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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2023 USD ($)	Jul. 15, 2021 USD ($) title	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Entertainment One Television and Film Business ("eOne")
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Preliminary purchase price consideration	$ 385.1
Cash acquired	$ 54.1
Revenue since acquisition date			$ 113.8
Loss before income taxes since acquisition date			$ 4.9
Acquisition related costs				$ 9.4
Pro forma impairment of goodwill and trade name at eOne				$ 296.2
Entertainment One Television and Film Business ("eOne") | Trade Names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-average useful life	5 years
Entertainment One Television and Film Business ("eOne") | Minimum | Film and Television Library
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-average useful life	5 years
Entertainment One Television and Film Business ("eOne") | Maximum | Film and Television Library
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-average useful life	10 years
Spyglass Library
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of titles acquired | title		200
Spyglass | Spyglass Library
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of asset acquisition and preferred equity interest		$ 191.4
Cash paid at closing for asset acquisition and preferred equity interest		$ 171.4
Asset acquisition and preferred equity interest, deferred purchase consideration					$ 10.0	$ 10.0

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