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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, € in Millions, shares in Millions						3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 16, 2015 EUR (€)	Sep. 15, 2015 EUR (€)	Jul. 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Jul. 02, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 02, 2015 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2015 EUR (€) shares	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2015	Jul. 06, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Jul. 02, 2015 EUR (€)	Jun. 26, 2015 USD ($)	May. 18, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 16, 2013 EUR (€)	Nov. 19, 2010 EUR (€)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition consideration								$ 853,853
Foreign currency option premium								16,000
Call option cost				$ 625,000
Gain (loss) on derivatives						$ 4,037	$ 2,041	47,168		$ (2,436)
Derivative contract net gain (loss)						(900)		44,200
Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), before Tax								(24,200)
Business acquisition related costs						8,400		22,800
Net income attributable to SNI						124,559	131,339	442,120		413,429
Pre-payment of long term debt								1,944,525		120,000
Goodwill						1,797,754		1,797,754								$ 573,119
Operating income						270,996	$ 238,794	828,841		$ 761,851
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net income attributable to SNI						$ 5,200		$ 11,700
Term Loan
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount														$ 250,000
TVN 7.38% Senior Notes [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount \| €																	€ 430.0
Debt instrument Stated interest rate						7.38%		7.38%									7.38%
TVN 7.88% Senior Notes [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount \| €																		€ 175.0
Debt instrument Stated interest rate																		7.88%
Revolving Credit Facility
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity															$ 900,000
Hedges [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on derivatives						$ (4,700)		$ 28,300
Foreign Currency Option Contract [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on derivatives								31,900
N-Vision B.V. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding shares acquired, percentage				100.00%									100.00%
Business acquisition consideration								1,608,600	€ 1,440.0
Cash consideration				$ 652,365	€ 584.0
Assumption of debt				956,200									€ 856.0
Proceeds from issuance of debt				1,500,000
Payments To Retire \| €			€ 364.9
Senior P I K Toggle Notes Value \| €			300.0
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired \| €			363.4
Accrued And Unpaid Interest \| €			€ 1.5
Goodwill				1,220,764		1,220,800		1,220,800
Revenues						$ 92,700
Operating income								$ 6,300
TVN [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding shares acquired, percentage											100.00%
Assumption of debt				$ 621,100									€ 556.0
Percentage of voting share controlling interest				52.70%									52.70%
Percentage Offer Of Minimum Ownership								66.00%	66.00%
Company Intention								On June 9, 2015 the Company announced its intention to tender for all remaining outstanding voting shares of TVN to achieve 100.0% ownership.	On June 9, 2015 the Company announced its intention to tender for all remaining outstanding voting shares of TVN to achieve 100.0% ownership.
Outstanding voting share purchase price per share \| $ / shares												$ 20.0
Outstanding voting share purchase price amount												$ 853,900
Acquisition of additional shares \| shares								156.7	156.7
Cumulative percentage of ownership of outstanding share capital												98.80%
TVN [Member] \| TVN 7.38% Senior Notes [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pre-payment of long term debt \| €		€ 45.1
Debt instrument Stated interest rate		7.38%
Pre-payment of principal amount \| €		€ 43.0
Pre-payment of accrued interest \| €		0.8
Pre-payment of premium \| €		€ 1.3
Pre Payment Percentage Of Right From Outstanding Principal Amount		10.00%
TVN [Member] \| TVN 7.38% Senior Notes [Member] \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument Stated interest rate	7.38%
Senior note maturity date \| €	€ 45.6
Debt Instrument, Principal amount \| €	43.0
Debt Instrument, Accrued but unpaid interest \| €	€ 1.3
Debt instrument record date	Nov. 13, 2015
Debt instrument redemption date	Nov. 16, 2015
TVN [Member] \| TVN 7.88% Senior Notes [Member] \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument Stated interest rate	7.88%
Senior note maturity date \| €	€ 118.9
Debt Instrument, Principal amount \| €	€ 116.6
Debt instrument record date	Nov. 13, 2015
Debt instrument redemption date	Nov. 16, 2015
Debt Instrument, premium \| €	€ 2.3