Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 554.9	$ 1,672.4
Trade receivables, net	1,623.6	1,540.4
Derivative instruments (note 6)	374.2	576.0
Prepaid expenses	267.2	144.4
Current assets held for sale (note 4)	38.4	34.9
Other current assets (notes 3 and 5)	599.5	363.5
Total current assets	3,457.8	4,331.6
Investments and related note receivables (including $2,288.8 million and $2,315.3 million, respectively, measured at fair value on a recurring basis) (note 5)	6,862.2	6,671.4
Property and equipment, net (note 8)	20,196.3	19,535.4
Goodwill (note 8)	19,000.5	18,547.4
Deferred tax assets (note 10)	3,266.0	3,157.2
Long-term assets held for sale (note 4)	1,245.9	1,187.3
Other assets, net (notes 3, 6 and 8)	4,282.9	4,166.5
Total assets	58,311.6	57,596.8
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	1,061.2	1,046.6
Deferred revenue	1,230.0	1,048.1
Current portion of debt and capital lease obligations (note 9)	4,290.7	4,165.4
Accrued capital expenditures	609.7	718.9
Accrued interest	370.7	515.2
Accrued income taxes	517.2	472.3
Current liabilities held for sale (note 4)	97.9	78.5
Other accrued and current liabilities (notes 6 and 13)	2,211.4	1,920.8
Total current liabilities	10,388.8	9,965.8
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations (note 9)	38,276.0	38,049.5
Long-term liabilities held for sale (note 4)	85.8	77.8
Other long-term liabilities (notes 6, 10, and 13)	3,926.3	3,110.7
Total liabilities	52,676.9	51,203.8
Commitments and contingencies (notes 6, 9, 10 and 15)
Liberty Global shareholders:
Additional paid-in capital	10,860.5	11,358.6
Accumulated deficit	(7,084.0)	(6,217.6)
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings, net of taxes	2,248.2	1,656.0
Treasury shares, at cost	(0.1)	(0.1)
Total Liberty Global shareholders	6,032.6	6,805.0
Noncontrolling interests	(397.9)	(412.0)
Total equity	5,634.7	6,393.0
Total liabilities and equity	58,311.6	57,596.8
Class A ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 217,547,694 and 219,668,579 shares, respectively
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	2.2	2.2
Class B ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 11,102,619 shares at each date
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	0.1	0.1
Class C ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 572,061,952 and 584,332,055 shares, respectively
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	$ 5.7	$ 5.8