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CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENTS (Details 5) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  | 0 Months Ended |  | 0 Months Ended |  | 0 Months Ended
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Jun. 21, 2012 IPTV operations | Dec. 31, 2013 Ordinary Share | Jun. 21, 2012 Series A Preference Shares | Jun. 21, 2012 iTV Media Inc. or iTV item | Nov. 08, 2010 iTV Media Inc. or iTV | Nov. 08, 2010 iTV Media Inc. or iTV Series A Preference Shares | Jun. 21, 2012 iTV Media Inc. or iTV Series A Preference Shares | Jun. 21, 2012 iTV Media Inc. or iTV Smart Frontier Ordinary Share | Apr. 15, 2012 iTV Media Inc. or iTV Smart Frontier Ordinary Share | Nov. 08, 2010 iTV Media Inc. or iTV Smart Frontier Ordinary Share
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENTS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares purchased |  |  |  |  |  | 9,600,000 |  |  |  | 5,100,000
Aggregate purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 10,000,000
Percentage of shares acquired |  |  |  | 49.00% | 75.00% |  |  |  |  | 51.00%
Period over which average closing price per share is used to calculate purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30 days
Period from closing date for obtaining regulatory approvals, failing which the entity has the right to repurchase the entity's shares issued in exchange for iTV's ordinary shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 year
Purchase price per share |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2.08333 |  |  |  |
Aggregate cash consideration |  |  |  |  |  | 20,000,000 |  |  |  |
Conversion of preference shares into ordinary shares |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |
Cumulative dividend rate (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  | 8.00% |  |  |  |
Number of shares issued |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,473,272 | 4,473,272
Fair value of shares issued |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9,800,000
Number of the Company's shares repurchased |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,473,272 |  |
Number of shares of acquiree transferred back |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,100,000 |  |
Number of Board seats held before the repurchase |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Board seats held |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of total Board seats |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of retained ownership interest after the repurchase |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14,900,000 |  |  |
Fair value of total net assets after the repurchase |  |  | 900,000 |  |  |  | 1,800,000 |  |  |
Gain (Loss) on investment | $ 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Decrease in ownership interest after the repurchase (as a percent) | 49.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase of ordinary shares from iTV shareholder (in shares) |  | 1,491,091 |  |  |  | 1,491,091 |  |  | 1,491,091 |

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