Guarantor Subsidiaries (Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)		$ 40,548	$ (45,616)	$ 78,999	$ (10,017)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and other		33,988	45,174	70,106	93,718
Amortization of intangible assets		3,790	3,309	7,580	6,662
Share-based payments expense		5,174	3,289	9,504	7,192
Windfall excess tax benefits related to share-based payments		0	(160)	0	(686)
Deferred income taxes		(10,736)	(1,392)	(18,558)	(3,939)
Restructuring, impairment and related costs	[1]	0	0	361	1,680
Loss from equity method investment, net		208	133	415	265
Amortization of deferred financing fees and debt discount		613	692	1,251	1,385
Goodwill impairment		0	85,890	0	85,890
Gain from early extinguishment of debt		(418)	0	(11,446)	0
Other		(244)	383	(280)	(816)
Equity in income (loss) of subsidiaries		0	0	0	0
Cash flows from changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net		6,322	3,254	13,185	15,077
Content library		7,723	24,703	40,849	34,659
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(759)	(18,976)	5,263	(22,082)
Other assets		170	154	333	322
Accounts payable		(17,055)	(20,617)	(52,460)	(17,697)
Accrued payable to retailers		10,248	6,931	(14,398)	(11,510)
Other accrued liabilities		(4,552)	(12,008)	11,521	1,112
Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities	[2]	75,020	75,143	142,225	181,215	[3]
Investing Activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(14,921)	(19,508)	(28,374)	(40,217)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		18	2,817	92	2,940
Investments in and advances to affiliates				0	0
Net cash flows from (used in) investing activities	[2]	(14,903)	(16,691)	(28,282)	(37,277)	[3]
Financing Activities:
Proceeds from new borrowing on Credit Facility		91,000	77,000	176,000	112,000
Principal payments on Credit Facility		(135,687)	(68,875)	(244,000)	(185,750)
Repurchases of notes		(2,179)	0	(47,507)	0
Dividends paid		(10,084)	(5,417)	(15,122)	(11,019)
Repurchases of common stock		0	(22,023)	0	(62,731)
Principal payments on capital lease obligations and other debt		(1,451)	(3,033)	(3,077)	(6,278)
Windfall excess tax benefits related to share-based payments		0	160	0	686
Withholding tax paid on vesting of restricted stock net of proceeds from exercise of stock options		(47)	1,887	(1,472)	(1,201)
Net cash flows from (used in) financing activities	[2]	(58,448)	(20,301)	(135,178)	(154,293)	[3]
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash		(1,471)	1,623	(2,266)	5,367
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		198	39,774	(23,501)	(4,988)
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of period		198,850	197,934	222,549	242,696
End of period		199,048	237,708	199,048	237,708
Eliminations and Consolidation Reclassifications
Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)		(30,940)	49,820	(59,128)	(8,913)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and other				0	0
Amortization of intangible assets				0	0
Share-based payments expense				0	0
Windfall excess tax benefits related to share-based payments					0
Deferred income taxes				0	0
Restructuring, impairment and related costs				0	0
Loss from equity method investment, net		0	0	0	0
Amortization of deferred financing fees and debt discount				0	0
Goodwill impairment			0		0
Gain from early extinguishment of debt				0
Other				0	0
Equity in income (loss) of subsidiaries		30,940	(49,820)	59,128	8,913
Cash flows from changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net				0	0
Content library				0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets				0	0
Other assets				0	0
Accounts payable				0	0
Accrued payable to retailers				0	0
Other accrued liabilities				0	0
Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities				0	0	[3]
Investing Activities:
Purchases of property and equipment				0	0
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment				0	0
Investments in and advances to affiliates				0	0
Net cash flows from (used in) investing activities				0	0	[3]
Financing Activities:
Proceeds from new borrowing on Credit Facility				0	0
Principal payments on Credit Facility				0	0
Repurchases of notes				0
Dividends paid				0	0
Repurchases of common stock					0
Principal payments on capital lease obligations and other debt				0	0
Windfall excess tax benefits related to share-based payments					0
Withholding tax paid on vesting of restricted stock net of proceeds from exercise of stock options				0	0
Net cash flows from (used in) financing activities				0	0	[3]
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash				0	0
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents				0	0
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of period				0	0
End of period		0	0	0	0
Outerwall Inc. | Reportable Legal Entities
Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)		40,548	(45,616)	78,999	(10,017)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and other				12,961	12,700
Amortization of intangible assets				7	7
Share-based payments expense				6,984	3,681
Windfall excess tax benefits related to share-based payments					(686)
Deferred income taxes				(1,559)	(8,029)
Restructuring, impairment and related costs				57	136
Loss from equity method investment, net		208	133	415	265
Amortization of deferred financing fees and debt discount				1,251	1,385
Goodwill impairment			0		0
Gain from early extinguishment of debt				(11,446)
Other				(242)	(265)
Equity in income (loss) of subsidiaries		(29,938)	53,255	(56,407)	14,935
Cash flows from changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net				2,343	(357)
Content library				0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets				5,229	(17,957)
Other assets				0	47
Accounts payable				(2,539)	(2,022)
Accrued payable to retailers				(3,022)	479
Other accrued liabilities				6,872	1,674
Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities				39,903	(4,024)	[3]
Investing Activities:
Purchases of property and equipment				(16,424)	(13,869)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment				0	17
Investments in and advances to affiliates				104,336	161,753
Net cash flows from (used in) investing activities				87,912	147,901	[3]
Financing Activities:
Proceeds from new borrowing on Credit Facility				176,000	112,000
Principal payments on Credit Facility				(244,000)	(185,750)
Repurchases of notes				(47,507)
Dividends paid				(15,122)	(11,019)
Repurchases of common stock					(62,731)
Principal payments on capital lease obligations and other debt				(2,902)	(6,080)
Windfall excess tax benefits related to share-based payments					686
Withholding tax paid on vesting of restricted stock net of proceeds from exercise of stock options				(1,472)	(1,201)
Net cash flows from (used in) financing activities				(135,003)	(154,095)	[3]
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash				(250)	574
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents				(7,438)	(9,644)
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of period				160,167	180,889
End of period		152,729	171,245	152,729	171,245
Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries | Reportable Legal Entities
Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)		29,938	(53,255)	56,407	(14,935)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and other				55,130	74,892
Amortization of intangible assets				7,573	6,611
Share-based payments expense				2,520	3,511
Windfall excess tax benefits related to share-based payments					0
Deferred income taxes				(17,300)	(3,903)
Restructuring, impairment and related costs				304	1,544
Loss from equity method investment, net		0	0	0	0
Amortization of deferred financing fees and debt discount				0	0
Goodwill impairment			85,890		85,890
Gain from early extinguishment of debt				0
Other				(38)	176
Equity in income (loss) of subsidiaries		(1,002)	(3,435)	(2,721)	(23,848)
Cash flows from changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net				9,605	14,773
Content library				40,849	31,236
Prepaid expenses and other current assets				(207)	(4,455)
Other assets				291	245
Accounts payable				(49,970)	(13,438)
Accrued payable to retailers				(5,109)	(10,682)
Other accrued liabilities				5,993	426
Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities				103,327	148,043	[3]
Investing Activities:
Purchases of property and equipment				(10,989)	(25,818)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment				92	2,923
Investments in and advances to affiliates				(94,347)	(119,126)
Net cash flows from (used in) investing activities				(105,244)	(142,021)	[3]
Financing Activities:
Proceeds from new borrowing on Credit Facility				0	0
Principal payments on Credit Facility				0	0
Repurchases of notes				0
Dividends paid				0	0
Repurchases of common stock					0
Principal payments on capital lease obligations and other debt				0	0
Windfall excess tax benefits related to share-based payments					0
Withholding tax paid on vesting of restricted stock net of proceeds from exercise of stock options				0	0
Net cash flows from (used in) financing activities				0	0	[3]
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash				0	0
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents				(1,917)	6,022
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of period				19,372	17,939
End of period		17,455	23,961	17,455	23,961
Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Reportable Legal Entities
Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)		1,002	3,435	2,721	23,848
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and other				2,015	6,126
Amortization of intangible assets				0	44
Share-based payments expense				0	0
Windfall excess tax benefits related to share-based payments					0
Deferred income taxes				301	7,993
Restructuring, impairment and related costs				0	0
Loss from equity method investment, net		0	0	0	0
Amortization of deferred financing fees and debt discount				0	0
Goodwill impairment			0		0
Gain from early extinguishment of debt				0
Other				0	(727)
Equity in income (loss) of subsidiaries		0	0	0	0
Cash flows from changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net				1,237	661
Content library				0	3,423
Prepaid expenses and other current assets				241	330
Other assets				42	30
Accounts payable				49	(2,237)
Accrued payable to retailers				(6,267)	(1,307)
Other accrued liabilities				(1,344)	(988)
Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities				(1,005)	37,196	[3]
Investing Activities:
Purchases of property and equipment				(961)	(530)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment				0	0
Investments in and advances to affiliates				(9,989)	(42,627)
Net cash flows from (used in) investing activities				(10,950)	(43,157)	[3]
Financing Activities:
Proceeds from new borrowing on Credit Facility				0	0
Principal payments on Credit Facility				0	0
Repurchases of notes				0
Dividends paid				0	0
Repurchases of common stock					0
Principal payments on capital lease obligations and other debt				(175)	(198)
Windfall excess tax benefits related to share-based payments					0
Withholding tax paid on vesting of restricted stock net of proceeds from exercise of stock options				0	0
Net cash flows from (used in) financing activities				(175)	(198)	[3]
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash				(2,016)	4,793
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents				(14,146)	(1,366)
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of period				43,010	43,868
End of period		$ 28,864	$ 42,502	$ 28,864	$ 42,502

[1] The non-cash restructuring, impairment and related costs in the six months ended June 30, 2015 of $1.7 million is composed of $6.9 million in impairments of lease related assets partially offset by a $5.2 million benefit resulting from the lease termination.

[2] During the first quarter of 2015 we discontinued our Redbox operations in Canada. Cash flows from these discontinued operations are not segregated from cash flows from continuing operations in the 2015 periods presented. See Note 10: Discontinued Operations for cash flow disclosures related to our discontinued Redbox operations in Canada.

[3] During the first quarter of 2015 we discontinued our Redbox operations in Canada. Cash flows from these discontinued operations are not segregated from cash flows from continuing operations in all periods presented. See Note 10: Discontinued Operations for cash flow disclosures related to our discontinued Redbox operations in Canada.