ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
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, 2012, we operated mainly in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. During the year ended December 31, 2012, we managed our business on a divisional basis, with three operating segments, Broadcast, Media Pro Entertainment, our production and distribution business, and New Media, which were also our reportable segments. See Note 18, "Segment Data" for a discussion of changes to our segments from January 1, 2013. Broadcast Our Broadcast segment consists of 36 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, and five other channels, BTV CINEMA, BTV COMEDY, RING.BG, BTV ACTION and BTV LADY, a female-oriented cable channel that was launched on January 28, 2012. We also operate several radio channels. We currently own 94.0% of CME Bulgaria B.V. ("CME Bulgaria"), the subsidiary that owns our Bulgaria Broadcast operations. Top Tone Media Holdings Limited ("Top Tone Holdings"), the third party that owns the remaining interest in CME Bulgaria, has exercised its right to acquire additional equity in CME Bulgaria, however the closing of this transaction has not yet occurred because the purchaser financing is still pending. Upon consummation of the equity transfer, we will own 90.0% of our Bulgaria Broadcast operations. 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 six other channels, NOVA CINEMA, NOVA SPORT, MTV CZECH, FANDA, a male-oriented channel that was launched on July 14, 2012, SMICHOV, a comedy channel that was launched on December 23, 2012 and TELKA, which was launched on February 22, 2013. Romania We operate two general entertainment channels, PRO TV and ACASA, and six other channels, PRO CINEMA, SPORT.RO, MTV ROMANIA, PRO TV INTERNATIONAL, an international channel, PRO TV CHISINAU, a general entertainment channel broadcasting in Moldova, and ACASA GOLD, a female-oriented cable channel that was launched on April 15, 2012. Slovak Republic We operate one general entertainment channel, TV MARKIZA, and three other channels, DOMA (Slovak Republic), a female-oriented channel, DAJTO, a male-oriented channel that was launched on August 20, 2012, and FOOOR, a comedy channel that was launched on February 25, 2013. 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 licensed formats as well as original formats and content developed by the business. The content produced can be easily adapted for use across several markets and in many revenue-generating windows. Distribution: 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, and also sells finished content and formats developed by our production operations to third parties. 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 eleven 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. New Media We own and operate more than 70 websites across our markets as well as our video-on-demand service, Voyo, in order to build strong online channels to distribute popular content and to operate an efficient marketing tool for our Broadcast operations. 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. Voyo is an internet-based content aggregation and distribution platform that offers consumers both free and paid content in multiple distribution windows. During 2012, Voyo completed the introduction of a subscription based video-on-demand service in all of its regions, offering premium locally produced productions as well as hundreds of local and foreign feature films. It also offers an embedded transactional video-on-demand element devoted to movie content from major Hollywood and independent studios. Revenues generated by the New Media segment are primarily derived from the sale of advertising.

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, 2012, we operated mainly in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.

During the year ended December 31, 2012, we managed our business on a divisional basis, with three operating segments, Broadcast, Media Pro Entertainment, our production and distribution business, and New Media, which were also our reportable segments. See Note 18, "Segment Data" for a discussion of changes to our segments from January 1, 2013.

Broadcast

Our Broadcast segment consists of 36 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, and five other channels, BTV CINEMA, BTV COMEDY, RING.BG, BTV ACTION and BTV LADY, a female-oriented cable channel that was launched on January 28, 2012. We also operate several radio channels. We currently own 94.0% of CME Bulgaria B.V. ("CME Bulgaria"), the subsidiary that owns our Bulgaria Broadcast operations. Top Tone Media Holdings Limited ("Top Tone Holdings"), the third party that owns the remaining interest in CME Bulgaria, has exercised its right to acquire additional equity in CME Bulgaria, however the closing of this transaction has not yet occurred because the purchaser financing is still pending. Upon consummation of the equity transfer, we will own 90.0% of our Bulgaria Broadcast operations.

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 six other channels, NOVA CINEMA, NOVA SPORT, MTV CZECH, FANDA, a male-oriented channel that was launched on July 14, 2012, SMICHOV, a comedy channel that was launched on December 23, 2012 and TELKA, which was launched on February 22, 2013.

Romania

We operate two general entertainment channels, PRO TV and ACASA, and six other channels, PRO CINEMA, SPORT.RO, MTV ROMANIA, PRO TV INTERNATIONAL, an international channel, PRO TV CHISINAU, a general entertainment channel broadcasting in Moldova, and ACASA GOLD, a female-oriented cable channel that was launched on April 15, 2012.

Slovak Republic

We operate one general entertainment channel, TV MARKIZA, and three other channels, DOMA (Slovak Republic), a female-oriented channel, DAJTO, a male-oriented channel that was launched on August 20, 2012, and FOOOR, a comedy channel that was launched on February 25, 2013.

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 licensed formats as well as original formats and content developed by the business. The content produced can be easily adapted for use across several markets and in many revenue-generating windows.

Distribution: 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, and also sells finished content and formats developed by our production operations to third parties. 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 eleven 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.

New Media

We own and operate more than 70 websites across our markets as well as our video-on-demand service, Voyo, in order to build strong online channels to distribute popular content and to operate an efficient marketing tool for our Broadcast operations. 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. Voyo is an internet-based content aggregation and distribution platform that offers consumers both free and paid content in multiple distribution windows. During 2012, Voyo completed the introduction of a subscription based video-on-demand service in all of its regions, offering premium locally produced productions as well as hundreds of local and foreign feature films. It also offers an embedded transactional video-on-demand element devoted to movie content from major Hollywood and independent studios. Revenues generated by the New Media segment are primarily derived from the sale of advertising.