Long-lived Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of impairment charges

The following table sets forth the details of our impairment charges:

	C&W		VTR/Cabletica		Liberty Puerto Rico		Total
	in millions
Year ended December 31, 2019:
Goodwill	$	181.9	$	—	$	—	$	181.9
Property and equipment and other	17.2		0.3		—		17.5
Total impairment charges	$	199.1	$	0.3	$	—	$	199.4
Year ended December 31, 2018:
Goodwill	$	610.0	$	—	$	—	$	610.0
Property and equipment and other	5.0		0.3		0.4		5.7
Total impairment charges	$	615.0	$	0.3	$	0.4	$	615.7
Year ended December 31, 2017:
Annual impairment analysis – goodwill	$	317.9	$	—	$	—	$	317.9
Hurricane-related:
Goodwill	117.3		—		120.9		238.2
Property and equipment	22.8		—		50.2		73.0
Other indefinite-lived intangible assets	—		—		44.1		44.1
Total hurricane-related	140.1		—		215.2		355.3
Other	—		4.7		—		4.7
Total impairment charges	$	458.0	$	4.7	$	215.2	$	677.9

Schedule of goodwill

Changes in the carrying amount of our goodwill during 2018 are set forth below:

	January 1, 2018		Acquisitions and related adjustments		Foreign currency translation adjustments and other			Impairments (a)			December 31, 2018
	in millions
C&W	$	4,962.5	$	23.6	$	(50.5	)	$	(610.0	)	$	4,325.6
VTR/Cabletica	433.4		151.3		(54.7		)	—			530.0
Liberty Puerto Rico	277.7		—		—			—			277.7
Total	$	5,673.6	$	174.9	$	(105.2	)	$	(610.0	)	$	5,133.3

(a)

Amount

Changes in the carrying amount of our goodwill during 2019 are set forth below:

	January 1, 2019		Acquisitions and related adjustments		Disposition			Foreign currency translation adjustments and other			Impairments			December 31, 2019
	in millions
C&W	$	4,325.6	$	37.1	$	(33.6	)	$	(36.4	)	$	(181.9	)	$	4,110.8
VTR/Cabletica	530.0		8.3		—			(20.4		)	—			517.9
Liberty Puerto Rico	277.7		—		—			—			—			277.7
Total	$	5,133.3	$	45.4	$	(33.6	)	$	(56.8	)	$	(181.9	)	$	4,906.4

Schedule of property and equipment and the related accumulated depreciation

The details of our property and equipment and the related accumulated depreciation are set forth below:

	Estimated useful life at December 31, 2019	December 31,
		2019			2018
		in millions
Distribution systems	3 to 25 years	$	4,299.6		$	4,115.0
Customer premises equipment	3 to 5 years	1,763.8			1,606.0
Support equipment, buildings and land	3 to 40 years	1,530.9			1,398.8
		7,594.3			7,119.8
Accumulated depreciation		(3,293.2		)	(2,882.9		)
Total		$	4,301.1		$	4,236.9

Schedule of intangible assets subject to amortization

The details of our intangible assets subject to amortization, which had estimated useful lives ranging from four to 15 years at December 31, 2019, are set forth below:

	December 31,
	2019			2018
	in millions
Gross carrying amount:
Customer relationships	$	1,482.9		$	1,509.7
Licenses and other	170.1			186.8
Total gross carrying amount	1,653.0			1,696.5
Accumulated amortization:
Customer relationships	(645.5		)	(504.7		)
Licenses and other	(38.3		)	(26.1		)
Total accumulated amortization	(683.8		)	(530.8		)
Net carrying amount	$	969.2		$	1,165.7

Schedule of future amortization expense

Based on our amortizable intangible asset balance at December 31, 2019, we expect that amortization expense will be as follows for the next five years and thereafter (in millions):

2020	$	189.8
2021	181.1
2022	161.0
2023	140.6
2024	104.4
Thereafter	192.3
Total	$	969.2