COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Programming Rights Agreements and Other Commitments (Details)	Mar. 31, 2013 Programming purchase obligations [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Programming purchase obligations [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 Digital transmission obligations [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 Capital expenditures [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 CET 21 [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 CET 21 [Member] CZK	Mar. 31, 2013 Factoring Agreement [Member] CZECH REPUBLIC [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 Factoring Agreement [Member] CZECH REPUBLIC [Member] CZK	Dec. 31, 2012 Factoring Agreement [Member] CZECH REPUBLIC [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Factoring Agreement [Member] CZECH REPUBLIC [Member] CZK	Mar. 31, 2013 Btv Group [Member] BULGARIA	Mar. 31, 2013 Scenario, Adjustment [Member] Btv Group [Member] BULGARIA
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum factoring agreement					$ 41,400,000	830,000,000
Receivables pledged as collateral related to factoring agreement							300,000	6,100,000	6,600,000	132,400,000
2013	149,770,000		30,285,000	3,157,000
2014	79,601,000		20,012,000	1,276,000
2015	47,142,000		19,883,000	89,000
2016	28,540,000		12,105,000	0
2017	6,453,000		9,838,000	0
2018 and thereafter	578,000		41,580,000	0
Total	$ 312,084,000	$ 356,800,000	$ 133,703,000	$ 4,522,000
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired											94.00%	90.00%