CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Total net revenues		$ 694,804	$ 703,906	$ 642,868
Operating expenses:
Content costs		284,715	309,439	293,728
Other operating costs		54,826	56,731	55,924
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment		33,536	32,933	31,261
Amortization of intangibles		8,457	9,002	8,592
Cost of revenues		381,534	408,105	389,505
Selling, general and administrative expenses		125,934	118,214	113,449
Operating income		187,336	177,587	139,914
Interest expense (Note 15)		(30,694)	(49,106)	(83,188)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(340)	(415)	(101)
Other non-operating (expense) / income, net (Note 16)		(2,208)	(3,588)	16,841
Income before tax		154,434	124,893	73,567
Provision for income taxes		(35,226)	(27,828)	(22,504)
Income from continuing operations		119,208	97,065	51,063
Income / (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax		0	60,548	(1,636)
Net income		119,208	157,613	49,427
Net (income) / loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		(74)	79	341
Net income attributable to CME Ltd.		119,134	157,692	49,768
Currency translation adjustment (Note 14)		(6,149)	(23,050)	54,368
Unrealized (loss) / gain on derivative instruments (Note 14)		(3,979)	(5,800)	1,269
Total other comprehensive (loss) / income		(10,128)	(28,850)	55,637
Comprehensive income		109,080	128,763	105,064
Comprehensive (income) / loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		(212)	(283)	1,254
Comprehensive income attributable to CME Ltd.		$ 108,868	$ 128,480	$ 106,318
Net income / (loss) per share:
Continuing operations — basic		$ 0.32	$ 0.27	$ 0.16
Continuing operations — diluted		0.32	0.25	0.12
Discontinued operations — basic		0	0.18	(0.01)
Discontinued operations — diluted		0	0.17	0.00
Attributable to CME Ltd. — basic		0.32	0.45	0.15
Attributable to CME Ltd. — diluted		$ 0.32	$ 0.42	$ 0.12
Weighted average common shares used in computing per share amounts (000’s):
Basic	[1]	264,611	230,562	155,846
Diluted		266,198	257,694	236,404

[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.