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Debt Instrument, Discount Percent

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Debt Instrument, Face Amount Increase

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Short-Term Debt Reclassified To Long-Term Debt

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Percentage of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Amount of cash outflow for payment of an obligation from a lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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DEBT - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
DEBT - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	May 31, 2019	Feb. 28, 2019	Jan. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				$ 24,445,380,000	$ 24,445,380,000			$ 23,296,581,000
Debt borrowed				24,057,281,000	24,057,281,000			22,812,600,000
Repayments of debt					1,342,625,000	$ 635,738,000
Deferred financing costs	$ 1,195,000
Collateralized indebtedness
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				$ 1,459,638,000	$ 1,459,638,000			1,459,638,000
CSC Holdings \| Senior Notes \| Senior Notes Due January 2030 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount							$ 1,000,000,000
CSC Holdings \| Senior Notes \| Senior Guaranteed Notes Due 2029
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount			$ 1,500,000,000
Interest rate		101.75%	6.50%
Additional debt issued		$ 250,000,000
CSC Holdings \| Senior Notes \| CSC Holdings 8.625% Notes due February 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate			8.625%
Redeemed debt			$ 526,000,000
CSC Holdings \| Senior Notes \| CSC Holdings 10.125% Notes due January 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate		10.125%	10.125%
Redeemed debt		$ 894,700,000	$ 905,300,000
Redemption price percent			107.594%
Short term debt reclassified								526,000,000
CSC Holdings \| Collateralized indebtedness \| Incremental Term Loan B-4
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount		$ 1,000,000,000
CSC Holdings \| Collateralized indebtedness \| Incremental Term Loan B-4 \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread		3.00%
Original issue discount		1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| CSC Holdings
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate				0.00%	0.00%
Debt borrowed				$ 1,050,000,000	$ 1,050,000,000
Repayments of debt				622,857,000	1,300,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 2,475,000,000	$ 0	$ 0			$ 250,000,000
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One \| Revolving Credit Facility \| CSC Holdings
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 2,275,000,000
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One \| Revolving Credit Facility \| CSC Holdings \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread			2.25%
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two \| Revolving Credit Facility \| CSC Holdings
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 200,000,000
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two \| Revolving Credit Facility \| CSC Holdings \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread		3.25%