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Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
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0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | |||||||||
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Mar. 31, 2014
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Mar. 31, 2014
Starz Bank Facility
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Dec. 31, 2012
Starz Bank Facility
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Mar. 31, 2014
Sirius XM credit facility, unused fee percentage
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Oct. 17, 2013
1.375% Cash Convertible Senior Notes due 2023
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Apr. 30, 2013
$1 billion margin loan due 2014
Term loan
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Mar. 31, 2014
$1 billion margin loan due 2014
Term loan
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Apr. 30, 2013
$1 billion margin loan due 2014
Revolving Credit Facility
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Mar. 31, 2014
$1 billion margin loan due 2014
Revolving Credit Facility
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Mar. 31, 2014
$670 million margin loan due 2015
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May 01, 2013
$670 million margin loan due 2015
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Oct. 17, 2013
Common Class A
1.375% Cash Convertible Senior Notes due 2023
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Oct. 17, 2013
1.375% Convertible Notes Bond Hedge Transaction
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Oct. 17, 2013
1.375% Convertible Notes Bond Hedge Transaction
Common Class A
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| Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
| Debt face amount | $ 4,719,000,000 | $ 1,000,000,000 | $ 670,000,000 | |||||||||||
| Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage | 0.35% | 1.375% | ||||||||||||
| Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio | 5.5882 | |||||||||||||
| Debt instrument, face amount per debenture | 1,000 | |||||||||||||
| conversion price for exchangeable debt | $ 178.95 | |||||||||||||
| Forward contract, number of underlying shares | 5,588,200 | |||||||||||||
| Payments for Derivative Instrument, Investing Activities | 299,000,000 | |||||||||||||
| Borrowings of debt | 250,000,000 | 450,000,000 | ||||||||||||
| Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis | LIBOR | LIBOR | ||||||||||||
| Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate | 2.00% | 3.25% | ||||||||||||
| Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity | 940,000,000 | 750,000,000 | ||||||||||||
| Incremental borrowing capacity | 1,000,000,000 | |||||||||||||
| Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity | $ 1,250,000,000 | |||||||||||||