CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME / LOSS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		$ 146,559	$ 156,709
Operating expenses:
Content costs		70,360	78,460
Other operating costs		13,248	14,467
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment		8,226	8,387
Amortization of broadcast licenses and other intangibles		2,194	2,356
Cost of revenues		94,028	103,670
Selling, general and administrative expenses		24,894	28,458
Operating income		27,637	24,581
Interest expense (Note 15)		(8,242)	(17,818)
Other non-operating (expense) / income, net (Note 16)		(3,097)	4,208
Income before tax		16,298	10,971
Provision for income taxes		(4,547)	(4,215)
Income from continuing operations		11,751	6,756
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax		0	316
Net income		11,751	7,072
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		7	178
Net income attributable to CME Ltd.		11,758	7,250
Currency translation adjustment		(15,843)	11,785
Unrealized (loss) / gain on derivative instruments (Note 12)		(3,331)	191
Total other comprehensive (loss) / income		(19,174)	11,976
Comprehensive (loss) / income		(7,423)	19,048
Comprehensive (income) / loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		(130)	386
Comprehensive (loss) / income attributable to CME Ltd.		$ (7,553)	$ 19,434
Net (loss) / income per share:
Continuing operations — basic		$ 0.03	$ 0.02
Continuing operations — diluted		0.03	0.01
Discontinued operations — basic		0.00	0.00
Discontinued operations — diluted		0.00	0.00
Attributable to CME Ltd. — basic		0.03	0.02
Attributable to CME Ltd. — diluted		$ 0.03	$ 0.01
Weighted average common shares used in computing per share amounts (000’s):
Basic (in shares)	[1]	264,199	158,039
Diluted (in shares)		265,211	241,905

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