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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease.

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Debt (Components of Debt) (Details) € in Millions, £ in Millions, $ in Millions, SFr in Billions		9 Months Ended
	May 07, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020 GBP (£)	Sep. 30, 2020 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 CHF (SFr)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate		3.03%	3.03%	3.03%
Unused borrowing capacity				$ 1,236.7
Total debt before deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums				11,509.3			$ 27,648.1
Deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums, net				(43.3)			(82.7)
Total carrying amount of debt				11,466.0	SFr 1.7	$ 1,800.0	27,565.4
Finance lease obligations				532.7			617.1
Total debt and finance lease obligations				11,998.7			28,182.5
Current maturities of debt and finance lease obligations				(1,832.7)			(3,877.2)
Long-term debt and finance lease obligations				$ 10,166.0			24,305.3
Debt fair value							45.6
Telenet Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate		2.19%	2.19%	2.19%
Unused borrowing capacity			€ 555.0	$ 650.6
Total debt before deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums				$ 3,596.1			3,541.4
Telenet Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate		4.72%	4.72%	4.72%
Unused borrowing capacity			€ 0.0	$ 0.0
Total debt before deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums				$ 1,633.0			1,673.7
UPCB SPE Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate		3.80%	3.80%	3.80%
Unused borrowing capacity			€ 0.0	$ 0.0
Total debt before deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums				$ 1,336.3			2,420.1
UPC Holding Bank Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate		2.44%	2.44%	2.44%
Unused borrowing capacity			€ 500.0	$ 586.1
Total debt before deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums				$ 1,168.9			0.0
UPC Holding Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate		4.58%	4.58%	4.58%
Unused borrowing capacity			€ 0.0	$ 0.0
Total debt before deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums				$ 1,231.6			1,202.3
Vendor financing
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate		2.44%	2.44%	2.44%
Unused borrowing capacity		£ 0.0		$ 0.0
Total debt before deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums				$ 1,343.5			1,374.3
ITV Collar Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate		0.90%	0.90%	0.90%
Unused borrowing capacity		£ 0.0		$ 0.0
Total debt before deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums				$ 949.1			1,435.5
Virgin Media debt (g)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Total debt before deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums							15,693.5
Other
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate		6.10%	6.10%	6.10%
Unused borrowing capacity		£ 0.0		$ 0.0
Total debt before deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums				$ 250.8			307.3
Aggregate Variable and Fixed Rate Indebtedness
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate		3.31%	3.31%	3.31%
Telenet Revolving Credit Facility I
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unused borrowing capacity			€ 510.0	$ 597.9
Floor rate		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Telenet Revolving Credit Facility I \| EURIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		2.25%
Telenet Overdraft Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unused borrowing capacity			€ 25.0	$ 29.3
Telenet Revolving Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unused borrowing capacity			€ 20.0	23.4
UPC Revolving Facility \| EURIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.50%
Lionsgate Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total carrying amount of debt							55.3
Debt collateralized							264.6
Long-term Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt fair value				11,500.0			$ 28,400.0
Telenet \| Vendor financing
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt before deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums				403.5
UPC Holding \| Vendor financing
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt before deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums				$ 613.2