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Business Acquisiton, Closing Adjustments

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Cash Contribution to Fund Acqusition

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Fair Value of Debt and Capital Lease Obligations Less Cash and Cash Equivalents

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Portion of Purchase Price Retained to Satisfy Claims

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity method investee's stock owned by parent immediately after all stock transactions.

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Acquisitions (2012 Acquisitions) (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Nov. 08, 2012	Nov. 08, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014
OneLink [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Closing adjustments	$ 1.8	$ 1.8
Estimated useful life	10 years
Searchlight [Member] \| Leo Cable [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash contribution to fund acquisition	94.7	94.7
Business acquisition percentage of voting interests acquired	40.00%	40.00%
LGI Broadband Operations [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Portion of purchase price retained to satisfy claims	20.0	20.0
LGI Broadband Operations [Member] \| Old Liberty Puerto Rico [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	100.00%	100.00%
LGI Broadband Operations [Member] \| OneLink [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of acquired entity		96.5
Fair value of debt and capital lease obligations	496.0	496.0
Total consideration before transaction cost	592.5	592.5
Acquisition costs	$ 18.1	$ 18.1
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage ownership in subsidiary			60.00%