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Debt Instrument, Issuance Price Percentage

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Non-Cash Borrowings and Repayments of Debt

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Payments For Debt Redemption Premium

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Write-off of Unamortized Debt Discount and Deferred Financing Cost

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Debt (Financing Transactions) (Details) € in Millions	1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	4 Months Ended
Debt (Financing Transactions) (Details) € in Millions	May 07, 2020	Jan. 31, 2020 EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2019 EUR (€)	Jul. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) group	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of borrowing groups \| group					3
Non-cash borrowings and repayments					$ 3,500,000,000
Telenet
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt				$ 2,295,000,000.0
Loss on debt modification and extinguishment						$ 18,900,000
Telenet \| Telenet Credit Facility (e)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt \| €			€ 1,110.0
Telenet \| Medium-term Notes \| Telenet Facility AR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt							$ 2,295,000,000.0
Issued at par percentage		99.75%					99.75%
Floor rate		0.00%					0.00%
Telenet \| Medium-term Notes \| Telenet Facility AQ
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt		€ 1,110.0					$ 1,217,800,000
Floor rate		0.00%					0.00%
UPC Holding
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt					1,140,000,000.0
Loss on debt modification and extinguishment					(35,600,000)
Payments for debt redemption premium					30,700,000
Write-off of unamortized discounts and deferred financing costs					$ 4,900,000
UPC Holding \| Medium-term Notes \| UPC Facility AT
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt							$ 700,000,000.0
Issued at par percentage		99.75%					99.75%
Floor rate		0.00%					0.00%
UPC Holding \| Medium-term Notes \| UPC Facility AU
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt		€ 400.0					$ 438,800,000
Issued at par percentage		99.875%					99.875%
Floor rate		0.00%					0.00%
LIBOR \| Telenet \| Medium-term Notes \| Telenet Facility AR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		2.00%
LIBOR \| UPC Holding \| Medium-term Notes \| UPC Facility AT
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		2.25%
EURIBOR \| Telenet \| Medium-term Notes \| Telenet Facility AQ
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		2.25%
EURIBOR \| UPC Holding \| Medium-term Notes \| UPC Facility AU
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		2.50%
Subsequent Event \| EURIBOR \| Telenet Facility X
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.25%
Floor rate	0.00%