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Long-Term Debt (Revolving Credit Facilities) (Details) - Revolving Credit Facility [Member] $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Amounts available under revolving credit facilities	$ 7,500
NBCUniversal Enterprise [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Amounts available under revolving credit facilities	$ 573

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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