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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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DEBT - Senior Guaranteed Notes and Senior Notes and Debentures (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 15, 2017	Jul. 31, 2019	Apr. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2019	Nov. 30, 2018	Jul. 31, 2017	Jun. 21, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				$ 24,817,366,000	$ 23,296,581,000
Face Amount of Senior Notes and Senior Guaranteed Notes				15,657,497,000	15,733,145,000
Carrying amount of Senior Notes and Senior Guaranteed Notes				15,476,496,000	15,359,561,000
Face amount of Credit Facility Debt				7,190,438,000	5,972,500,000
Carrying value of Credit Facility Debt				7,148,287,000	5,915,559,000
Finance Lease, Liability				69,420,000	25,190,000
Long-term debt				24,420,285,000	22,812,600,000
Long-term Debt, Current Maturities				170,682,000	158,625,000
Finance Lease, Liability, Current				22,017,000	5,928,000		$ 5,928,000
Long-term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities				24,249,603,000	22,653,975,000
Redeemed debt				8,886,000
Repayments of line of credit				3,832,062,000	2,221,175,000	$ 4,411,581,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs (including $513,723 related to affiliates and related parties in 2017) (See Note 16)	$ (18,976,000)			(243,806,000)	(48,804,000)	(600,240,000)
Loans Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				83,415,000	98,134,000
Long-term debt				83,415,000	98,134,000
Short-term Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				170,682,000	158,625,000
Long-term Debt, Current Maturities				170,682,000	158,625,000
Credit Facility [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				65,250,000	54,563,000
Long-term Debt, Current Maturities				65,250,000	54,563,000
10.875% Notes due October 15, 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs (including $513,723 related to affiliates and related parties in 2017) (See Note 16)						$ (38,858,000)
CSC Holdings 5.125% Notes due December 15, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs (including $513,723 related to affiliates and related parties in 2017) (See Note 16)				(65,151,000)
7.75% Notes due April 15, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs (including $513,723 related to affiliates and related parties in 2017) (See Note 16)					(4,706,000)
8.0% Notes due April 15, 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs (including $513,723 related to affiliates and related parties in 2017) (See Note 16)				(15,176,000)
Cablevision 5.125% Notes due December 15, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs (including $513,723 related to affiliates and related parties in 2017) (See Note 16)				(500,000)
5.125% Senior Notes due December 15, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage								5.125%
Incremental Term Loan B-3 \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				$ 1,265,438,000	1,275,000,000
Stated interest rate				3.99%
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity					1,275,000,000
Credit facility				$ 1,260,200,000	1,268,931,000
Incremental Term Loan B-5 \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				$ 3,000,000,000	0
Stated interest rate				4.24%
Credit facility				$ 2,976,358,000	0
Loans Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				140,994,000	106,108,000
Long-term debt				140,994,000	106,108,000
Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				1,759,017,000	1,459,638,000
Long-term debt				1,585,088,000	1,406,182,000
CSC Holdings Revolving Credit Facility \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				0	250,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity				2,275,000,000						$ 2,475,000,000
Credit facility				0	231,425,000
Repayments of line of credit		$ 622,857,000		$ 1,300,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| 6.625% Notes due October 15, 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				6.625%
Principal amount				$ 1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
Carrying Amount				$ 989,483,000	988,052,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| 5.5% Notes due April 15, 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				5.50%
Principal amount				$ 1,310,000,000	1,310,000,000
Carrying Amount				$ 1,305,430,000	1,304,936,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| 5.375% Senior Guaranteed Notes Due February 1, 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				5.375%
Principal amount				$ 1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
Carrying Amount				$ 992,757,000	992,064,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| CSC Holdings 5.375% Senior Guaranteed Notes due July 15, 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				5.375%
Principal amount				$ 1,095,825,000	1,095,825,000
Carrying Amount				$ 1,081,879,000	1,078,428,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| CSC Holdings 5.500% Notes due May 15, 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				5.50%
Principal amount				$ 1,498,806,000	1,498,806,000
Carrying Amount				1,485,911,000	1,484,278,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| 5.125% Senior Notes due December 15, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				$ 1,240,762,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| CSC Holdings 6.500% Notes due February 1, 2029
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				6.50%
Principal amount				$ 1,750,000,000	0
Carrying Amount				1,746,996,000	0
Secured Debt [Member] \| CSC Holdings 6.500% Notes due February 1, 2029 Tranche 1 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				1,500,000,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| CSC Holdings 6.500% Notes due February 1, 2029 Tranche 2 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				250,000,000
Redeemed debt				905,300,000
Long-term Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				24,646,684,000	23,137,956,000
Long-term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities				$ 24,249,603,000	22,653,975,000
Senior Notes \| 8.625% Notes due February 15, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				8.625%
Principal amount				$ 0	526,000,000
Carrying Amount				$ 0	527,749,000
Senior Notes \| 6.75% Notes due November 15, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				6.75%
Principal amount				$ 1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
Carrying Amount				$ 979,178,000	969,285,000
Senior Notes \| 5.25% Notes due June 1, 2024
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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				5.25%
Principal amount				$ 750,000,000	750,000,000
Carrying Amount				$ 683,940,000	671,829,000
Senior Notes \| 10.125% Notes due January 15, 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				10.125%
Principal amount				$ 0	1,800,000,000
Carrying Amount				$ 0	1,781,424,000
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage				107.594%
Senior Notes \| 10.875% Notes due October 15, 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				10.875%
Principal amount				$ 1,684,221,000	1,684,221,000
Carrying Amount				$ 1,665,237,000	1,663,027,000				$ 315,779,000
Senior Notes \| CSC Holdings 5.125% Notes due December 15, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				5.125%
Principal amount				$ 0	1,240,762,000
Carrying Amount				$ 0	1,155,264,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs (including $513,723 related to affiliates and related parties in 2017) (See Note 16)					65,151,000
Senior Notes \| CSC Holdings 7.750% Notes due July 15, 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				7.75%
Principal amount				$ 617,881,000	617,881,000
Carrying Amount				$ 605,583,000	603,889,000
Senior Notes \| CSC Holdings 7.500% Notes due April 1, 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				7.50%
Principal amount				$ 1,045,882,000	1,045,882,000
Carrying Amount				$ 1,044,278,000	1,044,143,000
Senior Notes \| 8.0% Notes due April 15, 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				8.00%
Principal amount				$ 0	500,000,000
Carrying Amount				$ 0	495,302,000
Senior Notes \| 5.875% Notes due September 15, 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				5.875%
Principal amount				$ 649,024,000	649,024,000
Carrying Amount				$ 600,849,000	585,817,000
Senior Notes \| Cablevision 5.125% Notes due December 15, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				5.125%
Principal amount				$ 0	8,886,000
Carrying Amount				0	8,274,000
Redeemed debt				$ 8,886,000
Senior Notes \| Cablevision 7.750% Notes due July 15, 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				7.75%
Principal amount				$ 1,740,000	1,740,000
Carrying Amount				$ 1,695,000	1,690,000
Senior Notes \| Cablevision 7.500% Notes due April 1, 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				7.50%
Principal amount				$ 4,118,000	4,118,000
Carrying Amount				$ 4,112,000	4,110,000
Senior Notes \| 6.375% Senior Notes due September 15, 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	6.375%
Redeemed debt	$ 450,000,000		$ 1,050,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs (including $513,723 related to affiliates and related parties in 2017) (See Note 16)			$ (16,737,000)
Senior Notes \| CSC Holdings 5.750% Notes due January 15, 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				5.75%
Principal amount				$ 2,250,000,000	$ 0
Carrying Amount				$ 2,289,168,000
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage				104.00%
Senior Notes \| CSC Holdings 5.750% Notes due January 15, 2030 Tranche 1 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				$ 1,000,000,000
Senior Notes \| CSC Holdings 5.750% Notes due January 15, 2030 Tranche 2 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				$ 1,250,000,000