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Commitments and Contingencies (Unrecorded Purchase Obligation) (Details) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]
Remainder of 2018	$ 1,533.8
2019	1,560.0
2020	971.7
2021	586.0
2022	176.6
2023	121.9
Thereafter	1,024.0
Total	5,974.0
Network and Connectivity Commitments [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]
Remainder of 2018	402.8
2019	345.4
2020	283.4
2021	250.2
2022	67.5
2023	49.6
Thereafter	787.8
Total	2,186.7
Programming Commitments [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]
Remainder of 2018	544.1
2019	792.9
2020	470.3
2021	227.7
2022	40.3
2023	14.7
Thereafter	46.6
Total	2,136.6
Purchase Commitments [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]
Remainder of 2018	506.7
2019	306.9
2020	136.2
2021	47.7
2022	20.8
2023	17.5
Thereafter	38.6
Total	1,074.4
Operating Leases [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]
Remainder of 2018	70.4
2019	99.6
2020	79.0
2021	60.0
2022	47.8
2023	40.1
Thereafter	151.0
Total	547.9
Other Commitments [Member]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]
Remainder of 2018	9.8
2019	15.2
2020	2.8
2021	0.4
2022	0.2
2023	0.0
Thereafter	0.0
Total	$ 28.4

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