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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Intangible Assets (Details) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	20 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Intellectual property	Jul. 31, 2013 Headland Media Limited USD ($)	May 11, 2013 Headland Media Limited USD ($)	May 11, 2013 Headland Media Limited GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2014 Headland Media Limited Subscriber relationships	Dec. 31, 2014 Headland Media Limited Distribution rights	Dec. 31, 2014 Headland Media Limited Internally developed software	Dec. 31, 2014 Headland Media Limited Proprietary Content	Jul. 02, 2014 Videotel USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Videotel Subscriber relationships	Dec. 31, 2014 Videotel Internally developed software	Dec. 31, 2014 Videotel Proprietary Content	Dec. 31, 2014 Videotel Off-Market Favorable Lease
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability					$ 0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = kvhi_HeadlandMediaLimitedMember	$ 24,169us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = kvhi_HeadlandMediaLimitedMember	£ 15,576us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = kvhi_HeadlandMediaLimitedMember					$ 47,446us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = kvhi_VideotelMember
Estimated Useful Life				7 years				10 years	15 years	3 years	2 years		8 years	4 years	5 years	5 years
ERROR in label resolution.	$ 10,400us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual	$ 14,400us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual	$ 23,200us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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