CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME / LOSS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues		$ 159,555	$ 146,895	$ 298,737	$ 258,627
Operating expenses:
Content costs		66,905	59,698	136,711	118,343
Other operating costs		12,397	11,881	25,084	23,136
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment		7,548	6,450	14,914	12,409
Amortization of broadcast licenses and other intangibles		2,267	2,053	4,623	4,162
Cost of revenues		89,117	80,082	181,332	158,050
Selling, general and administrative expenses		24,596	23,660	50,618	44,400
Operating income		45,842	43,153	66,787	56,177
Interest expense (Note 15)		(10,441)	(17,428)	(25,453)	(36,421)
Other non-operating (expense) / income, net (Note 16)		(6,936)	6,908	(2,888)	9,140
Income before tax		28,465	32,633	38,446	28,896
Provision for income taxes		(7,140)	(7,368)	(11,037)	(9,613)
Income from continuing operations		21,325	25,265	27,409	19,283
Income / (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 3)		4,700	2,533	5,688	(2,759)
Net income		26,025	27,798	33,097	16,524
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		16	137	194	346
Net income attributable to CME Ltd.		26,041	27,935	33,291	16,870
Currency translation adjustment		(34,629)	30,904	(22,844)	32,976
Unrealized (loss) / gain on derivative instruments (Note 12)		(3,119)	(40)	(2,928)	1,218
Total other comprehensive (loss) / income		(37,748)	30,864	(25,772)	34,194
Comprehensive (loss) / income		(11,723)	58,662	7,325	50,718
Comprehensive (income) / loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		(416)	590	(30)	891
Comprehensive (loss) / income attributable to CME Ltd.		$ (12,139)	$ 59,252	$ 7,295	$ 51,609
Net (loss) / income per share:
Continuing operations — basic		$ 0.05	$ 0.09	$ 0.07	$ 0.06
Continuing operations — diluted		0.05	0.07	0.06	0.04
Discontinued operations — basic		0.02	0.01	0.02	(0.01)
Discontinued operations — diluted		0.01	0.00	0.02	0.00
Net income attributable to CME Ltd. — basic		0.07	0.10	0.09	0.05
Net income attributable to CME Ltd. — diluted		$ 0.06	$ 0.07	$ 0.08	$ 0.04
Weighted average common shares used in computing per share amounts (000’s):
Basic (in shares)	[1]	235,148	155,738	196,807	155,269
Diluted (in shares)		258,783	235,952	250,515	230,872

[1] (1) For the purpose of computing basic earnings per share, the 11,211,449 shares of Class A common stock underlying the Series A Preferred Share are included in the weighted average outstanding shares of common stock - basic, because the holder of the Series A Preferred Share is entitled to receive any dividends payable when dividends are declared by the Board of Directors with respect to any shares of the common stock.