FaceBank AG and Nexway - Assets Held For Sale - Schedule of Net Carrying Value of Investment in Facebank AG and Nexway and Related Gain on Sale of Investment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash paid to former owners of Facebank AG	$ 619
FaceBank AG & Nexway AG [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Investment in Nexway	4,988
Financial assets at fair value	1,965
Goodwill	28,541
Total assets	35,494
Loan payable	56,140
Net carrying amount	$ (20,646)
Issuance of common stock to former owners of Facebank AG	12,395
Cash paid to former owners of Facebank AG	$ 619
Gain on sale of investment in Facebank AG	$ (7,631)

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Good will - asset held for sale.

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Loan payable - Liabilities held for sale.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The difference between the carrying value and the sale price of an investment. A gain would be recognized when the sale price of the investment is greater than the carrying value of the investment. This element refers to the Gain included in earnings and not to the cash proceeds of the sale.

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