Common Stock (Notes)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Common Stock, Number of Shares, Par Value and Other Disclosures [Abstract]
Common Stock	Common Stock During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company withheld 7,206 and 122,642, respectively, shares of its common stock in payment of $1 million and $18 million, respectively, income tax withholding owed by employees upon vesting of restricted shares. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company withheld 7,245 and 113,345, respectively, shares of its common stock in payment of $1 million and $11 million, respectively, income tax withholding owed by employees upon vesting of restricted shares. In December 2013, Charter's board of directors approved the retirement of the then currently held treasury stock and those shares were retired as of December 31, 2013. The Company accounts for treasury stock using the cost method and includes treasury stock as a component of total shareholders' equity. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company issued approximately 579,776 and 2.6 million shares, respectively and during each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company issued approximately 2.6 million shares of Charter Class A common stock as a result of exercises by holders who received warrants pursuant to the Joint Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan") upon the Company's emergence from bankruptcy.

Common Stock

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company withheld 7,206 and 122,642, respectively, shares of its common stock in payment of $1 million and $18 million, respectively, income tax withholding owed by employees upon vesting of restricted shares. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company withheld 7,245 and 113,345, respectively, shares of its common stock in payment of $1 million and $11 million, respectively, income tax withholding owed by employees upon vesting of restricted shares. In December 2013, Charter's board of directors approved the retirement of the then currently held treasury stock and those shares were retired as of December 31, 2013. The Company accounts for treasury stock using the cost method and includes treasury stock as a component of total shareholders' equity.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company issued approximately 579,776 and 2.6 million shares, respectively and during each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company issued approximately 2.6 million shares of Charter Class A common stock as a result of exercises by holders who received warrants pursuant to the Joint Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan") upon the Company's emergence from bankruptcy.