Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Telenet Credit Facility) (Details)	12 Months Ended									12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 Telenet Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Credit Facility [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility M [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility M [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility N [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility N [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility O [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility O [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility P [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility P [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility Q [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility Q [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility R [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility R [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility S [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility S [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility T [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility T [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility U [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility U [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility V [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Telenet Facility V [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Elimination of Telenet Facilities M, N, O, P, U and V in Consolidation [Member] USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit interest rate description										EURIBOR	EURIBOR	EURIBOR	EURIBOR	EURIBOR	EURIBOR	EURIBOR	EURIBOR	EURIBOR	EURIBOR
Interest rate				6.375%	6.375%	5.30%	5.30%	6.625%	6.625%	3.875%	3.875%	3.25%	3.25%	3.625%	3.625%	2.75%	2.75%	3.50%	3.50%	6.25%	6.25%	6.75%	6.75%
Line of credit borrowing capacity					€ 500,000,000		€ 100,000,000		€ 300,000,000		€ 400,000,000		€ 431,000,000		€ 798,600,000		€ 158,000,000		€ 175,000,000		€ 450,000,000		€ 250,000,000
Unused borrowing capacity		217,900,000		0		0		0		0		0		0		217,900,000		0		0		0		0
Carrying value		1,936,900,000		689,500,000		137,900,000		413,700,000		551,600,000		594,400,000		1,101,200,000		0		241,300,000		620,500,000		344,700,000		(2,757,900,000)
Fee on unused portion of credit facility																1.10%	1.10%
Loss on extinguishment of debt	14,800,000
Write off of deferred debt issuance cost	9,500,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt, third party costs incurred	5,300,000
Portion of debt, default of which triggers event of default		$ 68,900,000	€ 50,000,000