Mergers and Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal Amount	$ 33,334,000,000	$ 21,092,000,000
Remaining commitments from banks	5,200,000,000
Credit Facility Availability	1,700,000,000
TWC Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash portion of purchase price for TWC Transaction - Option A	$ 100
Equity portion of purchase price for TWC Transaction - Option A (shares)	0.5409
Cash portion of purchase price for TWC Transaction - Option B	$ 115
Equity portion of purchase price for TWC Transaction - Option B (shares)	0.4562
Total value consideration to be paid to TWC stockholders upon consummation of the TWC Transaction	$ 79,000,000,000
Cash portion of the consideration for the TWC Transaction	28,000,000,000
Liberty purchase price of New Charter common stock	4,300,000,000
Bank commitment - bridge facility amount	4,300,000,000
Bright House Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash portion for Bright House Transaction	2,000,000,000
Face amount of convertible preferred units	$ 2,500,000,000
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate (percentage)	6.00%
Number of common units issued to A/N in connection with the purchase of Bright House (units)	34,300,000
Value of common units issued to A/N in connection with the purchase of Bright House	$ 6,000,000,000
Liberty purchase price of New Charter common stock	700,000,000
CCO Safari II [Member] | Senior secured notes [Member] | TWC Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal Amount	15,500,000,000
CCO Safari III [Member] | Senior secured bank loans [Member] | TWC Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal Amount	$ 3,800,000,000	$ 0