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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Percentage of equity in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date in a business combination.

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Acquisitions and Dispositions (Narrative) (Details) SFr / shares in Units, € in Millions, £ in Millions, SFr in Millions, $ in Millions												9 Months Ended
	Nov. 02, 2020	Aug. 12, 2020 CHF (SFr) SFr / shares	Aug. 12, 2020 USD ($)	May 07, 2020 GBP (£)	May 07, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2019 EUR (€)	Jul. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 03, 2019 EUR (€)	Jun. 03, 2019 USD ($)	May 02, 2019 EUR (€)	May 02, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 CHF (SFr)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 12, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 CHF (SFr)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 02, 2019
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Liberty global is expected to receive													$ 2.5	$ 75.9
Outstanding debt													11,466.0			SFr 1,700.0	$ 1,800.0	$ 27,565.4
Proceeds received upon disposition of discontinued operations, net													$ 0.0	11,219.9
Maximum
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Leverage ratio													5.0
Minimum
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Leverage ratio													4.0
Vodafone Disposal Group \| Discontinued operations, disposed of by sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash to be paid to settle obligations						€ 183.7	$ 205.8
Proceeds received upon disposition of discontinued operations, net						€ 10,000.0	$ 11,100.0
Escrow accounts													$ 277.9					$ 295.2
Term of transitional services												4 years	4 years
Revenue from transitional services													$ 116.3	25.5
UPC DTH \| Discontinued operations, disposed of by sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds received upon disposition of discontinued operations, net										€ 128.9	$ 144.1
Term of transitional services												2 years	2 years
Revenue from transitional services													$ 1.5	$ 0.9
Ireland Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Interest acquired				100.00%	100.00%
Sunrise Acquisition
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Termination fee												SFr 50.0	$ 54.3
Consideration transferred		SFr 5,000.0	$ 5,400.0
Share price (in dollars per share) \| SFr / shares		SFr 110
Sunrise Acquisition \| Subsidiaries
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Percentage ownership in subsidiary												66.66%	66.66%
De Vijver Media
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Interest acquired								50.00%	50.00%
Consideration transferred								€ 52.5	$ 58.9
Previous interest																			50.00%
U.K. J.V.
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Liberty global is expected to receive				£ 1,400	$ 1,800.0
Equity method investment, termination period												24 months	24 months
Equity method investment, termination extended period												6 months	6 months
Equity method investment, ownership percentage													50.00%
Telefonica \| U.K. J.V.
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Equalization payment				2,500	3,200.0
Proceeds from recapitalization				£ 800	$ 1,000.0
Term loan facilities \| Sunrise Acquisition
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Available borrowings		SFr 3,200.0													$ 3,500.0
Subsequent event \| Sunrise Acquisition
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Percentage of shares tendered	96.60%