Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 949.2	$ 1,672.4
Trade receivables, net	1,300.2	1,411.0
Derivative instruments (note 6)	369.0	494.4
Prepaid expenses	186.1	133.8
Current assets of discontinued operations (note 4)	393.9	268.1
Other current assets (notes 3 and 5)	376.7	351.9
Total current assets	3,575.1	4,331.6
Investments and related note receivables (including $1,476.4 million and $2,315.3 million, respectively, measured at fair value on a recurring basis) (note 5)	5,522.3	6,671.4
Property and equipment, net (note 8)	14,047.6	14,245.3
Goodwill (note 8)	13,959.7	14,354.1
Deferred tax assets (note 10)	3,146.2	3,133.1
Long-term assets of discontinued operations (note 4)	9,940.2	11,141.1
Other assets, net (notes 3, 6 and 8)	3,529.1	3,720.2
Total assets	53,720.2	57,596.8
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	811.1	934.1
Deferred revenue	764.8	942.2
Current portion of debt and capital lease obligations (note 9)	3,499.4	3,680.1
Accrued capital expenditures	498.5	581.7
Current liabilities of discontinued operations (note 4)	1,807.4	1,587.7
Other accrued and current liabilities (notes 6 and 13)	2,651.8	2,240.0
Total current liabilities	10,033.0	9,965.8
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations (note 9)	26,232.0	29,023.4
Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations (note 4)	10,101.6	9,967.6
Other long-term liabilities (notes 6, 10, and 13)	2,538.2	2,247.0
Total liabilities	48,904.8	51,203.8
Commitments and contingencies (notes 6, 9, 10 and 15)
Liberty Global shareholders:
Additional paid-in capital	9,623.7	11,358.6
Accumulated deficit	(5,197.3)	(6,217.6)
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings, net of taxes	973.1	1,656.0
Treasury shares, at cost	(0.1)	(0.1)
Total Liberty Global shareholders	5,406.9	6,805.0
Noncontrolling interests	(591.5)	(412.0)
Total equity	4,815.4	6,393.0
Total liabilities and equity	53,720.2	57,596.8
Class A ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 204,401,956 and 219,668,579 shares, respectively
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	2.0	2.2
Class B ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 11,099,593 shares and 11,102,619 shares, respectively
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	0.1	0.1
Class C ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 544,478,877 and 584,332,055 shares, respectively
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	$ 5.4	$ 5.8