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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended						1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)	Sep. 29, 2012 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2010 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2012 Maximum	Aug. 22, 2012 AETN	Aug. 21, 2012 AETN USD ($)	Aug. 22, 2012 AETN Hearst Corporation	Aug. 21, 2012 AETN Hearst Corporation USD ($)	Aug. 21, 2012 AETN NBCUniversal USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2012 UTV Software Communications Limited USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2012 UTV Software Communications Limited USD ($)	Mar. 16, 2012 UTV Software Communications Limited INR	Nov. 18, 2011 Seven TV USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2009 Marvel Entertainment Inc. USD ($)	Aug. 27, 2010 Playdom USD ($)	Aug. 27, 2010 Playdom Maximum USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2010 Retail Networks Company USD ($)
Business Acquisition and Equity Method Investment [Line Items]
Equity method investment ownership interest					50.00%	42.10%	50.00%	42.10%	15.80%				49.00%
Equity method investment's purchase price of interest, aggregate									$ 3,000,000,000
Equity method investment's purchase price of interest, based on enterprise value									2,500,000,000
Equity method investment's purchase price of interest, tax benefits expected to be generated									500,000,000
Equity method investments, value						300,000,000		300,000,000					300,000,000
Cash paid for business acquisition										377,000,000	63,000,000			2,400,000,000
Undiluted ownership interest, percentage										93.00%
Borrowings assumed in business acquisition										300,000,000
Ownership interest immediately before acquisition date, percentage										50.00%
Non-cash gain on currently held interests, pre tax										184,000,000
Non-cash gain on currently held interests, after tax										116,000,000
Previously held equity interest, fair value										405,000,000
Purchase price for remaining shares (per share)												1,100
Last date to purchase remaining shares											Mar. 16, 2013
Incremental interest acquired											6.00%
Ownership percentage											99.00%
Total acquisition purchase price														4,200,000,000	563,000,000
Total acquisition purchase price, subject to vesting conditions															108,000,000
Additional consideration to be paid if Playdom achieves predefined revenues and earnings targets for calendar year 2012																200,000,000
Value of notes from Retail Networks company acquired																	17,000,000
Cash and cash equivalents acquired in business combination	105,000,000																13,000,000
Non-cash gain from the deemed termination of existing licensing arrangement																	22,000,000
Cash paid per share for Marvel shareholders														$ 30
Stock issued per share for Marvel shareholders														0.7452
Shares distributed to Marvel shareholders, value														1,900,000,000
Shares distributed to Marvel shareholders, shares														59,000,000
Shares distributed to Marvel shareholders, stock price														$ 32.25
Estimated useful life of intangible assets	40 years			40 years
Goodwill accumulated impairments	$ 29,000,000	$ 29,000,000	$ 29,000,000