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Acquisitions and Dispositions (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Acquisitions and Dispositions (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014	Jul. 01, 2013
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Principal Amount, senior notes	$ 14,248,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount		$ 21,092,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
Bresnan [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price				1,625,000,000
Pro forma revenues	8,419,000,000	8,017,000,000
Pro forma net loss	(194,000,000)	(392,000,000)
Pro forma loss per common share, basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (1.90)	$ (3.93)
Comcast Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net number of TWC customers to be acquired by Charter			1,300,000
Number of TWC customers to be acquired by Charter			1,400,000
Number of TWC customers to be acquired in the Asset Exchange			1,500,000
Number of Charter customers divested in the Asset Exchange			1,600,000
Amount of commitments from financial institutions - term loan facilities			8,400,000,000
Amount of commitments from financial institutions - revolving facility			500,000,000
New indebtedness of Charter			7,200,000,000
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage (percentage)			100.00%
New Charter's percent ownership in SpinCo (percentage)			33.00%
Number of customers served by SpinCo			2,500,000
Comcast shareholder's percent ownership in SpinCo (percentage)			67.00%
Leverage multiple			5
Management fee percent (percentage)			4.25%
2014 EBITDA multiple			7.125
Charter Operating [Member] \| Comcast Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amount of committed, but not issued, term loans from financial institutions			1,400,000,000
Charter Operating [Member] \| Term Loan E [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal Amount, credit facilities			1,500,000,000
Charter Operating [Member] \| Term Loan E [Member] \| Bresnan [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal Amount, credit facilities				1,500,000,000
CCO Safari [Member] \| Term Loan G [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal Amount, credit facilities	0		3,500,000,000
CCO Safari [Member] \| Term Loan G [Member] \| Comcast Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal Amount, credit facilities			3,500,000,000
CCOH Safari, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage (percentage)			100.00%
CCOH Safari, LLC [Member] \| Comcast Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal Amount, senior notes			3,500,000,000
CCOH Safari, LLC [Member] \| 5.50% senior notes due December 1, 2022 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal Amount, senior notes	0		1,500,000,000
Stated interest rate (percentage)			5.50%
CCOH Safari, LLC [Member] \| 5.50% senior notes due December 1, 2022 [Member] \| Comcast Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal Amount, senior notes			1,500,000,000
Stated interest rate (percentage)			5.50%
CCOH Safari, LLC [Member] \| 5.75% senior notes due December 1, 2024 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal Amount, senior notes	0		2,000,000,000
Stated interest rate (percentage)			5.75%
CCOH Safari, LLC [Member] \| 5.75% senior notes due December 1, 2024 [Member] \| Comcast Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal Amount, senior notes			$ 2,000,000,000
Stated interest rate (percentage)			5.75%