Participations and Residuals	3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Participations And Residuals [abstract]
Participations And Residuals	Participations and Residuals The Company expects approximately 64% of accrued participations and residuals will be paid during the one-year period ending June 30, 2014.

The entire disclosure related to the total amount of participations and residual expenses due to another party. Participations includes amounts due to financial participants in films or TV programs, including actors, directors, and producers, for contractually defined participations in a film or TV program's net profit or gross receipts; residuals include amounts due to unions and guilds.

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