EARNINGS PER SHARE (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Income from continuing operations		$ 11,751	$ 6,756
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		7	178
Less: preferred share accretion paid in kind (Note 13)		0	(2,447)
Less: income allocated to Series B Preferred Shares		3,482	1,838
Income from continuing operations available to common shareholders, net of noncontrolling interest		8,276	2,649
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax		0	316
Net income attributable to CME Ltd. available to common shareholders — basic		8,276	2,836
Net income attributable to CME Ltd. available to common shareholders — diluted		$ 8,285	$ 3,305
Weighted average outstanding shares of common stock - basic (in shares)	[1]	264,199,000	158,039,000
Dilutive effect of common stock warrants, employee stock options and RSUs (in shares)		1,012,000	83,866,000
Weighted average outstanding shares of common stock - diluted (in shares)		265,211,000	241,905,000
Net 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
Series B Preferred Shares
Dilutive effect of employee stock options, RSUs and Series B Preferred Shares		$ (9)	$ (469)
Common Class A [Member] | T W Investor [Member]
Net income per share:
Incremental common shares attributable to dilutive effect of conversion of preferred stock (in shares)		11,211,449	11,211,449
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale [Member]
Less: income allocated to Series B Preferred Shares		$ 0	$ (129)

[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.