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(Loss) Earnings Per Share - Securities Excluded (Details) - shares shares in Millions | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023 | Mar. 31, 2022
Share-based compensation - PSU | Share-based compensation - TVPSU |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |
Securities excluded from calculation of diluted EPS (in shares) | 0.6 | 0.0
Share-based compensation - PSU | Share-based compensation - PSU |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |
Securities excluded from calculation of diluted EPS (in shares) | 0.3 | 0.7
Convertible preferred shares |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |
Securities excluded from calculation of diluted EPS (in shares) | 5.4 | 5.9
Convertible notes |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |
Securities excluded from calculation of diluted EPS (in shares) | 4.6 | 0.0

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