RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Revenues and Charges (Credits) Related to Services Provided to or Received from Related Parties [Abstract]
Revenues, net		$ 1,139	$ 1,191
Operating expenses:
Technical expenses, net of credits		44,892	44,937
Selling, general and administrative expenses, net		1,942	1,928
AMC Networks Inc., Madison Square Garden and MSG Networks Inc. [Member]
Revenues and Charges (Credits) Related to Services Provided to or Received from Related Parties [Abstract]
Revenues, net		1,139	1,191
Operating expenses:
Technical expenses, net of credits	[1]	44,892	44,937
Selling, general and administrative expenses, net		1,942	1,928
Operating expenses, net		46,834	46,865
Net charges		$ 45,695	$ 45,674

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