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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, € in Millions, $ in Millions						12 Months Ended
	Jun. 19, 2017 EUR (€)	Jun. 19, 2017 USD ($)	May 16, 2016 USD ($) shares	Feb. 11, 2016 EUR (€)	Feb. 11, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2016 shares	May 16, 2016 £ / shares	May 16, 2016 $ / shares
Viking Co NV
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage, noncontrolling interest				50.00%	50.00%
SFR BeLux \| Telenet
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cost of acquired entity	€ 369.0	$ 410.3
Committed facilities to fund transaction costs	€ 210.0	$ 234.3
BASE
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Direct acquisition costs \| $					$ 17.1	$ 7.1
BASE \| Mobile Spectrum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life of acquired intangible assets				11 years	11 years
BASE \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life of acquired intangible assets				7 years	7 years
BASE \| Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average useful life of acquired intangible assets				20 years	20 years
BASE \| Telenet
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cost of acquired entity				€ 1,318.9	$ 1,494.3
Committed facilities to fund transaction costs				€ 1,000.0	$ 1,100.0
CWC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cost of acquired entity \| $			$ 4,683.9
Special dividend issuable at closing (in dollars per share) \| (per share)								£ 0.03	$ 0.04
CWC \| Liberty Global Shares \| Class A
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition consideration issued (in shares)			31,607,008
Share price (in dollar/euro per share) \| $ / shares									36.93
CWC \| Liberty Global Shares \| Class C
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition consideration issued (in shares)			77,379,774
Share price (in dollar/euro per share) \| $ / shares									36.23
CWC \| LiLAC Shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Inter-group interest distributed (in shares)							117,430,965
CWC \| LiLAC Shares \| Class A
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition consideration issued (in shares)			3,648,513
Share price (in dollar/euro per share) \| $ / shares									39.50
CWC \| LiLAC Shares \| Class C
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition consideration issued (in shares)			8,939,316
Share price (in dollar/euro per share) \| $ / shares									$ 41.98
CWC \| Cable & Wireless Communications Limited (CWC) \| Class C
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition consideration issued (in shares)			4,433,222,313