Business Acquisition, Percentage of Interests Acquired

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- Definition

Percentage of voting equity interests.

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- Definition

Business Acquisition Purchase Price of Remaining Shares

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- Definition

Business Acquisition Purchase Price Per Share of Remaining Shares

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- Definition

Open tender offer to purchase additional shares

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- Definition

Undiluted interest in equity method investment.

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- Definition

Amount of cash paid to acquire the entity.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141

-Paragraph 51

-Subparagraph d

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141R

-Paragraph 68

-Subparagraph f(1)

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- Definition

In a business combination achieved in stages, this element represents the amount of gain recognized by the entity as a result of remeasuring to fair value the equity interest in the acquiree it held before the business combination.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (g)(2)

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- Definition

The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

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-Paragraph 18

-Subparagraph f

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-Publisher AICPA

-Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB)

-Number 18

-Paragraph 20

-Subparagraph a (1)

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Paragraph 3

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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- Definition

The accumulated impairment losses related to goodwill as of the balance sheet date.

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-Topic 350

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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified				1 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 USD ($)	Nov. 18, 2011 Seven TV USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2008 UTV Software Communications Limited USD ($)	May 09, 2008 UTV Software Communications Limited USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2010 UTV Software Communications Limited	Feb. 02, 2012 UTV Software Communications Limited Acquisition USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2012 UTV Software Communications Limited Acquisition INR	May 09, 2008 UTV Software Communications Limited Maximum	Aug. 05, 2008 UTV Global Broadcasting Limited USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of equity method ownership interest acquired			49.00%
Equity method investments, value			$ 300
Percentage of ownership interest acquired				23.00%	24.00%
Undiluted ownership interest, percentage				60.00%	37.00%	50.00%	93.00%
Cash paid for business acquisition				138	197		375			28
Percentage of voting ownership interest				48.00%		39.00%
Business acquisition, preacquisition required voting interest									23.00%
Non-cash unrecognized gain on currently held interests, pre tax							200
Purchase price per share for remaining shares								1,100
Cash to be paid for additional shares							85
Goodwill accumulated impairments	$ 29	$ 29