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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details) € in Millions, shares in Millions							3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 16, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 16, 2016 EUR (€)	Nov. 16, 2015 EUR (€)	Sep. 15, 2015 EUR (€)	Jul. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2015 EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2016 EUR (€) shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Jul. 06, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 06, 2015 PLN / shares	Jul. 01, 2015 EUR (€)	Jun. 26, 2015 USD ($)	May 31, 2015 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition consideration											$ 99,000,000
Cash consideration \| €										€ 584.0
Foreign currency option premium									$ 16,000,000				$ 16,000,000
Call option cost					$ 625,000,000
Gain on derivatives							$ 8,267,000	$ 37,198,000			11,033,000		43,131,000
Business acquisition related expenses								4,200,000					14,400,000
Net income attributable to SNI								(2,600,000)					(8,900,000)
Pre-payment of long term debt											390,000,000		1,700,000,000
Goodwill							1,785,349,000				1,785,349,000			$ 1,804,748,000
Payment to acquire new network distribution right											$ 11,634,000
New Network Distribution Right [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payment to acquire new network distribution right	$ 11,600,000	€ 10.4
New distribution rights of intangible asset expected life in years											4 years	4 years
Term Loan [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Term Loan							249,863,000	250,000,000			$ 249,863,000		250,000,000	249,129,000						$ 249,863,000
Revolving Credit Facility
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Line of credit facility							$ 0				0			$ 389,200,000							$ 900,000,000
Operating activities and as a cash inflow from settlement [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain on derivatives								48,900,000					33,000,000
Foreign Currency Option Contract [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain on derivatives								31,900,000
N-Vision B.V. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding shares acquired, percentage					100.00%														100.00%
Business acquisition consideration											$ 1,608,600,000	€ 1,440.0
Cash consideration					$ 652,365,000	€ 584.0
Assumption of debt					956,200,000														€ 856.0
Proceeds from issuance of debt					1,500,000,000
Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), before Tax								$ (18,900,000)					$ (18,900,000)
Payments To Retire \| €																€ 364.9
Senior P I K Toggle Notes Value \| €																€ 300.0
Goodwill					1,239,568,000
TVN [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding shares acquired, percentage															100.00%
Assumption of debt					621,100,000														€ 556.0
Outstanding voting share purchase price amount					831,500,000												$ 853,900,000
Outstanding voting share purchase price amount through squeeze-out.					22,400,000
Total consideration for acquisition					$ 2,462,500,000
Percentage of voting share controlling interest					52.70%														52.70%
Percentage offer of minimum ownership											66.00%	66.00%
Outstanding voting share purchase price per share \| PLN / shares																		PLN 20.0
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]
Debt instrument Stated interest rate				7.38%
Pre-payment of long term debt \| €				€ 45.1
Pre-payment of principal amount \| €				43.0
Pre-payment of accrued interest \| €				0.8
Pre-payment of premium \| €			€ 1.3	€ 1.3
Pre Payment Percentage Of Right From Outstanding Principal Amount				10.00%
Senior note maturity date \| €			45.6
Debt Instrument, Principal amount \| €			43.0
Debt Instrument, Accrued but unpaid interest \| €			€ 1.3
TVN [Member] \| TVN 7.88% Senior Notes [Member]
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, premium \| €			€ 2.3