SEGMENT DATA Net Revenue and OIBDA (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) operatingsegments		Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues		$ 207,101	$ 126,706	$ 175,206	$ 129,000	$ 195,552	$ 117,322	$ 166,834	$ 126,133	$ 638,013		$ 605,841		$ 680,793
Total OIBDA:										150,049		122,815		95,446
Other Items										0	[1]	(11,982)	[1]	11,982
Operating Income (Loss)		$ 51,551	$ 8,384	$ 43,891	$ 7,763	$ 46,528	$ 28,853	$ 36,441	$ (17,239)	111,589		94,583		38,280
Nonoperating Income (Expense)										(2,487)		(25,939)		(9,895)
Loss before tax										(173,280)		(102,800)		(152,823)
BULGARIA
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues										72,651		73,090		87,078
Total OIBDA:										12,242		15,479		9,367
CROATIA
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues										55,607		55,912		62,026
Total OIBDA:										8,578		7,880		7,835
CZECH REPUBLIC
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues										190,372		182,636		202,779
Total OIBDA:										77,018		71,697		61,964
ROMANIA
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues										172,951		157,578		178,614
Total OIBDA:										62,016		41,176		37,259
Slovak Republic [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues										90,549		84,434		90,556
Total OIBDA:										15,947		10,585		4,586
Slovenia [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues										56,912		54,233		61,370
Total OIBDA:										$ 4,801		6,057		5,331
Total operating segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Operating Segments | operatingsegments										6
Total OIBDA:										$ 180,604		152,645		126,326
Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total OIBDA:										(30,555)		(29,830)		(30,880)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues	[2]									(1,029)		(2,042)		(1,630)
Total OIBDA:										$ 2		$ (229)		$ (16)

[1] (1) Other items consists solely of the charges related to tax audits of our Romanian operations, which were accrued in the fourth quarter of 2014 and fully released in the third quarter of 2015.

[2] Reflects revenues earned from the sale of content to other country segments in CME Ltd. All other revenues are third party revenues.