RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Revenues and Charges (Credits) Related to Services Provided to or Received from Related Parties [Abstract]
Revenues, net		$ 1,605	$ 1,586	$ 2,796	$ 2,910
Operating expenses:
Technical expenses, net of credits		44,426	45,714	89,363	91,782
Selling, general and administrative expenses, net of credits		1,502	1,014	3,430	2,316
AMC Networks Inc. and Madison Square Garden
Revenues and Charges (Credits) Related to Services Provided to or Received from Related Parties [Abstract]
Revenues, net		1,605	1,586	2,796	2,910
Operating expenses:
Technical expenses, net of credits	[1]	44,426	45,714	89,363	91,782
Selling, general and administrative expenses, net of credits		1,502	1,014	3,430	2,316
Operating expenses, net		45,928	46,728	92,793	94,098
Net charges		$ 44,323	$ 45,142	$ 89,997	$ 91,188

[1] Technical expenses include primarily costs incurred by the Company for the carriage of the MSG networks and Fuse program services (2014 period only) of Madison Square Garden, as well as for AMC, WE tv, IFC, Sundance Channel and BBC America (2015 period only) of AMC Networks on the Company's cable systems. The Company also purchases certain programming signal transmission and production services from AMC Networks.