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Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract] |
Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) |
|  | 2014
|  | 1 st quarter |  | 2 nd quarter |  | 3 rd quarter |  | 4 th quarter
|  | in millions, except per share amounts
Revenue |  | $ | 4,533.7 |  |  | $ | 4,602.2 |  |  | $ | 4,497.2 |  |  | $ | 4,615.2 |
Operating income |  | $ | 581.7 |  |  | $ | 669.5 |  |  | $ | 703.7 |  |  | $ | 273.3 |
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Liberty Global shareholders |  | $ | (78.8 | ) |  | $ | (249.9 | ) |  | $ | 157.1 |  |  | $ | (523.4 | )
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) attributable to Liberty Global shareholders per share (note 3) |  | $ | (0.10 | ) |  | $ | (0.32 | ) |  | $ | 0.20 |  |  | $ | (0.62 | )
|  | 2013
|  | 1 st quarter |  | 2 nd quarter |  | 3 rd quarter |  | 4 th quarter
|  | in millions, except per share amounts
Revenue |  | $ | 2,671.9 |  |  | $ | 3,057.8 |  |  | $ | 4,276.5 |  |  | $ | 4,468.0 |
Operating income |  | $ | 528.2 |  |  | $ | 445.1 |  |  | $ | 521.2 |  |  | $ | 517.6 |
Net loss attributable to Liberty Global shareholders |  | $ | (1.0 | ) |  | $ | (11.6 | ) |  | $ | (830.1 | ) |  | $ | (121.2 | )
Basic and diluted loss attributable to Liberty Global shareholders per share (note 3) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (0.02 | ) |  | $ | (1.04 | ) |  | $ | (0.16 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51825399&loc=d3e1280-108306 + Details
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