Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 3,777.2	$ 8,142.4
Trade receivables, net	519.3	1,404.8
Short-term investments (measured at fair value on a recurring basis) (note 5)	2,549.3	0.0
Derivative instruments (note 6)	430.7	331.1
Other current assets (notes 3, 4 and 5)	479.0	695.0
Total current assets	7,755.5	10,573.3
Investments and related notes receivable (including $1,380.6 million and $1,289.2 million, respectively, measured at fair value on a recurring basis) (note 5)	5,005.3	4,782.0
Property and equipment, net (notes 8 and 10)	6,286.6	13,843.4
Goodwill (note 8)	6,594.6	14,052.1
Deferred tax assets (note 11)	349.5	2,457.4
Assets held for sale (note 4)	23,271.3	0.0
Other assets, net (notes 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10)	1,900.6	3,338.1
Total assets	51,163.4	49,046.3
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	450.1	963.9
Deferred revenue (note 3)	299.5	834.9
Current portion of debt and finance lease obligations (notes 9 and 10)	1,832.7	3,877.2
Accrued capital expenditures	193.3	405.2
Other accrued and current liabilities (notes 6, 10 and 14)	1,463.8	2,570.5
Total current liabilities	4,239.4	8,651.7
Long-term debt and finance lease obligations (notes 9 and 10)	10,166.0	24,305.3
Liabilities associated with assets held for sale (note 4)	21,830.0	0.0
Other long-term liabilities (notes 3, 6, 10, 11 and 14)	2,163.0	2,890.7
Total liabilities	38,398.4	35,847.7
Commitments and contingencies (notes 6, 9, 11 and 16)
Liberty Global shareholders:
Additional paid-in capital	5,312.2	6,136.9
Accumulated earnings	5,722.6	6,350.4
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings, net of taxes	2,055.2	1,112.7
Treasury shares, at cost	(0.1)	(0.1)
Total Liberty Global shareholders	13,095.7	13,606.2
Noncontrolling interests	(330.7)	(407.6)
Total equity	12,765.0	13,198.6
Total liabilities and equity	51,163.4	49,046.3
Class A ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 180,998,492 shares and 181,560,735 shares, respectively
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	1.8	1.8
Class B ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 12,561,444 shares and 12,151,526 shares, respectively
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	0.1	0.1
Class C ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 390,198,924 shares and 438,867,447 shares, respectively
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	$ 3.9	$ 4.4