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The cash outflow for purchases of and capital improvements on property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets.

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

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Aggregate revenue recognized during the period (derived from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an entity's earning process). For financial services companies, also includes investment and interest income, and sales and trading gains.

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Amount of depreciation, depletion, and amortization expense for the reportable segment. Such disclosure is presented if the amount is: (a) is included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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Amount of net assets (total assets less total liabilities) attributed to the reportable segment.

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Business Segment Data (Annual and Quarter) (Detail) - Company`s Segment Assets and Other Disclosure (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Assets					$ 27,459	$ 33,442
Depreciation and amortization					4,615	5,303
Capital expenditures					472	1,425
Geographic revenues:
Revenues	5,926	7,117	18,398	17,124	23,849	24,307
Identifiable Assets [Member] \| Digital Display Sales [Member]
Assets					7,460	8,875
Identifiable Assets [Member] \| Digital Display Lease and Maintenance [Member]
Assets					17,386	22,394
Identifiable Assets [Member] \| Real Estate Rentals [Member]
Assets					802	849
Identifiable Assets [Member] \| Segment, Discontinued Operations [Member]
Assets					702	926
Identifiable Assets [Member]
Assets					26,350	33,044
United States [Member]
Geographic revenues:
Revenues					21,630	21,578
Canada [Member]
Geographic revenues:
Revenues					1,619	1,769
Eleswhere [Member]
Geographic revenues:
Revenues					600	960
Digital Display Sales [Member]
Depreciation and amortization					179	187
Capital expenditures					37	85
Geographic revenues:
Revenues					15,990	15,515
Digital Display Lease and Maintenance [Member]
Depreciation and amortization					4,302	4,945
Capital expenditures					430	1,329
Geographic revenues:
Revenues					7,767	8,561
Real Estate Rentals [Member]
Depreciation and amortization					68	43
Geographic revenues:
Revenues					92	231
General Corporate [Member]
Assets					1,109	398
Depreciation and amortization					66	128
Capital expenditures					$ 5	$ 11