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Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Statement [Abstract]      
Revenue (note 18) $ 18,248.3us-gaap_Revenues $ 14,474.2us-gaap_Revenues $ 9,930.8us-gaap_Revenues
Operating costs and expenses:      
Operating (other than depreciation and amortization) (including share-based compensation) (note 13) 6,810.4us-gaap_OtherCostAndExpenseOperating 5,417.7us-gaap_OtherCostAndExpenseOperating 3,349.7us-gaap_OtherCostAndExpenseOperating
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) (including share-based compensation) (note 13) 3,172.8us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 2,616.5us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 1,860.3us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Depreciation and amortization 5,500.1us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization 4,276.4us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization 2,661.5us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization
Release of litigation provision (note 17) 0lbtya_ReleaseofLitigationProvision (146.0)lbtya_ReleaseofLitigationProvision 0lbtya_ReleaseofLitigationProvision
Impairment, restructuring and other operating items, net (notes 4, 9, 14 and 17) 536.8us-gaap_RestructuringSettlementAndImpairmentProvisions 297.5us-gaap_RestructuringSettlementAndImpairmentProvisions 76.2us-gaap_RestructuringSettlementAndImpairmentProvisions
Operating costs and expenses 16,020.1us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 12,462.1us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 7,947.7us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Operating income 2,228.2us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 2,012.1us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 1,983.1us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Non-operating income (expense):      
Interest expense (2,544.7)us-gaap_InterestExpense (2,286.9)us-gaap_InterestExpense (1,673.6)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Interest and dividend income 31.7us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterestAndDividend 113.1us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterestAndDividend 42.1us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterestAndDividend
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net (note 7) 88.8us-gaap_GainLossOnDerivativeInstrumentsNetPretax (1,020.4)us-gaap_GainLossOnDerivativeInstrumentsNetPretax (1,070.3)us-gaap_GainLossOnDerivativeInstrumentsNetPretax
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net (836.5)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax 349.3us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax 438.4us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) due to changes in fair values of certain investments, net (notes 6 and 8) 205.2lbtya_RealizedAndUnrealizedGainsLossesDueToChangesInFairValuesofCertainInvestmentsNet 524.1lbtya_RealizedAndUnrealizedGainsLossesDueToChangesInFairValuesofCertainInvestmentsNet (10.2)lbtya_RealizedAndUnrealizedGainsLossesDueToChangesInFairValuesofCertainInvestmentsNet
Losses on debt modification, extinguishment and conversion, net (note 10) (186.2)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnRestructuringOfDebt (212.2)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnRestructuringOfDebt (213.8)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnRestructuringOfDebt
Other expense, net (42.4)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense (5.6)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense (4.6)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Non-operating income (expense) (3,284.1)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense (2,538.6)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense (2,492.0)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes (1,055.9)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (526.5)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (508.9)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax benefit (expense) (note 11) 75.0us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (355.5)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (75.0)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Loss from continuing operations (980.9)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (882.0)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (583.9)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Discontinued operations (note 5):      
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes 0.8us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationDuringPhaseOutPeriodNetOfTax (23.7)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationDuringPhaseOutPeriodNetOfTax 47.1us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationDuringPhaseOutPeriodNetOfTax
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes 332.7us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax 0us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax 924.1us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax
Discontinued operations 333.5us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax (23.7)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax 971.2us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
Net earnings (loss) (647.4)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (905.7)us-gaap_ProfitLoss 387.3us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests (47.6)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (58.2)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (64.5)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Liberty Global shareholders $ (695.0)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (963.9)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 322.8us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) attributable to Liberty Global shareholders per share (note 3):      
Continuing operations (in dollars per shares) $ (1.29)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicAndDilutedShare $ (1.39)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicAndDilutedShare $ (1.17)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicAndDilutedShare
Discontinued operations (in dollars per shares) $ 0.42us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicAndDilutedShare $ (0.04)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicAndDilutedShare $ 1.77us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicAndDilutedShare
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) attributable to Liberty Global shareholders per share (in dollars per share) $ (0.87)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted $ (1.43)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted $ 0.60us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding - basic and diluted (in shares) 798,869,761us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted 672,348,540us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted 534,641,440us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted