COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Programming Rights Agreements and Other Commitments (Details)	Dec. 31, 2012 Programming purchase obligations [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Programming purchase obligations [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Digital transmission obligations [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Capital expenditures [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 CET 21 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 CET 21 [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2012 Factoring Agreement [Member] CZECH REPUBLIC [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Factoring Agreement [Member] CZECH REPUBLIC [Member] CZK	Dec. 31, 2011 Factoring Agreement [Member] CZECH REPUBLIC [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Factoring Agreement [Member] CZECH REPUBLIC [Member] CZK
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity					$ 43,600,000	€ 830,000,000
Receivables pledged as collateral related to factoring agreement							6,900,000	132,400,000	28,600,000	545,800,000
2013	151,946,000		30,012,000	7,386,000
2014	101,302,000		17,414,000	1,384,000
2015	57,422,000		17,369,000	92,000
2016	33,769,000		11,420,000	0
2017	10,582,000		11,420,000	0
2018 and thereafter	1,804,000		43,571,000	0
Total	$ 356,825,000	$ 361,800,000	$ 131,206,000	$ 8,862,000