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Percentage of outstanding equity in the investee.

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Period of lock in of the investments.

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Term of commercial agreement.

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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Subsequent Events- Additional Information (Detail) $ / shares in Units, £ in Millions, $ in Millions, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2020 GBP (£)	Feb. 29, 2020 AUD ($) $ / shares	Aug. 31, 2019 $ / shares	Aug. 31, 2018 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividends per common share, date of dividend payable			Oct. 16, 2019	Oct. 17, 2018
Cash dividends per common share, date of record for dividend			Sep. 11, 2019	Sep. 12, 2018
Revenue amount guaranteed \| $					$ 2,479	$ 2,627	$ 4,819	$ 5,151
Common Class A [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared per share of common stock			$ 0.10	$ 0.10
Common Class B [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared per share of common stock			$ 0.10	$ 0.10
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividends per common share, date of dividend payable		Apr. 15, 2020
Cash dividends per common share, date of record for dividend		Mar. 11, 2020
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Tremor International [Member] \| Unruly Reporting [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percentage of equity owned in the company	7.00%
Period of lock in of equity shares	18 months
Period of commercial agreement	3 years
Revenue amount guaranteed \| £	£ 30
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Telstra Subordinated Loan Facility Two Thousand And Twenty [Member] \| New Foxtel [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percentage of shareholding		35.00%
Maximum amount of credit facility \| $		$ 170
Interest rate margin		7.75%
Share holder's loan maturity		Dec. 31, 2027
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Common Class A [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared per share of common stock		$ 0.10
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Common Class B [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared per share of common stock		$ 0.10