Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 1,286.3	$ 982.1
Trade receivables, net	1,844.3	1,467.7
Derivative instruments (note 4)	381.3	421.9
Prepaid expenses	312.8	144.2
Other current assets	656.0	341.5
Total current assets	4,480.7	3,357.4
Investments (including $1,961.7 million and $2,591.8 million, respectively, measured at fair value) (note 5)	2,165.3	2,839.6
Property and equipment, net (note 6)	24,705.0	21,684.0
Goodwill (note 6)	32,462.0	27,020.4
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net (note 6)	7,975.0	7,092.5
Other assets, net (note 4)	6,765.6	5,565.1
Total assets	78,553.6	67,559.0
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	1,370.0	1,050.1
Deferred revenue and advance payments from subscribers and others	1,511.6	1,393.5
Current portion of debt and capital lease obligations (notes 5 and 7)	2,143.3	2,537.9
Accrued interest	820.0	832.8
Derivative instruments (note 4)	588.2	346.3
Accrued income taxes	502.0	483.5
Accrued capital expenditures	496.5	441.8
Other accrued and current liabilities (note 11)	2,452.1	2,072.0
Total current liabilities	9,883.7	9,157.9
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations (notes 5 and 7)	49,500.7	44,211.2
Other long-term liabilities (notes 4 and 11)	5,154.3	4,015.6
Total liabilities	64,538.7	57,384.7
Commitments and contingencies (notes 3, 4, 7, 8, 13 and 15)
Liberty Global shareholders:
Additional paid-in capital	18,582.8	14,908.1
Accumulated deficit	(5,427.8)	(5,160.1)
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes	(102.9)	895.9
Treasury shares, at cost	(0.3)	(0.4)
Total Liberty Global shareholders	13,061.7	10,652.4
Noncontrolling interests	953.2	(478.1)
Total equity	14,014.9	10,174.3
Total liabilities and equity	78,553.6	67,559.0
Liberty Global Group [Member]
Current assets:
Derivative instruments (note 4)	375.1	405.9
Property and equipment, net (note 6)	20,882.9	20,840.5
Goodwill (note 6)	26,070.9	26,244.8
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net (note 6)	6,627.5	6,975.1
Current liabilities:
Derivative instruments (note 4)	558.2	346.3
Liberty Global shareholders:
Total equity	9.3	8.5
Liberty Global Group [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	2.7	2.5
Total equity	2.7	2.5
Liberty Global Group [Member] | Common Class B [Member]
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	0.1	0.1
Total equity	0.1	0.1
Liberty Global Group [Member] | Common Class C [Member]
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	6.5	5.9
Total equity	6.5	5.9
LiLAC Group [Member]
Current assets:
Derivative instruments (note 4)	6.2	16.0
Property and equipment, net (note 6)	3,822.1	843.5
Goodwill (note 6)	6,391.1	775.6
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net (note 6)	1,347.5	117.4
Current liabilities:
Derivative instruments (note 4)	30.0	0.0
Liberty Global shareholders:
Total equity	0.6	0.4
LiLAC Group [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	0.2	0.1
Total equity	0.2	0.1
LiLAC Group [Member] | Common Class B [Member]
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	0.0	0.0
Total equity	0.0	0.0
LiLAC Group [Member] | Common Class C [Member]
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	0.4	0.3
Total equity	$ 0.4	$ 0.3