Long-lived Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Long lived Assets

Schedule of PP&E

The details of our property and equipment and the related accumulated depreciation are set forth below:

	Estimated useful life at December 31, 2013	December 31,
		2013			2012
		in millions
Distribution systems	4 to 30 years	$	25,193.2		$	15,372.3
Customer premises equipment	3 to 5 years	6,126.0			4,162.6
Support equipment, buildings and land	3 to 40 years	3,581.9			2,282.1
		34,901.1			21,817.0
Accumulated depreciation		(10,926.2		)	(8,379.4		)
Total property and equipment, net		$	23,974.9		$	13,437.6

Schedule of Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill

Changes in the carrying amount of our goodwill during 2012 are set forth below:

	January 1, 2012		Acquisitions and related adjustments			Foreign currency translation adjustments		December 31, 2012
			in millions
European Operations Division:
Germany (Unitymedia KabelBW)	$	3,703.3	$	(0.8	)	$	67.8	$	3,770.3
Belgium (Telenet)	2,119.5		—			38.8		2,158.3
The Netherlands	1,181.7		2.9			21.6		1,206.2
Switzerland	3,026.8		1.1			80.0		3,107.9
Other Western Europe	1,013.0		—			18.5		1,031.5
Total Western Europe	11,044.3		3.2			226.7		11,274.2
Central and Eastern Europe	1,404.2		0.8			104.5		1,509.5
Total European Operations Division	12,448.5		4.0			331.2		12,783.7
Chile (VTR Group)	514.3		—			43.7		558.0
Corporate and other	326.5		204.3			5.1		535.9
Total	$	13,289.3	$	208.3		$	380.0	$	13,877.6

Changes in the carrying amount of our goodwill during 2013 are set forth below:

	January 1, 2013		Acquisitions and related adjustments		Reclassification of Chellomedia Disposal Group to discontinued operations			Foreign currency translation adjustments and other			December 31, 2013
	in millions
European Operations Division:
U.K. (Virgin Media)	$	—	$	9,000.8	$	—		$	597.4		$	9,598.2
Germany (Unitymedia KabelBW)	3,770.3		—		—			169.1			3,939.4
Belgium (Telenet)	2,158.3		—		—			96.8			2,255.1
The Netherlands	1,206.2		—		—			54.2			1,260.4
Switzerland	3,107.9		0.6		—			88.9			3,197.4
Other Western Europe	1,031.5		—		—			48.2			1,079.7
Total Western Europe	11,274.2		9,001.4		—			1,054.6			21,330.2
Central and Eastern Europe	1,509.5		—		—			10.6			1,520.1
Total European Operations Division	12,783.7		9,001.4		—			1,065.2			22,850.3
Chile (VTR Group)	558.0		—		—			(49.5		)	508.5
Corporate and other	535.9		77.2		(223.4		)	0.3			390.0
Total (a)	$	13,877.6	$	9,078.6	$	(223.4	)	$	1,016.0		$	23,748.8

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(a) With the exception of Other Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe and our corporate and other category, our reporting units for purposes of goodwill impairment testing correspond to our reportable segments, as set forth in the above table. For information concerning the reporting units included within the Other Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe reportable segments, see note 17.

Schedule of Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization, Net

The details of our intangible assets subject to amortization are set forth below: 

	Estimated useful life at December 31, 2013	December 31, 2013							December 31, 2012
		Gross carrying amount		Accumulated amortization			Net carrying amount		Gross carrying amount		Accumulated amortization			Net carrying amount
		in millions
Customer relationships	4 to 15 years	$	8,116.7	$	(2,458.4	)	$	5,658.3	$	4,117.5	$	(1,780.0	)	$	2,337.5
Other	2 to 15 years	288.1		(151.0		)	137.1		379.3		(135.5		)	243.8
Total		$	8,404.8	$	(2,609.4	)	$	5,795.4	$	4,496.8	$	(1,915.5	)	$	2,581.3

Schedule Of Future Amortization Expense Finite Lived Intangible Assets Text Block

The U.S. dollar equivalents of such amortization expense amounts as of December 31, 2013 are presented below (in millions): 

2014	$	1,043.4
2015	1,012.0
2016	953.8
2017	810.8
2018	752.5
Thereafter	1,222.9
Total	$	5,795.4