CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Total net revenues		$ 703,906	$ 642,868	$ 583,006
Operating expenses:
Content costs		309,439	293,728	275,746
Other operating costs		56,731	55,924	60,935
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment		32,933	31,261	27,529
Amortization of intangibles		9,002	8,592	8,270
Cost of revenues		408,105	389,505	372,480
Selling, general and administrative expenses		118,214	113,449	104,778
Operating income		177,587	139,914	105,748
Interest expense (Note 15)		(49,106)	(83,188)	(126,378)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(415)	(101)	(150,158)
Other non-operating (expense) / income, net (Note 16)		(3,173)	16,942	(2,252)
Income / (loss) before tax		124,893	73,567	(173,040)
Provision for income taxes		(27,828)	(22,504)	(6,639)
Income / (loss) from continuing operations		97,065	51,063	(179,679)
Income / (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 3)		60,548	(1,636)	(918)
Net income / (loss)		157,613	49,427	(180,597)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		79	341	306
Net income / (loss) attributable to CME Ltd.		157,692	49,768	(180,291)
Currency translation adjustment (Note 13)		(23,050)	54,368	1,649
Unrealized (loss) / gain on derivative instruments (Note 14)		(5,800)	1,269	(3,031)
Total other comprehensive (loss) / income		(28,850)	55,637	(1,382)
Comprehensive income / (loss)		128,763	105,064	(181,979)
Comprehensive (income) / loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		(283)	1,254	109
Comprehensive income / (loss) attributable to CME Ltd.		$ 128,480	$ 106,318	$ (181,870)
Net income / (loss) per share:
Continuing operations — basic		$ 0.27	$ 0.16	$ (1.28)
Continuing operations — diluted		0.25	0.12	(1.28)
Discontinued operations — basic		0.18	(0.01)	0.00
Discontinued operations — diluted		0.17	0.00	0.00
Attributable to CME Ltd. — basic		0.45	0.15	(1.28)
Attributable to CME Ltd. — diluted		$ 0.42	$ 0.12	$ (1.28)
Weighted average common shares used in computing per share amounts (000’s):
Basic	[1]	230,562	155,846	151,017
Diluted		257,694	236,404	151,017

[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 rights of the Series A Preferred Share are considered substantially similar to that of our Class A common stock.