Information about Operating Segments - Reconciliation of Adjusted OIBDA to income before income taxes (Details) $ in Millions |
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Oct. 31, 2015 |
Sep. 30, 2016
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Sep. 30, 2015
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Sep. 30, 2016
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| Consolidated Adjusted OIBDA | $ 89.9 | $ 114.7 | $ 344.4 | $ 393.6 | ||
| Stock compensation | (8.1) | (8.1) | (23.7) | (24.5) | ||
| Merger related | (2.1) | 0.0 | (11.6) | 0.0 | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | (5.7) | (4.8) | (15.6) | (14.3) | ||
| Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized | (11.7) | (11.5) | (35.1) | (34.0) | ||
| Other expense, net | (3.7) | (4.5) | (10.0) | (8.8) | ||
| Income before income taxes | $ 58.6 | $ 85.8 | $ 248.4 | $ 312.0 | ||
| Number of Operating Segments | Segment | 3 | |||||
| Starz Animation | ||||||
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| Sale of business, percentage | 100.00% | |||||
| Film Roman | ||||||
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| Sale of business, percentage | 100.00% | |||||
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- Definition Segment Reporting Information, Adjusted Operating Profit (Loss) Before Depreciation and Amortization (OIBDA) No definition available.
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- Definition Costs incurred to effect a business combination which have been expensed during the period. Such costs could include business integration costs, systems integration and conversion costs, and severance and other employee-related costs. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of income (loss) from continuing operations, including income (loss) from equity method investments, before deduction of income tax expense (benefit), and income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of tangible and intangible assets over their remaining economic lives, classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of income (expense) related to nonoperating activities, classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Percentage of subsidiary's or equity investee's stock owned by parent company before stock transaction. No definition available.
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. No definition available.
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- Definition The aggregate amount of noncash, equity-based employee remuneration. This may include the value of stock or unit options, amortization of restricted stock or units, and adjustment for officers' compensation. As noncash, this element is an add back when calculating net cash generated by operating activities using the indirect method. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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