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BUSINESS (Details)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
BUSINESS (Details)	Sep. 16, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) Segment $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2015 $ / shares shares
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of reportable business segments \| Segment			3
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Termination fee to be paid by Cablevision	$ 280,000,000
Termination fee to be paid by Altice	$ 560,000,000
Payments for merger related costs			$ 1,416,000
Investment banking, advisory, brokerage, and underwriting fees and commissions			$ 32,500,000
CNYG Class A Common Stock
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 0.01	$ 0.01
CNYG Class B Common Stock
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Altice N.V.
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Business acquisition, share price (dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 34.90
Neptune Finco Corp. \| Secured Debt \| Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Issue amount		$ 3,800,000,000
Line of credit facility, periodic payment (percent)		0.25%
Neptune Finco Corp. \| Secured Debt \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		$ 2,000,000,000
Debt instrument, covenant, leverage ratio		5.0
Letters of credit outstanding, amount		$ 15,000,000
Neptune Finco Corp. \| Senior Notes \| Senior Notes 10.125% Due 2023
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Issue amount		$ 1,800,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage		10.125%
Neptune Finco Corp. \| Senior Notes \| Senior Notes 10.875% Due 2025
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Issue amount		$ 2,000,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage		10.875%
Neptune Finco Corp. \| Senior Notes \| Senior Guaranteed 6.625% Notes Due 2025
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Issue amount		$ 1,000,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage		6.625%
Cablevision Systems Corporation Stock Plan For Non Employee Directors \| Restricted Stock
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Non-option equity instruments outstanding (in shares) \| shares			466,283
Cablevision Systems Corporation Employee Stock Plan \| Stock Options
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Options outstanding (in shares) \| shares			12,434,700
Cablevision Systems Corporation Employee Stock Plan \| Restricted and Performance Restricted Shares
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Unvested awards outstanding (in shares) \| shares			3,769,485
Cablevision Systems Corporation Employee Stock Plan \| Performance Based Restricted Stock Units, Performance Criteria Not Yet Satisfied (PSUs)
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Unvested awards outstanding (in shares) \| shares			1,724,940
Cablevision Systems Corporation Employee Stock Plan \| Restricted Stock
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Unvested awards outstanding (in shares) \| shares			2,642,681	4,967,748