible and long-lived assets in the year ended December 31, 2009:

	Amortized Trademarks		Amortized Broadcast Licenses		Other Intangible Assets		Other Assets		Total
Pro.BG business	$	76	$	75,788	$	4,882	$	1,097	$	81,843