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Number of options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested options.

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Share-based Compensation (Summary Of Stock-Based Compensation) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Apr. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2022 € / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2022 $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense			$ 192.1	$ 308.1	$ 348.0
Expiration period						10 years
Percent of annual inventive compensation							100.00%	100.00%
Other operating expenses
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense			4.9	13.7	7.6
SG&A expenses
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense			187.2	294.4	340.4
Liberty Global Plc
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense			171.4	261.8	307.7
Non-performance based incentive awards \| Liberty Global Plc
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense			133.5	168.6	134.1
Performance-based incentive awards \| Liberty Global Plc
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense			7.1	59.6	127.4
Other \| Liberty Global Plc
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense			30.8	33.6	46.2
Telenet share-based incentive awards \| Telenet
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense			10.9	35.1	35.5
Other
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense			$ 9.8	11.2	4.8
SARs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expiration period	7 years	10 years
Incremental share based compensation expense				$ 22.7	$ 18.9
Options \| Telenet
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares reserved for future issuance (in shares) \| shares							3,519,920	3,519,920
Awards outstanding (in EUR/USD per share) \| (per share)							€ 31.43	$ 33.66