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CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND SHORT AND LONG TERM INVESTMENTS - Acquisition, Convertible Bonds of UiTV (Details) - UiTV - Convertible bonds of privately-held company - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 03, 2012	Dec. 03, 2012
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Available-for-sale Securities, Debt	$ 3.0
Interest rate of debt securities (as a percent)	6.50%
Maximum
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Price per share of qualified financing as a percentage of per share price used to determine conversion of debt securities		85.00%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
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-Section 12
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The cash outflow to acquire debt securities classified as available-for-sale securities, because they are not classified as either held-to-maturity securities or trading securities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3213-108585

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 11
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66010992&loc=d3e26853-111562

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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