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Additional Financial Information (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Additional Financial Information [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Assets [Table Text Block] | The composition of the Company’s other assets is as follows as of December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016:
| December 31, 2016 |  | March 31, 2016
| (Amounts in millions)
Other current assets |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 26 |
Product inventory | 27 |  |  | 21 |
Tax credits receivable | 208 |  |  | 190 |
| $ | 259 |  |  | $ | 237 |
Other non-current assets |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other | $ | 37 |  |  | $ | 32 |
Accounts receivable | 262 |  |  | 222 |
Tax credits receivable | 106 |  |  | 67 |
| $ | 405 |  |  | $ | 321 |
Supplemental Schedule of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities | The supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities for the nine months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 is presented below:
| Nine Months Ended
| December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
| (Amounts in millions)
Non-cash investing activities: |  |  |
Issuance of common shares related to Starz Merger (see Note 2) | $ | 1,284 |  |  | $ | — |
Accrued purchase consideration for dissenting shareholders (see Note 2) | $ | 886 |  |  | $ | — |
Issuance of Starz share-based payment replacement awards | $ | 187 |  |  | $ | — |
Issuance of common shares related to Pilgrim Media Group acquisition (see Note 2) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 56 |
Non-cash financing activities: |  |  |
Accrued dividends (see Note 12) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 13 |
Conversions of convertible senior subordinated notes (see Note 6) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 16 |

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