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Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Discontinued Operations (Details)

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Discontinued Operations (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Jan. 10, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $ 254,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity Ìý Ìý Ìý
Net earnings (loss) from discontinued operations 252,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax Ìý Ìý Ìý
Starz, LLC Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Proceeds from Divestiture of Interest in Consolidated Subsidiaries Ìý 1,200,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfInterestInConsolidatedSubsidiaries
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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Revenue 1,631,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationRevenue
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Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax 383,000,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
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Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Per Basic Share $ 0.71us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicShare
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Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Per Diluted Share $ 0.68us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerDilutedShare
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Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Revenue 83,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationRevenue
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Ìý 57,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationRevenue
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77,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationRevenue
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Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax 6,000,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
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Ìý (6,000,000)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
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1,000,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
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Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent 3,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity
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Ìý (8,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity
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2,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity
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Cash and cash equivalents Ìý Ìý Ìý 9,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCashAndCashEquivalents
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Other current assets Ìý Ìý Ìý 7,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherCurrentAssets
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Deferred tax assets Ìý Ìý Ìý 33,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationDeferredTaxAssetsNoncurrent
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Goodwill Ìý Ìý Ìý 11,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationGoodwillNoncurrent
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Other assets Ìý Ìý Ìý 20,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherNoncurrentAssets
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Ìý Ìý Ìý 9,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
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Deferred revenue Ìý Ìý Ìý 39,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationDeferredRevenueNoncurrent
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Other liabilities Ìý Ìý Ìý $ 3,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOtherNoncurrentLiabilities
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