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Stock Options and Warrants - Narrative (Details)

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Stock Options and Warrants - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
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Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Number of shares authorized       7,500,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
Expense as result of remeasurement $ (954,000)us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet $ 15,538,000us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet    
Closing stock price for 20 or 30 days to trigger call of warrants (usd per share) $ 17.50ent_ClosingStockPriceMaximumTriggeringEventtoCall      
Number of days 20ent_ClassofWarrantorRightThresholdDays      
Number of consecutive days 30 days      
Estimated proceeds if warrants called 116,500,000ent_EstimatedProceedsExerciseofWarrantsTriggeringEventCall      
Number of warrants authorized for repurchase     25,000,000.0ent_ClassofWarrantorRightRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount  
Amount available for warrants repurchases 23,600,000ent_ClassofWarrantorRightRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount      
Derivative Liability        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Expense as result of remeasurement $ (1,000,000)us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet
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$ 15,500,000us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet
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Public Warrants | Quotes Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Number of warrants 10,129,508us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightOutstanding
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  10,148,508us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightOutstanding
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Public Warrants | Derivative Liability        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Warrants outstanding 10,129,508us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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Public Warrants | Global Eagle Warrants | Quotes Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Number of warrants 10,129,508us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightOutstanding
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Restricted stock units        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Employee stock option term       4 years
Annual vesting percent 25.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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Granted (in shares) 123,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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Warrants outstanding 176,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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  59,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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Restricted stock units | Performance Benchmark Three        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Shares issued 77,687us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesIssuedInPeriod
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2013 Equity Incentive Plan | Stock options        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Employee stock option term       5 years
Employee stock options vesting term       3 years
2013 Equity Incentive Plan | Stock options | Executive Officer        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Employee stock option term       5 years
Employee stock options vesting term       4 years
Annual vesting percent 25.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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Global Eagle Warrants        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Warrants outstanding 10,130,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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= ent_GlobalEagleWarrantsMember
  10,149,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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= ent_GlobalEagleWarrantsMember
 
Global Eagle Warrants | Sponsor Warrants        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Warrant exercise price (usd per share) $ 11.50ent_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsExercisePricePerWarrant
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Issued prior to 2015 | 2013 Equity Incentive Plan | Stock options | First Anniversary of Grant        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Annual vesting percent 25.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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Issued prior to 2015 | 2013 Equity Incentive Plan | Stock options | After First Anniversary of Grant        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Annual vesting percent 2.78%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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Issued prior to 2015 | 2013 Equity Incentive Plan | Stock options | Board Member        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Employee stock option term       5 years
Employee stock options vesting term       2 years
Issued in 2015 Awards | 2013 Equity Incentive Plan | Stock options | Board Member        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Employee stock option term       5 years
Issued in 2015 Awards | 2013 Equity Incentive Plan | Stock options | Board Member | 2015 Service Period        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Annual vesting percent 25.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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