Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Formula 1 Debt (Details)

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Formula 1 Debt (Details) - USD ($)
1 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jan. 23, 2017
May 31, 2017
Mar. 31, 2017
Jun. 30, 2017
Jun. 30, 2016
Aug. 03, 2017
Dec. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Long-term Debt       $ 13,524,000,000     $ 8,018,000,000
Borrowings of debt       2,597,000,000 $ 1,453,000,000    
Repayments of Long-term Debt       1,791,000,000 816,000,000    
Proceeds from Liberty Braves common stock rights offering       $ 1,938,000,000 203,000,000    
Formula 1 | Senior Loan Facilities [member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis       LIBOR      
Effective interest rate       4.60%      
Formula 1 | First lien loan USD Tranche [member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Long-term Debt       $ 3,100,000,000   $ 3,300,000,000  
Borrowings of debt       628,000,000      
Repayments of Long-term Debt       $ 628,000,000      
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate 3.75%     3.25%      
Formula 1 | First lien term loan Euro Tranche [member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Long-term Debt       $ 42,000,000      
Formula 1 | Second Lien Facility [member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Long-term Debt $ 1,000,000,000            
Repayments of Long-term Debt     $ 700,000,000        
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis       LIBOR      
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate       6.75%      
Effective interest rate       8.07%      
Formula 1 | Delta Topco Limited Exchangeable Redeemable Loan Notes              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Long-term Debt $ 351,000,000            
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage 2.00%            
Formula 1 | Interest Rate Swap | First lien loan USD Tranche [member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Notional Amount of Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedge Derivatives       $ 2,700,000,000      
Formula 1 | Minimum | First lien loan USD Tranche [member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis       1%      
Formula 1 | Minimum | Second Lien Facility [member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis       1%      
Formula One Group              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Long-term Debt       $ 6,305,000,000     $ 1,583,000,000
Borrowings of debt       1,403,000,000      
Repayments of Long-term Debt       1,373,000,000 $ 1,000,000    
Proceeds from Liberty Braves common stock rights offering       $ 1,938,000,000      
Formula One Group | Common Class C              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Common Stock, Shares, Issued   12,900,000   186,902,160     55,737,179
Proceeds from Liberty Braves common stock rights offering   $ 388,000,000          
Formula One Group | Common Class C | Formula 1 | Delta Topco Limited Exchangeable Redeemable Loan Notes              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Maximum estimated shares issuable upon exchange of debt.       15,700,000