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Debt (Interest Expense) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019 | Jun. 30, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |
Cash interest |  | $ 45.2 | $ 32.5
Amortization of debt financing costs |  | 3.8 | 2.9
Interest expense, before interest on dissenting shareholders' liability | [1] | 49.0 | 35.4
Interest on dissenting shareholders' liability | [2] | 0.0 | 15.9
Total interest expense |  | $ 49.0 | $ 51.3
[1] | Represents interest expense before interest on dissenting shareholders' liability.
[2] | Represents interest accrued in connection with the previously outstanding dissenting shareholders' liability associated with the Starz merger.

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