ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS	ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. ("CME Ltd."), a Bermuda company limited by shares, is a media and entertainment company operating leading broadcast, production and distribution, and new media businesses in Central and Eastern Europe. References to the "Company", "we", "us" or "our" refer to CME Ltd. and its consolidated subsidiaries. Our assets are held through a series of Dutch and Curaçao holding companies. At December 31, 2011, we operated mainly in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. We manage our business on a divisional basis, with three operating segments, Broadcast, Media Pro Entertainment, our production and distribution business, and New Media, which are also our reportable segments. Broadcast Our Broadcast segment consists of 30 television channels primarily in six countries. We generate advertising revenues in our Broadcast segment primarily through entering into agreements with advertisers, advertising agencies and sponsors to place advertising on the television channels that we operate. Our main general entertainment television channels in each country are distributed on a free-to-air basis terrestrially in analog, digital or both, depending on the digitalization status in each country, and are also distributed via cable and satellite. Our other channels are generally distributed via cable and satellite. Unless otherwise indicated, we own 100% of our broadcast operating and license companies in each country. Bulgaria We operate one general entertainment channel, BTV, four other channels, BTV CINEMA, BTV COMEDY, RING.BG and BTV ACTION, and several radio channels. On January 28, 2012, we launched BTV LADY, a female-oriented cable channel. During 2011, we completed the integration of the operations of PRO BG MEDIA OOD and Ring TV EAD into BTV Media Group EAD ("BTV Media"), of which we own 94.0%. During December 2011, we were notified that Top Tone Media Holdings Limited ("Top Tone Holdings") intends to exercise its right to acquire additional equity in CME Bulgaria B.V. ("CME Bulgaria"), which owns our Bulgaria Broadcast operations (see Note 3, "Acquisitions and Dispositions"). Upon consummation of the equity transfer, our ownership of BTV Media would be reduced to 90.0%. Croatia We operate one general entertainment channel, NOVA TV (Croatia), one female-oriented channel, DOMA (Croatia), and an international channel, NOVA WORLD. Czech Republic We operate one general entertainment channel, TV NOVA (Czech Republic), and three other channels, NOVA CINEMA, NOVA SPORT and MTV CZECH. Romania We operate two general entertainment channels, PRO TV and ACASA, three other channels, PRO CINEMA, SPORT.RO and MTV ROMANIA, and an international channel, PRO TV INTERNATIONAL, as well as a general entertainment channel broadcasting in Moldova, PRO TV CHISINAU, which was acquired in January 2011 (see Note 3 "Acquisitions and Dispositions"). Slovak Republic We operate one general entertainment channel, TV MARKIZA, and one female-orientated channel, DOMA (Slovak Republic). Slovenia We operate two general entertainment channels, POP TV and KANAL A, and POP NON STOP, a subscription package of six channels which includes POP KINO, POP KINO2, POP BRIO, POP FANI, POP OTO and POP SPOT. Media Pro Entertainment Media Pro Entertainment (“MPE”), our production and distribution business, leverages creative talent across all our countries and focuses on the development, production and distribution of content for our television channels and to third parties, both within our region and globally. MPE is organized into two businesses: Production: This business provides assets and expertise to produce a range of fiction, reality and entertainment programming, and films, using both purchased formats and developing original formats. The content produced may be easily adapted for use across several markets and in many revenue-generating windows. Distribution: In addition to having responsibility for selling finished content and formats developed by our production operations to third parties, this business acquires rights to international film and television content across our region and distributes them both to third party clients and to our Broadcast operations. Our distribution operations are also able to generate third-party revenue by distributing content through the theatrical and home video operations. MPE owns and operates sixteen cinema screens in Romania. In addition, a home video distribution business sells DVD and Blu Ray discs to wholesale and retail clients in the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Romania and Hungary. A significant portion of our distribution revenues are to third parties, which are expected to generate a significant portion of MPE’s consolidated profits in the short-term. On June 30, 2011, we acquired Bontonfilm a.s. (“Bontonfilm”), a distribution company that distributes theatrical, home entertainment, digital and television film rights in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic and has a leading market position in each country (see Note 3, "Acquisitions and Dispositions"). The MPE segment currently generates the majority of its revenues from sales to our Broadcast segment. For that reason, the financial results of the segment are largely dependent on the performance of the television advertising market, although the long-term nature of the production process is such that it takes time for significant market changes to be reflected in this segment's results. New Media We own and operate more than 75 websites across our markets and we have recently launched our video-on-demand service, Voyo, with two principal objectives: to build strong online channels to distribute popular content and to operate an efficient marketing tool for our Broadcast segment. The New Media segment focuses on offering viewers the choice of watching our premium television content anytime, anywhere and operates a series of news portals, ranging from general information to sports or niche sites. Revenues generated by the New Media segment are primarily derived from the sale of advertising. During 2011, we commenced the launch across all our territories of Voyo, an internet-based content aggregation and distribution platform that offers consumers both free and paid content in multiple distribution windows.

ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. ("CME Ltd."), a Bermuda company limited by shares, is a media and entertainment company operating leading broadcast, production and distribution, and new media businesses in Central and Eastern Europe. References to the "Company", "we", "us" or "our" refer to CME Ltd. and its consolidated subsidiaries. Our assets are held through a series of Dutch and Curaçao holding companies. At December 31, 2011, we operated mainly in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.

We manage our business on a divisional basis, with three operating segments, Broadcast, Media Pro Entertainment, our production and distribution business, and New Media, which are also our reportable segments.

Broadcast

Our Broadcast segment consists of 30 television channels primarily in six countries. We generate advertising revenues in our Broadcast segment primarily through entering into agreements with advertisers, advertising agencies and sponsors to place advertising on the television channels that we operate. Our main general entertainment television channels in each country are distributed on a free-to-air basis terrestrially in analog, digital or both, depending on the digitalization status in each country, and are also distributed via cable and satellite. Our other channels are generally distributed via cable and satellite. Unless otherwise indicated, we own 100% of our broadcast operating and license companies in each country.

Bulgaria

We operate one general entertainment channel, BTV, four other channels, BTV CINEMA, BTV COMEDY, RING.BG and BTV ACTION, and several radio channels. On January 28, 2012, we launched BTV LADY, a female-oriented cable channel. During 2011, we completed the integration of the operations of PRO BG MEDIA OOD and Ring TV EAD into BTV Media Group EAD ("BTV Media"), of which we own 94.0%. During December 2011, we were notified that Top Tone Media Holdings Limited ("Top Tone Holdings") intends to exercise its right to acquire additional equity in CME Bulgaria B.V. ("CME Bulgaria"), which owns our Bulgaria Broadcast operations (see Note 3, "Acquisitions and Dispositions"). Upon consummation of the equity transfer, our ownership of BTV Media would be reduced to 90.0%.

Croatia

We operate one general entertainment channel, NOVA TV (Croatia), one female-oriented channel, DOMA (Croatia), and an international channel, NOVA WORLD.

Czech Republic

We operate one general entertainment channel, TV NOVA (Czech Republic), and three other channels, NOVA CINEMA, NOVA SPORT and MTV CZECH.

Romania

We operate two general entertainment channels, PRO TV and ACASA, three other channels, PRO CINEMA, SPORT.RO and MTV ROMANIA, and an international channel, PRO TV INTERNATIONAL, as well as a general entertainment channel broadcasting in Moldova, PRO TV CHISINAU, which was acquired in January 2011 (see Note 3 "Acquisitions and Dispositions").

Slovak Republic

We operate one general entertainment channel, TV MARKIZA, and one female-orientated channel, DOMA (Slovak Republic).

Slovenia

We operate two general entertainment channels, POP TV and KANAL A, and POP NON STOP, a subscription package of six channels which includes POP KINO, POP KINO2, POP BRIO, POP FANI, POP OTO and POP SPOT.

Media Pro Entertainment

Media Pro Entertainment (“MPE”), our production and distribution business, leverages creative talent across all our countries and focuses on the development, production and distribution of content for our television channels and to third parties, both within our region and globally.

MPE is organized into two businesses:

Production: This business provides assets and expertise to produce a range of fiction, reality and entertainment programming, and films, using both purchased formats and developing original formats. The content produced may be easily adapted for use across several markets and in many revenue-generating windows.

Distribution: In addition to having responsibility for selling finished content and formats developed by our production operations to third parties, this business acquires rights to international film and television content across our region and distributes them both to third party clients and to our Broadcast operations. Our distribution operations are also able to generate third-party revenue by distributing content through the theatrical and home video operations. MPE owns and operates sixteen cinema screens in Romania. In addition, a home video distribution business sells DVD and Blu Ray discs to wholesale and retail clients in the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Romania and Hungary. A significant portion of our distribution revenues are to third parties, which are expected to generate a significant portion of MPE’s consolidated profits in the short-term. On June 30, 2011, we acquired Bontonfilm a.s. (“Bontonfilm”), a distribution company that distributes theatrical, home entertainment, digital and television film rights in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic and has a leading market position in each country (see Note 3, "Acquisitions and Dispositions").

The MPE segment currently generates the majority of its revenues from sales to our Broadcast segment. For that reason, the financial results of the segment are largely dependent on the performance of the television advertising market, although the long-term nature of the production process is such that it takes time for significant market changes to be reflected in this segment's results.

New Media

We own and operate more than 75 websites across our markets and we have recently launched our video-on-demand service, Voyo, with two principal objectives: to build strong online channels to distribute popular content and to operate an efficient marketing tool for our Broadcast segment. The New Media segment focuses on offering viewers the choice of watching our premium television content anytime, anywhere and operates a series of news portals, ranging from general information to sports or niche sites. Revenues generated by the New Media segment are primarily derived from the sale of advertising.

During 2011, we commenced the launch across all our territories of Voyo, an internet-based content aggregation and distribution platform that offers consumers both free and paid content in multiple distribution windows.