Segment Reporting - Intersegment Expenses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Segment information
Total revenue	$ 14,292,658	$ 15,295,088	$ 16,679,407
Cost of services	9,641,235	8,989,961	9,558,484
Cost of services - equipment and other	1,330,927	2,201,870	1,812,591
Subscriber acquisition costs	1,076,010	1,387,650	1,392,061
Selling, general and administrative expenses	951,907	1,133,412	1,153,532
Total selling, general and administrative expenses	2,027,917	2,521,062	2,545,593
Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill		225,017
OIBDA	1,292,579	1,357,178	2,762,739
Depreciation and amortization	1,472,204	1,181,921	717,073
Total costs and expenses	14,472,283	15,119,831	14,633,741
Operating income (loss)	(179,625)	175,257	2,045,666
Interest income	54,059	105,416	42,776
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized (Note 2)	(690,222)	(38,881)	(22,781)
Other, net	742,705	(1,741,876)	1,038,982
Income (loss) before income taxes	(73,083)	(1,500,084)	3,104,643
Service revenue
Segment information
Total revenue	13,770,400	14,721,682	16,014,284
Equipment sales and other revenue
Segment information
Total revenue	522,258	573,406	665,123
Programming
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Cost of services	5,060,083	5,301,968	5,584,877
Connectivity services
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Cost of services	2,789,087	1,775,900	1,942,737
Other
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Cost of services	1,792,065	1,912,093	2,030,870
Eliminations
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Total revenue	(1,723)	(8,231)	(6,003)
Cost of services	(1,061)		(16)
Subscriber acquisition costs	(11)	(1,502)	(280)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(651)	(6,729)	(5,707)
Total selling, general and administrative expenses	(662)	(8,231)	(5,987)
Total costs and expenses	(1,723)	(8,231)	(6,003)
Eliminations | Equipment sales and other revenue
Segment information
Total revenue	(1,723)
Eliminations | Connectivity services
Segment information
Cost of services	(1,487)		(16)
Eliminations | Other
Segment information
Cost of services	426
Pay-TV | Operating segment
Segment information
Total revenue	10,688,204	11,571,159	12,505,392
Cost of services	6,546,506	6,977,628	7,423,427
Cost of services - equipment and other	80,271	91,164	97,315
Subscriber acquisition costs	425,227	687,338	879,620
Selling, general and administrative expenses	650,735	727,470	742,661
Total selling, general and administrative expenses	1,075,962	1,414,808	1,622,281
Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill		6,457
OIBDA	2,985,465	3,081,102	3,362,369
Depreciation and amortization	337,331	381,292	428,471
Total costs and expenses	8,040,070	8,871,349	9,571,494
Operating income (loss)	2,648,134	2,699,810	2,933,898
Pay-TV | Operating segment | Service revenue
Segment information
Total revenue	10,613,640	11,384,460	12,360,392
Pay-TV | Operating segment | Equipment sales and other revenue
Segment information
Total revenue	72,841	178,486	139,013
Pay-TV | Operating segment | Programming
Segment information
Cost of services	5,060,083	5,301,968	5,584,877
Pay-TV | Operating segment | Connectivity services
Segment information
Cost of services	224,112	245,716	261,942
Pay-TV | Operating segment | Other
Segment information
Cost of services	1,262,311	1,429,944	1,576,608
Pay-TV | Eliminations
Segment information
Total revenue		8,213	5,987
Pay-TV | Eliminations | Equipment sales and other revenue
Segment information
Total revenue	1,723
Wireless | Operating segment
Segment information
Total revenue	3,606,177	3,732,160	4,180,018
Cost of services	3,095,790	2,012,333	2,135,073
Cost of services - equipment and other	1,250,656	2,110,706	1,715,276
Subscriber acquisition costs	650,794	701,814	512,721
Selling, general and administrative expenses	301,823	412,671	416,578
Total selling, general and administrative expenses	952,617	1,114,485	929,299
Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill		218,560
OIBDA	(1,692,886)	(1,723,924)	(599,630)
Depreciation and amortization	1,134,873	800,629	288,602
Total costs and expenses	6,433,936	6,256,713	5,068,250
Operating income (loss)	(2,827,759)	(2,524,553)	(888,232)
Wireless | Operating segment | Service revenue
Segment information
Total revenue	3,156,760	3,337,222	3,653,892
Wireless | Operating segment | Equipment sales and other revenue
Segment information
Total revenue	449,417	394,920	526,110
Wireless | Operating segment | Connectivity services
Segment information
Cost of services	2,566,462	1,530,184	1,680,811
Wireless | Operating segment | Other
Segment information
Cost of services	$ 529,328	482,149	454,262
Wireless | Eliminations
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Total revenue		$ 18	$ 16