PROGRAM RIGHTS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Less: current portion of acquired program rights	$ (87,145)	$ (86,151)
Program Rights Noncurrent	184,363	179,356
Feature Films [Member]
Feature Film Costs, Released, net of amortization	1,014	1,039
Television Programs [Member]
Television Program Costs, Released net of amortization	56,865	54,149
Television Program Costs, Completed and not released	3,576	2,593
Television Program Costs, In production	22,404	23,712
Television Program Costs, Development and pre-production	922	711
Acquired Program Rights [Member]
Acquired program rights, net of amortization	186,727	183,303
Less: current portion of acquired program rights	(87,145)	(86,151)
Program rights net noncurrent	99,582	97,152
Film And Television [Member]
Program rights net noncurrent	$ 84,781	$ 82,204

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Program rights that will be broadcast beyond twelve months, consisting of programming acquired from third parties and own produced programming. Program rights are recorded at their gross value when the license period begins and the programs are available for use. Program rights are amortized on a systematic basis over their expected useful lives in accordance with a schedule that reflects our estimate of the relative economic value of each run.

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The amount of direct negative costs incurred as well as allocations of production overhead and capitalized interest related to the completion of a direct-to-television film not yet released. Examples of direct negative costs include costs of story and scenario; compensation of cast, directors, producers, extras, and miscellaneous staff; costs of set construction and operations, wardrobe, and accessories; costs of sound synchronization; rental facilities on location; and postproduction costs such as music, special effects, and editing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 926
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6473108&loc=d3e54431-107959

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