CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY (USD $)	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	China Broadband Shareholders' (Deficit)/Equity [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Total
Balance at Dec. 31, 2009	$ 864	$ 14,965,391	$ (17,215,041)	$ 331,283	$ (1,917,503)	$ 5,259,427	$ 3,341,924
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2009	863,485
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Shares issued as payment for convertible note interest	9	132,626	0	0	132,635	0	132,635
Shares issued as payment for convertible note interest (in shares)	8,708
Stock option compensation expense	0	503,372	0	0	503,372	0	503,372
Interest expense related to discount and beneficial convertible features in connection with convertible note and warrants issuance	0	90,000	0	0	90,000	0	90,000
Common shares issued for services	68	254,932	0	0	255,000	0	255,000
Common shares issued for services (in shares)	68,000
Other adjustment	0	22,126	0	0	22,126	0	22,126
Common shares issued for cash	833	2,058,831	0	0	2,059,664	0	2,059,664
Common shares issued for cash (in shares)	833,333
Net loss	0	0	(15,219,283)	0	(15,219,283)	(2,616,032)	(17,835,315)
Beneficial conversion feature of Series A and Series B preferred stock issued	0	2,315,309	0	0	2,315,309	0	(2,315,309)
Warrants issued with common stock, Series A and Series B preferred stock	0	4,486,383	0	0	4,486,383	0	4,486,383
Common shares and warrants issued and costs related to the conversion of convertible notes	838	9,848,055	0	0	9,848,893	0	9,848,893
Common shares and warrants issued and costs related to the conversion of convertible notes (in shares)	838,067
Warrants issued to placement agent	0	135,774	0	0	135,774	0	(135,774)
Issuance costs related to the issuance of shares and warrants	0	(632,503)	0	0	(632,503)	0	(632,503)
Warrant liability reclassified to equity	0	150,017	0	0	150,017	0	150,017
Shares issued for Sinotop Group Ltd acquisition	1,211	4,451,758	0	0	4,542,969	0	4,542,969
Shares issued for Sinotop Group Ltd acquisition (in shares)	1,211,459
Warrants and options issued for Sinotop Group Ltd acquisition	0	4,039,964	0	0	4,039,964	0	4,039,964
Sinotop Beijing joint venture	0	0	0	0	0	1,492,961	(1,492,961)
Shares issued in warrant exchange	4,987	(4,987)	0	0	0	0	0
Shares issued in warrant exchange (in shares)	4,987,198
Comprehensive loss:
Net loss	0	0	(15,219,283)	0	(15,219,283)	(2,616,032)	(17,835,315)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0	0	0	(70,489)	(70,489)	547,770	477,281
Unrealized losses on marketable securities marketable equity securities	0	0	0	(13,811)	(13,811)	0	(13,811)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2010	8,810	42,907,048	(32,434,324)	246,983	10,728,517	4,684,126	15,412,643
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2010	8,810,250						8,810,250
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Stock option compensation expense	0	599,196	0	0	599,196	0	599,196
Stock purchase for right to purchase	0	194,321	0	0	194,321	0	194,321
Stock warrants issued pursuant to licensed content	0	676,462	0	0	676,462	0	676,462
Common shares issued for services	3	9,997	0	0	10,000	0	10,000
Common shares issued for services (in shares)	2,667
Warrants issued for service	0	24,816	0	0	24,816	0	24,816
Common shares issued for cash	1,654	10,916,152	0	0	10,917,806	0	10,917,806
Common shares issued for cash (in shares)	1,654,213
Issuance costs related to the issuance of common shares	0	(822,167)	0	0	(822,167)	0	(822,167)
Contribution from noncontrolling interest	0	0	0	0	0	151,759	151,759
Share adjustment for round lot holders in connection with 75-for-1 reverse split (in shares)	270
Net loss	0	0	(11,269,901)	0	(11,269,901)	(1,372,164)	(12,642,065)
Beneficial conversion feature of Series A and Series B preferred stock issued							0
Warrants issued to placement agent							0
Sinotop Beijing joint venture							0
Comprehensive loss:
Net loss	0	0	(11,269,901)	0	(11,269,901)	(1,372,164)	(12,642,065)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0	0	0	228,692	228,692	150,780	379,472
Unrealized losses on marketable securities marketable equity securities	0	0	0	(7,204)	(7,204)	0	(7,204)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2011	$ 10,467	$ 54,505,825	$ (43,704,225)	$ 468,471	$ 11,280,538	$ 3,614,501	$ 14,895,039
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2011	10,467,400						10,467,400