XML 86 R76.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.22.1

Share-based Compensation (Share-Based Compensation Expense) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	$ 51.4	$ 63.4
Percent of annual incentive compensation receivable in shares	100.00%
Other operating expense
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	$ 0.3	1.2
SG&A expense
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	51.1	62.2
Liberty Global
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	49.1	56.8
Performance-based incentive awards | Liberty Global
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	7.1	24.0
Non-performance based incentive awards | Liberty Global
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	33.0	25.4
Other
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	2.3	6.6
Other | Liberty Global
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	$ 9.0	$ 7.4

X

- Definition

Shareholder Inventive Program, Percent of Annual Incentive Compensation

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	lbtya_ShareholderInventiveProgramPercentofAnnualIncentiveCompensation
Namespace Prefix:	lbtya_
Data Type:	dtr-types:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

+ References

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120381028&loc=d3e5047-113901

Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SAB Topic 14.F)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=122041274&loc=d3e301413-122809

Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (h)(1)(i)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120381028&loc=d3e5070-113901

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

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.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis=us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis=us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	srt_ConsolidatedEntitiesAxis=srt_ParentCompanyMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_PlanNameAxis=lbtya_PerformanceBasedIncentiveAwardsMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_PlanNameAxis=lbtya_NonPerformanceBasedShareBasedAwardsMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_PlanNameAxis=lbtya_OtherShareBasedIncentiveAwardsMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: