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Fair Value Disclosure Rollforward (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
NBCUniversal Enterprise [Member] |
Fair value of redeemable preferred stock | $ 752
Contractual Obligation [Member] |
Beginning balance | 747
Fair value adjustments | 120
Payments | (49)
Ending balance | 818
Contractual Obligation [Member] | NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |
Beginning balance | 747
Fair value adjustments | 120
Payments | (49)
Ending balance | 818
Discount rate used to determine fair value, minimum | 12.00%
Discount rate used to determine fair value, maximum | 13.00%
Contingent Consideration [Member] |
Beginning balance | 684
Fair value adjustments | 23
Payments | (54)
Ending balance | $ 653
Contractual Obligation And Contingent Consideration Discount Rates [Member] |
Discount rate used to determine fair value, minimum | 5.00%
Discount rate used to determine fair value, maximum | 13.00%

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- Definition This element represents the maximum range of the discount rate used to determine the fair value of contractual obligations and contingent considerations. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition This element represents the minimum range of the discount rate used to determine the fair value of contractual obligations and contingent considerations. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Fair value of our redeemable subsidiary preferred stock. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition This element represents other fair value adjustments recorded during the period in relation to liabilities measured at fair value and categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition This element represents the payments made during the period in relation to liabilities measured at fair value and categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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