Segment Reporting - Revenue, expense, operating income (loss) and OIBDA (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Revenue
Revenue	$ 15,825,516	$ 17,015,598	$ 18,634,246
Cost of services:
Cost of services	10,135,622	9,510,427	10,111,341
Cost of sales - equipment and other	1,636,955	2,434,904	2,099,136
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Subscriber acquisition costs	1,267,494	1,610,515	1,639,423
Selling, general and administrative expenses	1,159,322	1,378,639	1,375,902
Total selling, general and administrative expenses	2,426,816	2,989,154	3,015,325
Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill		761,099	711
OIBDA	1,626,123	1,320,014	3,407,733
Depreciation and amortization	1,930,193	1,597,923	1,174,895
Total costs and expenses	16,129,586	17,293,507	16,401,408
Operating income (loss)	(304,070)	(277,909)	2,232,838
Unallocated Amounts
Interest income	116,625	207,374	93,240
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized (Note 2)	(481,622)	(90,357)	(79,217)
Other, net	593,497	(1,770,792)	1,088,441
Income (loss) before income taxes	(75,570)	(1,931,684)	3,335,302
Service revenue
Revenue
Revenue	14,956,126	16,145,763	17,596,265
Equipment sales and other revenue
Revenue
Revenue	869,390	869,835	1,037,981
Programming
Cost of services:
Cost of services	5,060,083	5,301,968	5,584,877
Connectivity services
Cost of services:
Cost of services	2,989,566	1,969,842	2,141,338
Other
Cost of services:
Cost of services	2,085,973	2,238,617	2,385,126
Operating segment | Pay-TV
Revenue
Revenue	10,688,204	11,571,159	12,505,392
Cost of services:
Cost of services	6,546,506	6,977,628	7,423,427
Cost of sales - equipment and other	80,271	91,164	97,315
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Subscriber acquisition costs	425,227	687,338	879,620
Selling, general and administrative expenses	650,915	727,470	742,661
Total selling, general and administrative expenses	1,076,142	1,414,808	1,622,281
Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill		6,457
OIBDA	2,985,285	3,081,102	3,362,369
Depreciation and amortization	337,331	381,292	428,471
Total costs and expenses	8,040,250	8,871,349	9,571,494
Operating income (loss)	2,647,954	2,699,810	2,933,898
Operating segment | Wireless
Revenue
Revenue	3,607,983	3,732,160	4,180,018
Cost of services:
Cost of services	3,100,316	2,012,333	2,135,073
Cost of sales - equipment and other	1,250,656	2,110,706	1,715,276
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Subscriber acquisition costs	650,794	701,814	512,721
Selling, general and administrative expenses	303,240	412,671	416,578
Total selling, general and administrative expenses	954,034	1,114,485	929,299
Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill		218,560
OIBDA	(1,697,023)	(1,723,924)	(599,630)
Depreciation and amortization	1,134,883	800,629	288,602
Total costs and expenses	6,439,889	6,256,713	5,068,250
Operating income (loss)	(2,831,906)	(2,524,553)	(888,232)
Operating segment | Broadband and Satellite Services
Revenue
Revenue	1,575,788	1,755,559	1,998,093
Cost of services:
Cost of services	502,740	530,875	567,311
Cost of sales - equipment and other	308,412	241,570	294,683
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Subscriber acquisition costs	194,665	227,754	254,751
Selling, general and administrative expenses	228,076	258,625	236,274
Total selling, general and administrative expenses	422,741	486,379	491,025
Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill		536,082	711
OIBDA	341,895	(39,347)	644,363
Depreciation and amortization	459,796	419,262	462,748
Total costs and expenses	1,693,689	2,214,168	1,816,478
Operating income (loss)	(117,901)	(458,609)	181,615
Operating segment | Service revenue | Pay-TV
Revenue
Revenue	10,602,475	11,377,524	12,348,995
Operating segment | Service revenue | Wireless
Revenue
Revenue	3,156,760	3,337,186	3,653,892
Operating segment | Service revenue | Broadband and Satellite Services
Revenue
Revenue	1,196,891	1,431,053	1,593,378
Operating segment | Equipment sales and other revenue | Pay-TV
Revenue
Revenue	71,002	175,948	137,633
Operating segment | Equipment sales and other revenue | Wireless
Revenue
Revenue	448,477	394,167	525,820
Operating segment | Equipment sales and other revenue | Broadband and Satellite Services
Revenue
Revenue	349,911	299,720	374,528
Operating segment | Programming | Pay-TV
Cost of services:
Cost of services	5,060,083	5,301,968	5,584,877
Operating segment | Connectivity services | Pay-TV
Cost of services:
Cost of services	224,112	245,716	261,942
Operating segment | Connectivity services | Wireless
Cost of services:
Cost of services	2,570,988	1,530,184	1,680,811
Operating segment | Connectivity services | Broadband and Satellite Services
Cost of services:
Cost of services	203,498	197,358	204,384
Operating segment | Other | Pay-TV
Cost of services:
Cost of services	1,262,311	1,429,944	1,576,608
Operating segment | Other | Wireless
Cost of services:
Cost of services	529,328	482,149	454,262
Operating segment | Other | Broadband and Satellite Services
Cost of services:
Cost of services	299,242	333,517	362,927
Eliminations
Revenue
Revenue	(46,459)	(43,280)	(49,257)
Cost of services:
Cost of services	(13,940)	(10,409)	(14,470)
Cost of sales - equipment and other	(2,384)	(8,536)	(8,138)
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Subscriber acquisition costs	(3,192)	(6,391)	(7,669)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(22,909)	(20,127)	(19,611)
Total selling, general and administrative expenses	(26,101)	(26,518)	(27,280)
OIBDA	(4,034)	2,183	631
Depreciation and amortization	(1,817)	(3,260)	(4,926)
Total costs and expenses	(44,242)	(48,723)	(54,814)
Operating income (loss)	(2,217)	5,443	5,557
Eliminations | Pay-TV
Revenue
Revenue	14,727	17,687	18,764
Eliminations | Wireless
Revenue
Revenue	2,746	807	306
Eliminations | Broadband and Satellite Services
Revenue
Revenue	28,986	24,786	30,187
Eliminations | Connectivity services
Cost of services:
Cost of services	(9,032)	(3,416)	(5,799)
Eliminations | Other
Cost of services:
Cost of services	$ (4,908)	$ (6,993)	$ (8,671)