Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details)		9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014 Ziggo Collar [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 ITV Collar [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Virgin Media Acquisition [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Estimated volatilities	22.90%	25.70%
Discount rate			9.00%

Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19207-110258

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