Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 939.4	$ 1,480.5
Trade receivables, net	1,258.9	1,342.1
Derivative instruments (note 6)	395.8	394.2
Prepaid expenses	266.7	171.4
Current assets of discontinued operations (note 4)	412.1	356.5
Other current assets (notes 3 and 5)	404.3	396.7
Total current assets	3,677.2	4,141.4
Investments and related note receivables (including $1,187.1 million and $1,174.8 million, respectively, measured at fair value on a recurring basis) (note 5)	5,014.4	5,121.8
Property and equipment, net (notes 8 and 10)	13,811.4	13,878.9
Goodwill (note 8)	13,749.9	13,715.8
Deferred tax assets (note 11)	2,560.6	2,488.2
Long-term assets of discontinued operations (note 4)	10,559.5	10,174.6
Other assets, net (notes 3, 6, 10 and 8)	4,064.6	3,632.9
Total assets	53,437.6	53,153.6
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	761.0	874.3
Deferred revenue	800.2	847.1
Current portion of debt and finance lease obligations (notes 9 and 10)	3,679.4	3,615.2
Accrued capital expenditures	449.0	543.2
Current liabilities of discontinued operations (note 4)	2,082.4	1,967.5
Other accrued and current liabilities (notes 6, 10 and 14)	2,403.2	2,458.8
Total current liabilities	10,175.2	10,306.1
Long-term debt and finance lease obligations (notes 9 and 10)	26,360.3	26,190.0
Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations (note 4)	10,318.3	10,072.4
Other long-term liabilities (notes 6, 10, 11 and 14)	2,734.2	2,436.8
Total liabilities	49,588.0	49,005.3
Commitments and contingencies (notes 6, 9, 11 and 16)
Liberty Global shareholders:
Additional paid-in capital	9,020.3	9,214.5
Accumulated deficit	(5,164.0)	(5,172.2)
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings, net of taxes	496.6	631.8
Treasury shares, at cost	(0.1)	(0.1)
Total Liberty Global shareholders	4,360.1	4,681.4
Noncontrolling interests	(510.5)	(533.1)
Total equity	3,849.6	4,148.3
Total liabilities and equity	53,437.6	53,153.6
Class A ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 204,748,939 and 204,450,499 shares, respectively
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	2.0	2.0
Class B ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 11,489,888 shares and 11,099,593 shares, respectively
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	0.1	0.1
Class C ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 522,757,246 and 531,174,389 shares, respectively
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	$ 5.2	$ 5.3