Borrowings under the entity's revolving credit facility used to repay balance of senior notes maturing.

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The value of debt satisfied and discharged with AMC Networks debt.

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- Definition

Interest rate stated in the contractual debt agreement.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 22
-Article 5

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the portion of long-term notes having the highest claim on the assets of the issuer in case of bankruptcy or liquidation, due within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Senior note holders are paid off in full before any payments are made to debt holders having a lesser priority of repayment.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 20
-Article 5

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DEBT (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011 CSC Holdings, LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2010 CSC Holdings, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 CSC Holdings, LLC [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 CSC Holdings, LLC [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Credit Facility Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Satisfaction and discharge of debt with AMC Networks debt	$ 1,250,000	$ 0		$ 1,250,000	$ 0			$ 1,250,000
Interest rate (in hundredths)							7.625%
Senior notes	271,442		325,773	244,617		325,773	325,796
Borrowings under revolving credit facility							$ 275,000