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The cash outflow associated with a purchase of a financial contract between two parties, the buyer and the seller of the option, where the buyer has the right but not the obligation to buy an agreed quantity of a particular commodity or financial instrument (the underlying instrument) from the seller of the option at a certain time for a certain price. A capped-style option is automatically exercised when the underlying security closes at or above the option's cap price for a call.

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The value (monetary amount) of the award the plaintiff seeks in the legal matter.

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The number of issuer's shares to which the option contract is indexed.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Litigation (Details) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified		3 Months Ended					6 Months Ended			3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012 contracts	Jun. 30, 2012 Video International [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 Video International [Member] UAH	Jun. 30, 2011 Video International [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Video International [Member] UAH	Dec. 31, 2010 Video International [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2008 Video International [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 01, 2009 Video International [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 01, 2009 Video International [Member] UAH	Sep. 30, 2008 Lehman Brothers [Member]	Apr. 11, 2011 Lehman Brothers [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 14, 2011 Lehman Brothers [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 03, 2009 Lehman Brothers [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 16, 2008 Lehman Brothers [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2008 Lehman Brothers [Member] Capped Purchase Call Option [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2008 Common Class A [Member] Minimum [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2008 Common Class A [Member] Maximum [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 04, 2008 Common Class A [Member] Capped Purchase Call Option [Member]
Litigation Amounts Paid								$ 1.7	13.5
Litigation Amount Paid - Offset								0.9	7.4
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Value		5.3	42.3	25.4	201.0	58.5	58.5
Purchase Of Capped Call Option															22.2
Option Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Indexed Shares																		1,583,333
Option Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Strike Price																$ 105.00	$ 151.20
Litigation Claims Amount Of Claims Filed											19.9			19.9
Additional Percentage Added To Cost Of Funding Interest Rate										1.00%
Cash Consideration Recieved For Litigation Claim													3.4
Cash Consideration Received On Claim Percentage of Claim Value													17.00%
Value Of Litigation Claim Contended By Lehman												$ 14.7
Related Contracts	4