Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stockholders' Equity (Details Textual)

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Stockholders' Equity (Details Textual) (USD $)
 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2011
Feb. 28, 2011
Jul. 31, 2008
Jan. 31, 2004
Jun. 30, 2012
Jun. 30, 2011
Sep. 30, 2009
Jun. 30, 2012
Jun. 30, 2011
Dec. 31, 2011
Additional Stockholder's Equity (Textual) [Abstract]                    
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)         9,000,000,000     9,000,000,000   9,000,000,000
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)         3,824,178,762     3,824,178,762   3,753,201,929
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)         3,824,178,762     3,824,178,762   3,753,201,929
Common stock reserved for issuance (in shares)         3,266,609,000     3,266,609,000    
Number of common shares exchanged under share lending agreements (in shares)     262,400,000              
Exchange fee per common share for loaned shares (in dollars per share)     $ 0.001              
Number of share common shares returned on common stock borrowed (in shares) 202,400,000           60,000,000      
Amortization of costs related to share-lending arrangement and other issuance costs         $ 3,060,000 $ 2,760,000   $ 6,042,000 $ 5,450,000  
Unamortized, debt issuance costs         34,013,000     34,013,000   40,054,000
Unamortized, debt issuance costs recorded in deferred financing fees, net         33,332,000     33,332,000   39,253,000
Unamortized, debt issuance costs recorded in long-term related party assets         680,000     680,000   801,000
Service Agreement, Contract term with sports programming provider       7 years            
Common stock delivered under seven agreement with programming provider (in shares)       15,173,070            
Value of common stock delivered under agreement with sports programming provider       40,967,000            
Share-based payment expense related to seven year agreement with sports programming provider                 1,568,000  
Undesignated preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)         50,000,000     50,000,000   50,000,000
Number of outstanding warrants to acquire common stock (in shares)         22,506,000     22,506,000   22,506,000
Average exercise price of warrant (in dollars per share)         2.63     2.63   2.63
Warrants issuance related expense         $ 0 $ 0   $ 0 $ 0  
Warrants exercised to purchase common stock (in shares)   16,500,000                
Issuance of shares of common stock resulting from the exercise of warrants based on the exercise price (in shares)   7,122,951                
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
                    
Additional Stockholder's Equity (Textual) [Abstract]                    
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)         0     0   0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)         0     0   0
Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
                    
Additional Stockholder's Equity (Textual) [Abstract]                    
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)         12,500,000     12,500,000   12,500,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)         12,500,000     12,500,000   12,500,000
The rate Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of our common stock (in shares)               206.9581409    
Percentage of shares Liberty Media would own of our common stock after conversion of Series B Preferred Stock               40.00%