Cco 10-Q 10 Nov 16 2016 Q3 Quarterly report Financial data

Document And Entity Information

Document And Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016shares
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	CCO HOLDINGS LLC
Entity Central Index Key	1,271,833
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2,016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Trading Symbol	CCOH
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	1

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 996	$ 5
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $134 million and $21 million, respectively	1,229	264
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	351	55
Total current assets	2,576	324
INVESTMENT IN CABLE PROPERTIES:
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $9,486 million and $6,509 million, respectively	32,657	8,317
Franchises	66,245	6,006
Customer relationships, net	15,439	856
Goodwill	30,165	1,168
Total investment in cable properties, net	144,506	16,347
LOANS RECEIVABLE - RELATED PARTY	0	693
OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS	1,172	116
Total assets	148,254	17,480
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	6,004	1,476
Current portion of long-term debt	2,050	0
Payables to related party	399	331
Total current liabilities	8,453	1,807
LONG-TERM DEBT	59,946	13,945
LOANS PAYABLE - RELATED PARTY	640	333
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES	32	28
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES	2,905	45
MEMBER'S EQUITY:
Member's equity	76,261	1,335
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(8)	(13)
Total CCO Holdings member's equity	76,253	1,322
Noncontrolling interests	25	0
Total member's equity	76,278	1,322
Total liabilities and member's equity	$ 148,254	$ 17,480

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (PAR

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (PARENTHETICALS) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
CURRENT ASSETS:
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 134	$ 21
INVESTMENT IN CABLE PROPERTIES:
Property, plant and equipment, accumulated depreciation	$ 9,486	$ 6,509

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPER

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
REVENUES	$ 10,037	$ 2,450	$ 18,728	$ 7,242
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Operating costs and expenses (exclusive of items shown separately below)	6,490	1,620	12,173	4,802
Depreciation and amortization	2,435	538	4,409	1,580
Other operating (income) expenses, net	193	19	(20)	69
Total costs and expenses	9,118	2,177	16,562	6,451
Income from operations	919	273	2,166	791
OTHER EXPENSES:
Interest expense, net	(729)	(192)	(1,391)	(648)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	0	(110)	(126)
Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net	71	(5)	16	(10)
Other expense, net	(2)	0	(2)	0
Total other expenses, net	(660)	(197)	(1,487)	(784)
Income before income taxes	259	76	679	7
Income tax benefit	7	219	0	212
Consolidated net income	266	295	679	219
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1)	(13)	(1)	(34)
Net income attributable to CCO Holdings member	$ 265	$ 282	$ 678	$ 185

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMP

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Consolidated net income	$ 266	$ 295	$ 679	$ 219
Net impact of interest rate derivative instruments, net of tax	2	2	6	7
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(1)	0	(1)	0
Consolidated comprehensive income	267	297	684	226
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1)	(13)	(1)	(34)
Comprehensive income attributable to CCO Holdings member	$ 266	$ 284	$ 683	$ 192

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHAN

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEMBER'S EQUITY - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total	Member's Equity [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member]	Total CCO Holdings Member's Equity [Member]	Noncontrolling Interests [Member]
Balance at Dec. 31, 2014	$ 948	$ 534	$ (22)	$ 512	$ 436
Increase (Decrease) in Member's Equity:
Consolidated net income	219	185	0	185	34
Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net	7	0	7	7	0
Stock compensation expense, net	58	58	0	58
Contributions from parent	15	15		15
Distributions to parent	(73)	(73)		(73)
Balance at Sep. 30, 2015	1,174	719	(15)	704	470
Balance at Dec. 31, 2015	1,322	1,335	(13)	1,322
Increase (Decrease) in Member's Equity:
Consolidated net income	679	678	0	678	1
Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net	5	0	5	5	0
Stock compensation expense, net	168	168	0	168
Accelerated vesting of equity awards	202	202	0	202	0
Contributions from parent	478	478		478
Distributions to parent	(3,084)	(3,084)		(3,084)
Contribution of net assets acquired in the TWC Transaction	87,530	87,530	0	87,530	0
Contribution of net assets acquired in the Bright House Transaction	12,156	12,156	0	12,156	0
Merger of parent companies and the Safari Escrow Entities	(23,202)	(23,202)	0	(23,202)	0
Contribution of noncontrolling interests	24	0	0	0	24
Balance at Sep. 30, 2016	$ 76,278	$ 76,261	$ (8)	$ 76,253	$ 25

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Consolidated net income	$ 679	$ 219
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	4,409	1,580
Stock compensation expense	168	58
Accelerated vesting of equity awards	202	0
Noncash interest (income) expense, net	(148)	21
Other pension benefits	(533)	0
Loss on extinguishment of debt	110	126
(Gain) loss on financial instruments, net	(16)	10
Deferred income taxes	(14)	(216)
Other, net	(10)	4
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:
Accounts receivable	(2)	(4)
Prepaid expenses and other assets	105	(20)
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other	483	15
Receivables from and payables to related party, including deferred management fees	105	28
Net cash flows from operating activities	5,538	1,821
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment	(3,437)	(1,292)
Change in accrued expenses related to capital expenditures	86	11
Purchases of cable systems, net of cash acquired	(7)	0
Change in restricted cash and cash equivalents	0	3,514
Other, net	(8)	(15)
Net cash flows from investing activities	(3,366)	2,218
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Borrowings of long-term debt	5,997	3,771
Repayments of long-term debt	(4,120)	(7,411)
Repayments loans payable - related parties	(253)	(317)
Payments for debt issuance costs	(283)	(24)
Contributions from parent	478	15
Distributions to parent	(3,084)	(73)
Proceeds from termination of interest rate derivatives	88	0
Other, net	(4)	0
Net cash flows from financing activities	(1,181)	(4,039)
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	991	0
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period	5	0
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period	996	0
CASH PAID FOR INTEREST	$ 1,479	$ 657

Organization and Basis of Prese

Organization and Basis of Presentation (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Abstract]
Organization and Basis of Presentation	Organization and Basis of Presentation Organization CCO Holdings, LLC (“CCO Holdings”) is a holding company whose principal assets are the equity interests in its operating subsidiaries. CCO Holdings is a direct subsidiary of CCH I Holdings, LLC (“CCH I”), which is an indirect subsidiary of Charter Communications, Inc. (“Charter”), Charter Communications Holdings, LLC (“Charter Holdings”) and Spectrum Management Holding Company, LLC (“Spectrum Holdings”). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CCO Holdings and all of its subsidiaries where the underlying operations reside, which are collectively referred to herein as the “Company.” All significant intercompany accounts and transactions among consolidated entities have been eliminated. Charter, Charter Holdings and Spectrum Holdings have performed financing, cash management, treasury and other services for CCO Holdings on a centralized basis. Changes in member’s equity in the consolidated balance sheets related to these activities have been considered cash receipts (contributions) and payments (distributions) for purposes of the consolidated statements of cash flows and are reflected in financing activities. The Company is the second largest cable operator in the United States and a leading broadband communications company providing video, Internet and voice services to residential and business customers. The Company also sells video and online advertising inventory to local, regional and national advertising customers, and networking and enterprise-class, cloud-enabled hosting, managed applications and transport services to business customers and owns and operates regional sports networks and local sports, news and lifestyle channels. The Company’s residential services also include security and home management services. The Company’s operations are managed and reported to its Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), the Company’s chief operating decision maker, on a consolidated basis. The CEO assesses performance and allocates resources based on the consolidated results of operations. Under this organizational and reporting structure, the Company has one reportable segment, cable services. Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures typically included in the Company’s Annual Report filed as Exhibit 99.2 in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 6, 2016 have been condensed or omitted for this quarterly report. The accompanying consolidated financial statements are unaudited and are subject to review by regulatory authorities. However, in the opinion of management, such financial statements include all adjustments, which consist of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the periods presented. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Areas involving significant judgments and estimates include capitalization of labor and overhead costs; depreciation and amortization costs; purchase accounting valuations of assets and liabilities including, but not limited to, property, plant and equipment, intangibles and goodwill; pension benefits; income taxes; contingencies and programming expense. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Mergers and Acquisitions (Notes

Mergers and Acquisitions (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Mergers and Acquisitions [Abstract]
Mergers and Acquisitions	Mergers and Acquisitions TWC Transaction On May 18, 2016, the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Mergers dated as of May 23, 2015 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Time Warner Cable Inc. (“Legacy TWC”), Charter Communications, Inc. prior to the closing of the Merger Agreement (“Legacy Charter”), CCH I, LLC, previously a wholly owned subsidiary of Legacy Charter (“New Charter”) and certain other subsidiaries of New Charter were completed (the “TWC Transaction,” and together with the Bright House Transaction described below, the “Transactions”). As a result of the TWC Transaction, New Charter became the new public parent company that holds the operations of the combined companies and was renamed Charter Communications, Inc. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon consummation of the TWC Transaction, each outstanding share of Legacy TWC common stock (other than Legacy TWC common stock held by Liberty Broadband Corporation (“Liberty Broadband”) and Liberty Interactive Corporation (“Liberty Interactive” and, collectively, the “Liberty Parties”)), was converted into the right to receive, at the option of each such holder of Legacy TWC common stock, either (a) $100 in cash and Charter Class A common stock equivalent to 0.5409 shares of Legacy Charter Class A common stock (the “Option A Consideration”) or (b) $115 in cash and Charter Class A common stock equivalent to 0.4562 shares of Legacy Charter Class A common stock (the “Option B Consideration”). The actual number of shares of Charter Class A common stock that Legacy TWC stockholders received, excluding the Liberty Parties, was calculated by multiplying the exchange ratios of 0.5409 or 0.4562 specified above by 0.9042 (the “Parent Merger Exchange Ratio”), which was also the exchange ratio that was used to determine the number of shares of Charter Class A common stock that Legacy Charter stockholders received per share of Legacy Charter Class A common stock. Such exchange ratio did not impact the aggregate value represented by the shares of Charter Class A common stock issued in the TWC Transaction; however, it did impact the actual number of shares issued in the TWC Transaction. Out of approximately 277 million shares of TWC common stock outstanding at the closing of the TWC Transaction, excluding TWC common stock held by the Liberty Parties, approximately 274 million shares were converted into the right to receive the Option A Consideration and approximately 3 million shares were converted into the right to receive the Option B Consideration. The Liberty Parties received approximately one share of Charter Class A common stock for each share of Legacy TWC common stock they owned (equivalent to 1.106 shares of Legacy Charter Class A common stock multiplied by the Parent Merger Exchange Ratio). As of the date of completion of the Transactions, the total value of the TWC Transaction was approximately $85 billion , including cash, equity and Legacy TWC assumed debt. The purchase price also included an estimated pre-combination vesting period fair value of $514 million for Legacy TWC equity awards converted into Charter awards upon closing of the TWC Transaction (“Converted TWC Awards”) and $69 million of cash paid to former Legacy TWC employees and non-employee directors who held equity awards, whether vested or not vested. Bright House Transaction Also, on May 18, 2016, Legacy Charter and Advance/Newhouse Partnership (“A/N”), the former parent of Bright House Networks, LLC (“Bright House”), completed their previously announced transaction, pursuant to a definitive Contribution Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”), under which Charter acquired Bright House (the “Bright House Transaction”). Pursuant to the Bright House Transaction, Charter became the owner of the membership interests in Bright House and the other assets primarily related to Bright House (other than certain excluded assets and liabilities and non-operating cash). As of the date of acquisition, the purchase price totaled approximately $12.2 billion consisting of (a) $2.0 billion in cash, (b) 25 million convertible preferred units of Charter Holdings with a face amount of $2.5 billion that pay a 6% annual preferential dividend, (c) approximately 31.0 million common units of Charter Holdings that are exchangeable into Charter Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis and (d) one share of Charter Class B common stock. Liberty Transaction In connection with the TWC Transaction, Legacy Charter and Liberty Broadband completed their previously announced transactions pursuant to their investment agreement, in which Liberty Broadband purchased for cash approximately 22.0 million shares of Charter Class A common stock valued at $4.3 billion at the closing of the TWC Transaction to partially finance the cash portion of the TWC Transaction consideration, and in connection with the Bright House Transaction, Liberty Broadband purchased approximately 3.7 million shares of Charter Class A common stock valued at $700 million at the closing of the Bright House Transaction (the “Liberty Transaction”). Financing for the Transactions Charter partially financed the cash portion of the purchase price of the Transactions with additional indebtedness and cash on hand. In 2015, Legacy Charter issued $15.5 billion aggregate principal amount of CCO Safari II, LLC (“CCO Safari II”) senior secured notes, $3.8 billion aggregate principal amount of CCO Safari III, LLC (“CCO Safari III”) senior secured bank loans and $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of CCOH Safari, LLC (“CCOH Safari” and collectively with CCO Safari II and CCO Safari III, the “Safari Escrow Entities”) senior unsecured notes. The net proceeds were initially deposited into escrow accounts. Upon closing of the TWC Transaction, the proceeds were released from escrow and the CCOH Safari notes became obligations of CCO Holdings and CCO Holdings Capital Corp. (“CCO Holdings Capital”), and the CCO Safari II notes and CCO Safari III credit facilities became obligations of Charter Communications Operating, LLC (“Charter Operating”) and Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp. CCOH Safari merged into CCO Holdings and CCO Safari II and CCO Safari III merged into Charter Operating. In connection with the closing of the Bright House Transaction, Charter Operating closed on a $2.6 billion aggregate principal amount term loan A facility (“Term Loan A”). See Note 7. Acquisition Accounting The Transactions enable Charter to apply its operating strategy to a larger set of assets, accelerate product development and innovation through greater scale as well as more effectively compete in medium and large commercial markets. Substantially all of the operations acquired in the Transactions were contributed down to the Company. The operating results of Legacy TWC and Legacy Bright House have been included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the period from the date of the Transactions through September 30, 2016 . For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 , revenues included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations were $6.4 billion and $9.5 billion , respectively, and consolidated net income was $62 million and $434 million , respectively, for Legacy TWC. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 , revenues included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations were $1.0 billion and $1.5 billion , respectively, and consolidated net income was $126 million and $167 million , respectively, for Legacy Bright House. Consolidated net income includes non-operating expenses such as interest expense and income taxes based on what is included in the respective legal entities and does not include allocations of additional corporate level non-operating expenses. Charter applied acquisition accounting to the Transactions. The total purchase price was allocated to the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values. The fair values were primarily based on third-party valuations using assumptions developed by management and other information compiled by management including, but not limited to, future expected cash flows. The excess of the purchase price over those fair values was recorded as goodwill. Goodwill recognized in the Transactions is representative of resources that do not meet the definition of an identifiable intangible asset and include buy-side synergies, economies of scale of the combined operations, increased market share, assembled workforces and improved credit rating. The fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed were preliminarily determined using the income, cost and market approaches. The fair values were primarily based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market and thus represent a Level 3 measurement, other than long-term debt assumed in the TWC Transaction which represents a Level 1 measurement. See Note 10. Property, plant and equipment was valued utilizing the cost approach. The cost approach considers the amount required to replace an asset by constructing or purchasing a new asset with similar utility, then adjusts the value in consideration of all forms of depreciation as of the appraisal date as described below: • Physical depreciation - the loss in value or usefulness attributable solely to use of the asset and physical causes such as wear and tear and exposure to the elements. • Functional obsolescence - the loss in value due to factors inherent in the asset itself and due to changes in technology, design or process resulting in inadequacy, overcapacity, lack of functional utility or excess operating costs. • Economic obsolescence - the loss in value due to unfavorable external conditions such as economics of the industry or geographic area, or change in ordinances. The cost approach relies on assumptions regarding current material and labor costs required to rebuild and repurchase significant components of property, plant and equipment along with assumptions regarding the age and estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment. Franchise rights and customer relationships were valued using an income approach model based on the present value of the estimated discrete future cash flows attributable to each of the intangible assets identified. See Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements in Exhibit 99.2 in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 6, 2016 for more information on the income approach model. The weighted average life of customer relationships acquired in the TWC Transaction and Bright House Transaction was 11 years and 10 years, respectively. The fair value of equity investments was based on either applying implied multiples to estimated cash flows or utilizing a discounted cash flow model. The implied multiples were estimated based on precedent transactions and comparable companies. The discounted cash flow model required estimating the present value of future cash flows of the investee. Legacy TWC long-term debt assumed was adjusted to fair value based on quoted market prices. At the acquisition date, the quoted market values of all but two of Legacy TWC’s bonds were higher than the principal amount of the related debt instrument, which resulted in the recognition of a net debt premium of approximately $2.4 billion . The quoted market value of a debt instrument is higher than the principal amount of the debt when the market interest rates are lower than the stated interest rate of the debt. This debt premium is amortized as a reduction to interest expense over the remaining life of the applicable debt. Generally, no fair value adjustments were reflected in current assets and current liabilities as carrying value is estimated to approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of the items. However, fair value adjustments were reflected in other noncurrent assets and other long-term liabilities relating to contract-based assets and liabilities, capital lease obligations, deferred liabilities and pension liabilities. Out-of-market contract-based assets and liabilities relating to non-cancelable executory contracts and operating leases were recognized based on discounted cash flow models to the extent the terms of the non-cancelable contracts are favorable or unfavorable compared with the relative market terms of the same or similar contract at the acquisition date. The out-of-market element will be amortized as if the contract were consummated at market terms on the acquisition date. Capital lease obligations were measured at fair value based on the present value of amounts to be paid under the lease agreement using a market participant discount rate. Deferred liabilities were not recorded in acquisition accounting to the extent there was no associated payment obligation or substantive performance obligation. The pension liabilities assumed in the TWC Transaction are measured at fair value based on an actuarially determined projected benefit obligation, less the fair value of pension investments, as of the acquisition date. See Note 17 for fair value assumptions considered in acquisition accounting for the pension liabilities. An adjustment was recorded for the deferred tax impact of acquisition accounting adjustments primarily related to property, plant and equipment, franchises, customer relationships and assumed Legacy TWC long-term debt. The incremental deferred tax liabilities were calculated primarily based on the tax effect of the step-up in book basis of net assets of Legacy TWC excluding the amount attributable to nondeductible goodwill. Deferred tax liabilities are recorded at Charter and not contributed down as the Company, and majority of its indirect subsidiaries, are limited liability companies that are not subject to income tax. The Charter Class A common stock issued to Legacy TWC stockholders and Charter Holdings common units issued to A/N were valued based on the opening share price of Charter Class A common stock on the acquisition date. The convertible preferred units of Charter Holdings issued to A/N were valued at approximately $3.2 billion based on a binomial lattice model for convertible bonds that models the future changes in the common equity value of Charter. The valuation relies on management’s assumptions including risk-free interest rate, volatility and discount yield. The pre-combination vesting period fair value of the Converted TWC Awards was based on the portion of the requisite service period completed at the acquisition date by Legacy TWC employee award holders applied to the total fair value of the Converted TWC Awards. See Note 16 for fair value assumptions considered in acquisition accounting for the Converted TWC Awards. The allocation of the purchase price to tangible and intangible assets and certain liabilities is preliminary and is subject to change based on finalization and review of such valuations. During the measurement period, the Company will continue to obtain information to assist in finalizing the fair value of net assets acquired, which may differ materially from the preliminary estimates. The Company will apply any measurement period adjustments, including any related impacts to net income (loss), in the reporting period in which the adjustments are determined. The tables below present the calculation of the purchase price and the preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Transactions. TWC Purchase Price Shares of Charter Class A common stock issued (including the Liberty Parties) (in millions) 143.0 Charter Class A common stock closing price per share $ 224.91 Fair value of Charter Class A common stock issued $ 32,164 Cash paid to Legacy TWC stockholders (excluding the Liberty Parties) $ 27,770 Pre-combination vesting period fair value of Converted TWC Awards 514 Cash paid for Legacy TWC non-employee equity awards 69 Total purchase price $ 60,517 TWC Preliminary Allocation of Purchase Price Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,058 Current assets 1,309 Property, plant and equipment 21,431 Franchises 53,395 Customer relationships 13,700 Goodwill 28,459 Other noncurrent assets 1,061 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (3,752 ) Debt (24,900 ) Deferred income taxes (28,071 ) Other long-term liabilities (3,169 ) Noncontrolling interests (4 ) $ 60,517 During the three months ended September 30, 2016, the Company made measurement period adjustments to the fair value of certain assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the TWC Transaction, including a decrease of $145 million to property, plant and equipment; an increase of $25 million to accrued liabilities; a decrease of $81 million to deferred income taxes; and an increase in other long-term liabilities of $2 million resulting in a net increase of $91 million to goodwill. The measurement period adjustment to property, plant and equipment also resulted in an increase of $12 million in depreciation expense relating to the prior quarter that was recorded in the third quarter of 2016. The Company expects to record additional measurement period adjustments in future periods. Bright House Purchase Price Charter Holdings common units issued to A/N (in millions) 31.0 Charter Class A common stock closing price per share $ 224.91 Fair value of Charter Holdings common units issued to A/N $ 6,971 Fair value of Charter Holdings convertible preferred units issued to A/N 3,163 Cash paid to A/N 2,022 Total purchase price $ 12,156 Bright House Preliminary Allocation of Purchase Price Current assets $ 132 Property, plant and equipment 2,884 Franchises 6,844 Customer relationships 2,040 Goodwill 534 Other noncurrent assets 86 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (330 ) Other long-term liabilities (12 ) Noncontrolling interests (22 ) $ 12,156 During the three months ended September 30, 2016, the Company made measurement period adjustments to the fair value of certain assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Bright House Transaction, including a decrease of $382 million to property, plant and equipment and a corresponding increase of $382 million to goodwill. The measurement period adjustment to property, plant and equipment had an inconsequential impact on depreciation expense recorded in the prior quarter. The Company expects to record additional measurement period adjustments in future periods. In connection with the Transactions, Charter contributed down to the Company the net assets and liabilities of TWC and Bright House except for the deferred tax liabilities of Charter, as noted above, and net assets of approximately $1.0 billion primarily comprised of cash and cash equivalents used as a source for the cash portion of the TWC purchase price. Selected Pro Forma Financial Information The following unaudited pro forma financial information of the Company is based on the historical consolidated financial statements of CCO Holdings, Legacy TWC and Legacy Bright House and is intended to provide information about how the Transactions and related financing may have affected the Company’s historical consolidated financial statements if they had closed as of January 1, 2015. The pro forma financial information below is based on available information and assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable. The pro forma financial information is for illustrative and informational purposes only and is not intended to represent or be indicative of what the Company’s financial condition or results of operations would have been had the transactions described above occurred on the date indicated. The pro forma financial information also should not be considered representative of the Company’s future financial condition or results of operations. Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 2016 2015 Revenues $ 9,342 $ 29,748 $ 27,813 Net income attributable to CCO Holdings member $ 253 $ 1,112 $ 342

Property, Plant and Equipment P

Property, Plant and Equipment Property, Plant and Equipment (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]
Property, Plant and Equipment	Property, Plant and Equipment Property, plant and equipment consists of the following as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 : September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 Cable distribution systems $ 22,942 $ 8,158 Customer premise equipment and installations 11,916 4,632 Vehicles and equipment 1,178 379 Buildings and improvements 3,108 540 Furniture, fixtures and equipment 2,999 1,117 42,143 14,826 Less: accumulated depreciation (9,486 ) (6,509 ) $ 32,657 $ 8,317 The Company periodically evaluates the estimated useful lives used to depreciate its assets and the estimated amount of assets that will be abandoned or have minimal use in the future. A significant change in assumptions about the extent or timing of future asset retirements, or in the Company’s use of new technology and upgrade programs, could materially affect future depreciation expense. Depreciation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $1.7 billion and $3.2 billion , respectively, and was $471 million and $1.4 billion for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 , respectively. Property, plant and equipment preliminarily increased by $24.3 billion as a result of the Transactions. See Note 2.

Franchises, Goodwill and Other

Franchises, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Franchises, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets [Abstract]
Franchises, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets	Franchises, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Indefinite-lived and finite-lived intangible assets consist of the following as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 : September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Carrying Amount Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Carrying Amount Indefinite-lived intangible assets: Franchises $ 66,245 $ — $ 66,245 $ 6,006 $ — $ 6,006 Goodwill 30,165 — 30,165 1,168 — 1,168 Other intangible assets 4 — 4 4 — 4 $ 96,414 $ — $ 96,414 $ 7,178 $ — $ 7,178 Finite-lived intangible assets: Customer relationships $ 18,356 $ (2,917 ) $ 15,439 $ 2,616 $ (1,760 ) $ 856 Other intangible assets 635 (120 ) 515 173 (82 ) 91 $ 18,991 $ (3,037 ) $ 15,954 $ 2,789 $ (1,842 ) $ 947 Amortization expense related to customer relationships and other intangible assets for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $748 million and $1.2 billion , respectively, and was $67 million and $205 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 , respectively. Franchises, goodwill and customer relationships preliminarily increased by $60.2 billion , $29.0 billion and $15.7 billion , respectively, as a result of the Transactions. See Note 2. The Company expects amortization expense on its finite-lived intangible assets will be as follows: Three months ended December 31, 2016 $ 741 2017 2,773 2018 2,488 2019 2,201 2020 1,906 Thereafter 5,845 $ 15,954 Actual amortization expense in future periods will differ from these estimates as a result of new intangible asset acquisitions or divestitures, changes in useful lives, purchase accounting adjustments, impairments and other relevant factors.

Investments (Notes)

Investments (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Investments [Abstract]
Investments	Investments In connection with the Transactions, the Company acquired approximately $508 million of Legacy TWC and Legacy Bright House equity-method and cost-method investments, which were adjusted to fair value as a result of applying acquisition accounting. The equity-method investments acquired and related ownership percentages as of September 30, 2016 include Sterling Entertainment Enterprises, LLC (“Sterling” - d/b/a SportsNet New York - 26.8% owned), MLB Network, LLC (“MLB Network” - 6.4% owned), iN Demand L.L.C. (“iN Demand” - 39.8% owned) and National Cable Communications LLC (“NCC” - 20.0% owned), among other less significant equity-method and cost-method investments acquired. Sterling and MLB Network are primarily engaged in the development of sports programming services. iN Demand provides programming on a video on demand, pay-per-view and subscription basis. NCC represents multi-video program distributors to advertisers. The Company applies the equity method of accounting to these and other less significant equity-method investments, all of which are recorded in other noncurrent assets in the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 . For each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 , net losses from equity-method investments were $2 million which were recorded in other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations, and for both the three and nine months ended September 31, 2015, gains (losses) from equity-method investments were insignificant. Noncontrolling interests assumed in the Transactions were recorded at fair value on the acquisition date and primarily relate to the third-party interest in CV of Viera, LLP, the Company’s consolidated joint venture in a small cable system in Florida. For both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 , net income attributable to noncontrolling interest was $1 million . In 2015, noncontrolling interest included the 2% accretion of the preferred membership interests in CC VIII, LLC (“CC VIII”) plus approximately 18.6% of CC VIII’s income, net of accretion. On December 31, 2015, the CC VIII preferred interest held by CCH I, LLC was contributed to CC VIII and subsequently canceled.

Accounts Payable and Accrued Li

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities	Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consist of the following as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 : September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 Accounts payable – trade $ 447 $ 112 Accrued capital expenditures 611 296 Deferred revenue 346 96 Accrued liabilities: Interest 841 167 Programming costs 1,768 451 Franchise-related fees 242 65 Compensation 770 118 Other 979 171 $ 6,004 $ 1,476

Long-Term Debt (Notes)

Long-Term Debt (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Long-Term Debt	Long-Term Debt Long-term debt consists of the following as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 : September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 Principal Amount Accreted Value Principal Amount Accreted Value CCO Holdings, LLC: 7.000% senior notes due January 15, 2019 $ — $ — $ 600 $ 594 7.375% senior notes due June 1, 2020 — — 750 744 5.250% senior notes due March 15, 2021 500 496 500 496 6.500% senior notes due April 30, 2021 — — 1,500 1,487 6.625% senior notes due January 31, 2022 750 741 750 740 5.250% senior notes due September 30, 2022 1,250 1,231 1,250 1,229 5.125% senior notes due February 15, 2023 1,000 991 1,000 990 5.125% senior notes due May 1, 2023 1,150 1,141 1,150 1,140 5.750% senior notes due September 1, 2023 500 496 500 495 5.750% senior notes due January 15, 2024 1,000 991 1,000 990 5.875% senior notes due April 1, 2024 1,700 1,684 — — 5.375% senior notes due May 1, 2025 750 744 750 744 5.750% senior notes due February 15, 2026 2,500 2,459 — — 5.500% senior notes due May 1, 2026 1,500 1,487 — — 5.875% senior notes due May 1, 2027 800 794 800 794 Charter Communications Operating, LLC: 3.579% senior notes due July 23, 2020 2,000 1,982 — — 4.464% senior notes due July 23, 2022 3,000 2,972 — — 4.908% senior notes due July 23, 2025 4,500 4,457 — — 6.384% senior notes due October 23, 2035 2,000 1,980 — — 6.484% senior notes due October 23, 2045 3,500 3,466 — — 6.834% senior notes due October 23, 2055 500 495 — — Credit facilities 8,965 8,863 3,552 3,502 Time Warner Cable, LLC: 5.850% senior notes due May 1, 2017 2,000 2,050 — — 6.750% senior notes due July 1, 2018 2,000 2,157 — — 8.750% senior notes due February 14, 2019 1,250 1,430 — — 8.250% senior notes due April 1, 2019 2,000 2,292 — — 5.000% senior notes due February 1, 2020 1,500 1,624 — — 4.125% senior notes due February 15, 2021 700 742 — — 4.000% senior notes due September 1, 2021 1,000 1,059 — — 5.750% sterling senior notes due June 2, 2031 (a) 810 879 — — 6.550% senior debentures due May 1, 2037 1,500 1,693 — — 7.300% senior debentures due July 1, 2038 1,500 1,797 — — 6.750% senior debentures due June 15, 2039 1,500 1,731 — — 5.875% senior debentures due November 15, 2040 1,200 1,259 — — 5.500% senior debentures due September 1, 2041 1,250 1,258 — — 5.250% sterling senior notes due July 15, 2042 (b) 843 811 — — 4.500% senior debentures due September 15, 2042 1,250 1,135 — — Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC: 8.375% senior debentures due March 15, 2023 1,000 1,282 — — 8.375% senior debentures due July 15, 2033 1,000 1,327 — — Total debt 60,168 61,996 14,102 13,945 Less current portion: 5.850% senior notes due May 1, 2017 2,000 2,050 — — Long-term debt $ 58,168 $ 59,946 $ 14,102 $ 13,945 (a) Principal amount includes £625 million valued at $810 million as of September 30, 2016 using the exchange rate at that date. (b) Principal amount includes £650 million valued at $843 million as of September 30, 2016 using the exchange rate at that date. The accreted values presented in the table above represent the principal amount of the debt less the original issue discount at the time of sale, deferred financing costs, and, (i) in regards to the Legacy TWC debt assumed, a fair value premium adjustment as a result of applying acquisition accounting plus the accretion of those amounts to the balance sheet date and (ii) in regards to the fixed-rate British pound sterling denominated notes (the “Sterling Notes”), a remeasurement of the principal amount of the debt and any premium or discount into US dollars as of the balance sheet date. See Note 9. However, the amount that is currently payable if the debt becomes immediately due is equal to the principal amount of the debt. The Company has availability under the Charter Operating credit facilities of approximately $2.8 billion as of September 30, 2016 . As discussed in Note 2, upon consummation of the Transactions, CCOH Safari merged into CCO Holdings and CCO Safari II and CCO Safari III merged into Charter Operating and, as a result, the Company assumed $21.8 billion aggregate principal amount of debt. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, Charter incurred interest expense on this debt of approximately $163 million and $275 million , respectively. CCO Holdings In February 2016, CCO Holdings and CCO Holdings Capital jointly issued $1.7 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”) and, in April 2016, they issued $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.500% senior notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) at a price of 100.075% of the aggregate principal amount. The net proceeds from both issuances were used to repurchase all of CCO Holdings’ 7.000% senior notes due 2019, 7.375% senior notes due 2020 and 6.500% senior notes due 2021 and to pay related fees and expenses and for general corporate purposes. These debt repurchases resulted in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $110 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 . The 2024 Notes and 2026 Notes are senior debt obligations of CCO Holdings and CCO Holdings Capital and rank equally with all other current and future unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of CCO Holdings and CCO Holdings Capital. They are structurally subordinated to all obligations of subsidiaries of CCO Holdings. CCO Holdings may redeem some or all of the 2024 Notes and 2026 Notes at any time with a make-whole premium. Beginning in 2019 for the 2024 notes and 2021 for the 2026 notes, the optional redemption price declines to 100% of the respective series’ principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. In addition, at any time prior to April 1, 2019 in regards to the 2024 Notes and May 1, 2019 in regards to the 2026 Notes, CCO Holdings may redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2024 Notes and 2026 Notes at a premium plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more equity offerings (as defined in the indenture); provided that certain conditions are met. In the event of specified change of control events, CCO Holdings must offer to purchase the outstanding CCO Holdings notes from the holders at a purchase price equal to 101% of the total principal amount of the notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest. In April 2015, CCO Holdings and CCO Holdings Capital closed on transactions in which they issued $1.15 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.125% senior unsecured notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”), $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.375% senior unsecured notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”) and $800 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior unsecured notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes” and collectively, the “Notes”). The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2023 Notes and 2025 Notes were used to finance tender offers and a subsequent call in which $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of CCO Holdings’ outstanding 7.250% senior notes due 2017 and $700 million aggregate principal amount of CCO Holdings’ outstanding 8.125% senior notes due 2020 were repurchased, as well as for general corporate purposes. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2027 Notes were used to call $800 million of the $1.4 billion aggregate principal amount of CCO Holdings’ outstanding 7.000% senior notes due 2019. These debt repurchases resulted in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $123 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 . The Company also recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of approximately $3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 as a result of the repayment of debt upon termination of the proposed transactions with Comcast Corporation (“Comcast”). Charter Operating In connection with the closing of the TWC Transaction, Charter Operating replaced its existing revolving credit facility with a new $3.0 billion senior secured revolving credit facility under Charter Operating’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated May 18, 2016 (the “Credit Agreement”). As of September 30, 2016 , $220 million of the revolving credit facility was utilized to collateralize $325 million of letters of credit issued on the Company’s behalf. In connection with the closing of the Bright House Transaction, Charter Operating closed on a $2.6 billion aggregate principal amount Term Loan A pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement of which $2.0 billion was used to fund the cash portion of the Bright House Transaction and of which $638 million was used to prepay and terminate Charter Operating’s existing Term A-1 Loans. Interest on Term Loan A was set at LIBOR plus 2% . As of September 30, 2016 , the aggregate principal amount of Charter Operating’s credit facilities was $9.0 billion , which includes $3.8 billion aggregate principal amount of CCO Safari III credit facilities that became obligations of Charter Operating upon the closing of the TWC Transaction. The Credit Agreement and the Charter Operating senior notes are guaranteed by CCO Holdings, TWC, LLC (as defined below), TWCE (as defined below) and substantially all of the operating subsidiaries of Charter Operating (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). Term Loan A and borrowings under the incremental revolving credit facility are secured by a perfected first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of Charter Operating and the Subsidiary Guarantors, subject to certain customary exceptions and the liens rank equally with the liens on the collateral securing obligations under the Charter Operating notes and credit facilities and the Time Warner Cable, LLC (the successor to Legacy TWC outstanding debt obligations, “TWC, LLC”) senior notes and debentures and the Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC (“TWCE”) senior debentures assumed in the TWC Transaction. Assumed Legacy TWC Indebtedness The Company assumed approximately $22.4 billion in aggregate principal amount of TWC, LLC senior notes and debentures and TWCE senior debentures with varying maturities. The Company applied acquisition accounting to Legacy TWC, and as a result, the debt assumed was adjusted to fair value using quoted market values as of the closing date. This fair value adjustment resulted in recognition of a net debt premium of approximately $2.4 billion . TWC, LLC Senior Notes and Debentures The TWC, LLC senior notes and debentures are guaranteed by CCO Holdings, Charter Operating, TWCE and the Subsidiary Guarantors and rank equally with the liens on the collateral securing obligations under the Charter Operating notes and credit facilities. Interest on each series of TWC, LLC senior notes and debentures is payable semi-annually (with the exception of the Sterling Notes, which is payable annually) in arrears. The TWC, LLC indenture contains customary covenants relating to restrictions on the ability of TWC, LLC or any material subsidiary to create liens and on the ability of TWC, LLC and TWCE to consolidate, merge or convey or transfer substantially all of their assets. The TWC, LLC indenture also contains customary events of default. The TWC, LLC senior notes and debentures may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time at TWC, LLC’s option at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) all of the applicable principal amount being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments on the applicable TWC, LLC senior notes and debentures discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (with the exception of the Sterling Notes, which are on an annual basis), at a comparable government bond rate plus a designated number of basis points as further described in the indenture and the applicable note or debenture, plus, in each case, accrued but unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date. The Company may offer to redeem all, but not less than all, of the Sterling Notes in the event of certain changes in the tax laws of the U.S. (or any taxing authority in the U.S.). This redemption would be at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest on the Sterling Notes to, but not including, the redemption date. TWCE Senior Debentures The TWCE senior debentures are guaranteed by CCO Holdings, Charter Operating, TWC, LLC and the Subsidiary Guarantors and rank equally with the liens on the collateral securing obligations under the Charter Operating notes and credit facilities. Interest on each series of TWCE senior debentures is payable semi-annually in arrears. The TWCE senior debentures are not redeemable before maturity. The TWCE indenture contains customary covenants relating to restrictions on the ability of TWCE or any material subsidiary to create liens and on the ability of TWC, LLC and TWCE to consolidate, merge or convey or transfer substantially all of their assets. The TWCE indenture also contains customary events of default. Liquidity and Future Principal Payments The Company continues to have significant amounts of debt, and its business requires significant cash to fund principal and interest payments on its debt, capital expenditures and ongoing operations. As set forth below, the Company has significant future principal payments. The Company continues to monitor the capital markets, and it expects to undertake refinancing transactions and utilize free cash flow and cash on hand to further extend or reduce the maturities of its principal obligations. The timing and terms of any refinancing transactions will be subject to market conditions. Based on outstanding indebtedness as of September 30, 2016 , the amortization of term loans, and the maturity dates for all senior and subordinated notes and debentures, total future principal payments on the total borrowings under all debt agreements as of September 30, 2016 are as follows: Year Amount Three months ended December 31, 2016 $ 49 2017 2,197 2018 2,197 2019 3,546 2020 5,216 Thereafter 46,963 $ 60,168

Loans Receivable (Payable) - Re

Loans Receivable (Payable) - Related Party (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Loans Receivable (Payable) - Related Party [Abstract]
Loans Receivable (Payable) - Related Party	Loans Receivable (Payable) - Related Party Loans payable - related party as of September 30, 2016 consists of loans from Charter Communications Holdings Company, LLC (“Charter Holdco”) to the Company of $640 million . Interest accrues on loans payable - related party at LIBOR plus 2% . Loans receivable - related party as of December 31, 2015 consists of loans from the Company to CCOH Safari II, LLC, CCOH Safari, CCO Safari II and CCO Safari III of $96 million , $34 million , $508 million and $55 million , respectively, which were settled with the Company upon the merger of the Safari Escrow Entities into the Company. Loans payable-related party as of December 31, 2015 consists of loans from Charter Holdco and CCH II, LLC to the Company of $48 million and $285 million , respectively.

Accounting for Derivative Instr

Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities [Abstract]
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities	Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities The Company uses derivative instruments to manage interest rate risk on variable debt and foreign exchange risk on the Sterling Notes, and does not hold or issue derivative instruments for speculative trading purposes. Interest rate derivative instruments are used to manage interest costs and to reduce the Company’s exposure to increases in floating interest rates. The Company manages its exposure to fluctuations in interest rates by maintaining a mix of fixed and variable rate debt. Using interest rate derivative instruments, the Company agrees to exchange, at specified intervals through 2017, the difference between fixed and variable interest amounts calculated by reference to agreed-upon notional principal amounts. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 , the Company had $1.1 billion in notional amounts of interest rate derivative instruments outstanding. The notional amounts of interest rate derivative instruments do not represent amounts exchanged by the parties and, thus, are not a measure of exposure to credit loss. The amounts exchanged were determined by reference to the notional amount and the other terms of the contracts. Upon closing of the TWC Transaction, the Company acquired interest rate derivative instrument assets with a fair value of $85 million (excluding accrued interest), which were terminated and settled with their respective counterparties in the second quarter of 2016 with an $88 million cash payment to the Company of which $14 million was for interest accrued through the date of termination. The termination resulted in an $11 million loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 which was recorded in gain (loss) on financial instruments, net in the consolidated statements of operations. Upon closing of the TWC Transaction, the Company assumed cross-currency derivative instrument liabilities with a fair value of $72 million (excluding accrued interest). Cross-currency derivative instruments are used to effectively convert £1.275 billion aggregate principal amount of fixed-rate British pound sterling denominated debt, including annual interest payments and the payment of principal at maturity, to fixed-rate U.S. dollar denominated debt. The cross-currency swaps have maturities of June 2031 and July 2042. The Company is required to post collateral on the cross-currency derivative instruments when the derivative contracts are in a liability position. In May 2016, the Company entered into a collateral holiday agreement for 80% of both the 2031 and 2042 cross-currency swaps, which eliminates the requirement to post collateral for three years. The effect of derivative instruments on the consolidated balance sheets is presented in the table below: September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 Interest Rate Derivatives Accrued interest $ 1 $ 3 Other long-term liabilities $ 7 $ 10 Accumulated other comprehensive loss $ (7 ) $ (13 ) Cross-Currency Derivatives Other long-term liabilities $ 240 $ — The Company’s interest rate and cross-currency derivative instruments are not designated as hedges and are marked to fair value each period, with the impact recorded as a gain or loss on financial instruments, net in the consolidated statements of operations. While these derivative instruments are not designated as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes, management continues to believe such instruments are closely correlated with the respective debt, thus managing associated risk. The effect of financial instruments on the consolidated statements of operations is presented in the table below. Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 2015 2016 2015 Gain (loss) on Financial Instruments, Net: Change in fair value of interest rate derivative instruments $ 7 $ (3 ) $ 5 $ (3 ) Change in fair value of cross-currency derivative instruments 17 — (168 ) — Remeasurement of Sterling Notes to U.S. dollars 49 — 196 — Termination of interest rate derivative instruments — — (11 ) — Loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss due to discontinuance of hedge accounting (2 ) (2 ) (6 ) (7 ) $ 71 $ (5 ) $ 16 $ (10 )

Fair Value Measurements (Notes)

Fair Value Measurements (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]
Fair Value Measurements	Fair Value Measurements The accounting guidance establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements, based on the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date, as follows: • Level 1 – inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. • Level 2 – inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. • Level 3 – inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement. Financial Assets and Liabilities The Company has estimated the fair value of its financial instruments as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 using available market information or other appropriate valuation methodologies. Considerable judgment, however, is required in interpreting market data to develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company would realize in a current market exchange. The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, payables and other current assets and liabilities approximate fair value because of the short maturity of those instruments. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2016 were primarily invested in money market funds. Money market funds are valued at the closing price reported by the fund sponsor from an actively traded exchange which approximates fair value. The money market funds potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk. The amount invested within any one financial instrument did not exceed $250 million as of September 30, 2016 . As of September 30, 2016 , there were no significant concentrations of financial instruments in a single investee, industry or geographic location. Interest rate derivative instruments are valued using a present value calculation based on an implied forward LIBOR curve (adjusted for Charter Operating’s and counterparties’ credit risk). The weighted average pay rate for the Company’s currently effective interest rate derivative instruments was 1.61% at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (exclusive of applicable spreads). The cross-currency derivative instruments are valued using a present value calculation based on expected forward interest and exchange rates (adjusted for Charter Operating’s and counterparties’ credit risk). Financial instruments accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis are presented in the table below. September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Assets Money market funds $ 480 $ — $ — $ — $ — $ — Liabilities Interest rate derivative instruments $ — $ 8 $ — $ — $ 13 $ — Cross-currency derivative instruments $ — $ 240 $ — $ — $ — $ — A summary of the carrying value and fair value of debt as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 is as follows: September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 Carrying Value Fair Value Carrying Value Fair Value Senior notes and debentures $ 53,133 $ 56,899 $ 10,443 $ 10,718 Credit facilities $ 8,863 $ 8,975 $ 3,502 $ 3,500 The estimated fair value of the Company’s senior notes and debentures as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 is based on quoted market prices in active markets and is classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy, while the estimated fair value of the Company’s credit facilities is based on quoted market prices in inactive markets and is classified within Level 2. Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities The Company’s nonfinancial assets such as equity-method investments, franchises, property, plant, and equipment, and other intangible assets are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis; however, they are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances, such as when there is evidence that an impairment may exist. No impairments were recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 . Upon closing of the Transactions, all of Legacy TWC and Legacy Bright House nonfinancial assets and liabilities were recorded at preliminary fair values. See Note 2.

Operating Costs and Expenses (N

Operating Costs and Expenses (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Operating Costs and Expenses [Abstract]
Operating Costs and Expenses	Operating Costs and Expenses Operating costs and expenses, exclusive of items shown separately in the consolidated statements of operations, consist of the following for the periods presented: Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 2015 2016 2015 Programming $ 2,404 $ 667 $ 4,648 $ 2,004 Regulatory, connectivity and produced content 508 108 936 324 Costs to service customers 1,825 438 3,329 1,285 Marketing 591 163 1,134 474 Transition costs 32 12 78 50 Other 1,130 232 2,048 665 $ 6,490 $ 1,620 $ 12,173 $ 4,802 Programming costs consist primarily of costs paid to programmers for basic, premium, digital, video on demand, and pay-per-view programming. Regulatory, connectivity and produced content costs represent payments to franchise and regulatory authorities, costs directly related to providing video, Internet and voice services as well as payments for sports, local and news content produced by the Company. Costs to service customers include costs related to field operations, network operations and customer care for the Company’s residential and small and medium business customers, including internal and third-party labor for installations, service and repairs, maintenance, billing and collection, occupancy and vehicle costs. Marketing costs represent the costs of marketing to current and potential commercial and residential customers including labor costs. Transition costs represent incremental costs incurred to integrate the TWC and Bright House operations and to increase the scale of the Company’s business as a result of the Transactions. See Note 2. Other includes bad debt expense, corporate overhead, advertising sales expense, indirect costs associated with the Company’s enterprise business customers and regional sports and news networks, property tax expense, insurance expense and stock compensation expense, among others.

Other Operating Expenses, Net (

Other Operating Expenses, Net (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Other Operating Expenses, Net [Abstract]
Other Operating Expenses, Net	Other Operating Expenses, Net Other operating expenses, net consist of the following for the periods presented: Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 2015 2016 2015 Merger and restructuring costs $ 205 $ 19 $ 513 $ 51 Other pension benefits (13 ) — (533 ) — Special charges, net 4 1 10 13 (Gain) loss on sale of assets, net (3 ) (1 ) (10 ) 5 $ 193 $ 19 $ (20 ) $ 69 Merger and restructuring costs Merger and restructuring costs represent costs incurred in connection with merger and acquisition transactions and related restructuring, such as advisory, legal and accounting fees, employee retention costs, employee termination costs related to the Transactions and other exit costs. The Company expects to incur additional merger and restructuring costs in connection with the Transactions. Changes in accruals for merger and restructuring costs from December 31, 2015 through September 30, 2016 are presented below: Employee Retention Costs Employee Termination Costs Transaction and Advisory Costs Other Costs Total Liability, December 31, 2015 $ — $ — $ 33 $ — $ 33 Liability assumed in the Transactions 80 9 3 — 92 Costs incurred 20 219 62 10 311 Cash paid (91 ) (40 ) (68 ) (10 ) (209 ) Remaining liability, September 30, 2016 $ 9 $ 188 $ 30 $ — $ 227 In addition to the costs incurred indicated above, the Company recorded $57 million and $202 million of expense related to accelerated vesting of equity awards of terminated employees for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 , respectively. Other pension benefits Other pension benefits include the pension curtailment gain, remeasurement loss, net, expected return on plan assets and interest cost components of net periodic pension cost (benefit). See Note 17. Special charges, net Special charges, net primarily includes employee termination costs not related to the Transactions and net amounts of litigation settlements. (Gain) loss on sale of assets, net (Gain) loss on sale of assets, net represents the net (gain) loss recognized on the sales and disposals of fixed assets and cable systems.

Income Taxes (Notes)

Income Taxes (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Income Taxes [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes CCO Holdings is a single member limited liability company not subject to income tax. CCO Holdings holds all operations through indirect subsidiaries. The majority of these indirect subsidiaries are limited liability companies that are not subject to income tax. Certain indirect subsidiaries that are required to file separate returns are subject to federal and state tax. CCO Holdings’ tax provision reflects the tax provision of the entities required to file separate returns. Generally, the taxable income, gains, losses, deductions and credits of CCO Holdings are passed through to its indirect members, Charter and A/N. Charter is responsible for its share of taxable income or loss of CCO Holdings allocated to it in accordance with the CCH Limited Liability Company Agreement (“LLC Agreement”) and partnership tax rules and regulations. Charter also records financial statement deferred tax assets and liabilities related to its investment, and its underlying net assets, in CCO Holdings. For the three months ended September 30, 2016 , the Company recorded $7 million of income tax benefit and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 , the Company recorded $219 million and $212 million of income tax benefit, respectively. Income tax benefit for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was insignificant. Income tax is recognized primarily through decreases (increases) in deferred tax liabilities, as well as through current federal and state income tax expense. Income tax benefit for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 was primarily the result of the deemed liquidation of Charter Holdco in July 2015. After the deemed liquidation of Charter Holdco, all taxable income, gains, losses, deductions and credits of Charter Holdco and its indirect subsidiaries were treated as income of Charter. The tax provision in future periods will vary based on future operating results, as well as future book versus tax differences. In determining the Company’s tax provision for financial reporting purposes, the Company establishes a reserve for uncertain tax positions unless such positions are determined to be “more likely than not” of being sustained upon examination, based on their technical merits. There is considerable judgment involved in making such a determination. In connection with the TWC Transaction, CCO Holdings assumed $218 million of gross unrecognized tax benefits (net of return to provision adjustments), including interest and penalties, which are recorded within other long-term liabilities. The net amount of the unrecognized tax benefits that would impact the effective tax rate is $215 million . CCO Holdings does not currently anticipate that its reserve for uncertain tax positions will significantly increase or decrease during 2016; however, various events could cause current expectations to change in the future. These uncertain tax positions, if ever recognized in the financial statements, would be recorded in the consolidated statements of operations as part of the income tax provision. No tax years for Charter, Charter Holdings, or Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC, the Company’s indirect parent companies, for income tax purposes, are currently under examination by the IRS. Legacy Charter’s tax years ending 2013 through the short period return dated May 17, 2016 remain subject to examination and assessment. Years prior to 2013 remain open solely for purposes of examination of Legacy Charter’s loss and credit carryforwards. The IRS is currently examining Legacy TWC’s income tax returns for 2011 and 2012. Legacy TWC’s tax years ending 2013 through 2015 remain subject to examination and assessment. Prior to Legacy TWC’s separation from Time Warner Inc. (“Time Warner”) in March 2009 (the “Separation”), Legacy TWC was included in the consolidated U.S. federal and certain state income tax returns of Time Warner. The IRS is currently examining Time Warner’s 2008 through 2010 income tax returns. Time Warner’s income tax returns for 2005 to 2007, which are periods prior to the separation, were settled with the exception of an immaterial item that has been referred to the IRS Appeals Division. The Company does not anticipate that these examinations will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations. In addition, the Company is also subject to ongoing examinations of the Company’s tax returns by state and local tax authorities for various periods. Activity related to these state and local examinations did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations in 2015, nor does the Company anticipate a material impact in the future.

Related Party Transactions (Not

Related Party Transactions (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	Related Party Transactions On May 23, 2015, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement and the amendment of the Contribution Agreement, Charter entered into the Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement with Liberty Broadband, A/N and Legacy Charter (the “Stockholders Agreement”). As of the closing of the Merger Agreement and the Contribution Agreement on May 18, 2016, the Stockholders Agreement replaced Legacy Charter’s existing stockholders agreement with Liberty Broadband, dated September 29, 2014, and superseded the amended and restated stockholders agreement among Legacy Charter, Charter, Liberty Broadband and A/N, dated March 31, 2015. Under the terms of the Stockholders Agreement, the number of Charter’s directors is fixed at 13, and includes its chief executive officer. Upon the closing of the Bright House Transaction, two designees selected by A/N became members of the board of directors of Charter and three designees selected by Liberty Broadband continued as members of the board of directors of Charter. The remaining eight directors are not affiliated with either A/N or Liberty Broadband. Each of A/N and Liberty Broadband is entitled to nominate at least one director to each of the committees of Charter’s board of directors, subject to applicable stock exchange listing rules and certain specified voting or equity ownership thresholds for each of A/N and Liberty Broadband, and provided that the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation and Benefit Committee each have at least a majority of directors independent from A/N, Liberty Broadband and the Company (referred to as the “unaffiliated directors”). Each of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation and Benefits Committee is currently comprised of three unaffiliated directors, including one designee of each of A/N and Liberty Broadband. A/N and Liberty Broadband also have certain other committee designation and other governance rights. Upon the closing of the Bright House Transaction, Mr. Thomas Rutledge, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), became the chairman of the board of Charter. The Company is aware that Dr. John Malone may be deemed to have a 36.4% voting interest in Liberty Interactive and is Chairman of the board of directors, an executive officer position, of Liberty Interactive. Liberty Interactive owns 38.3% of the common stock of HSN, Inc. (“HSN”) and has the right to elect 20% of the board members of HSN. Liberty Interactive wholly owns QVC, Inc. (“QVC”). The Company has programming relationships with HSN and QVC which pre-date the transaction with Liberty Media. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 , the Company recorded payments in aggregate of approximately $18 million and $33 million , respectively, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 , the Company recorded payments in aggregate of approximately $4 million and $12 million , respectively, from HSN and QVC as part of channel carriage fees and revenue sharing arrangements for home shopping sales made to customers in the Company’s footprint. Dr. Malone and Mr. Steven Miron, each a member of Charter’s board of directors, also serve on the board of directors of Discovery Communications, Inc., (“Discovery”) and the Company is aware that Dr. Malone owns 4.9% in the aggregate of the common stock of Discovery and has a 28.6% voting interest in Discovery for the election of directors. The Company is aware that Advance/Newhouse Programming Partnership (“A/N PP”), an affiliate of A/N and in which Mr. Miron is the CEO, owns 100% of the Series A preferred stock of Discovery and 100% of the Series C preferred stock of Discovery, representing approximately 34.0% of the outstanding equity of Discovery’s stock, on an as-converted basis. A/N PP has the right to appoint three directors out of a total of ten directors to Discovery’s board to be elected by the holders of Discovery’s Series A preferred stock. In addition, Dr. Malone owns approximately 6.4% in the aggregate of the common stock of Starz and has 48.1% of the voting power, pursuant to certain irrevocable proxies granted by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and his ownership of common stock. Mr. Gregory Maffei, a member of Charter’s board of directors, is a non-executive Chairman of the board of Starz. The Company purchases programming from both Discovery and Starz pursuant to agreements entered into prior to Dr. Malone, Mr. Maffei and Mr. Miron joining Charter’s board of directors. Based on publicly available information, the Company does not believe that either Discovery or Starz would currently be considered related parties. The amounts paid in aggregate to Discovery and Starz represent less than 3% of total operating costs and expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 . The Company has agreements with certain equity-method investees (see Note 5) pursuant to which the Company has made or received related party transaction payments. The Company recorded payments to equity-method investees totaling $62 million and $94 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 , respectively. The Company recorded advertising revenues from transactions with equity-method investees totaling $3 million and $4 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 , respectively.

Commitments and Contingencies (

Commitments and Contingencies (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies	Commitments and Contingencies Commitments The following table summarizes the Company’s payment obligations as of September 30, 2016 for its contractual obligations. Capital and Operating Lease Obligations (1) Programming Minimum Commitments (2) Other (3) Total Three months ended December 31, 2016 $ 82 $ 58 $ 291 $ 431 2017 240 223 851 1,314 2018 210 35 773 1,018 2019 167 24 657 848 2020 128 15 654 797 Thereafter 505 — 10,105 10,610 $ 1,332 $ 355 $ 13,331 $ 15,018 (1) The Company leases certain facilities and equipment under non-cancelable capital and operating leases. Leases and rental costs charged to expense for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were $79 million and $12 million , respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were $136 million and $36 million , respectively. (2) The Company pays programming fees under multi-year contracts ranging from three to ten years, typically based on a flat fee per customer, which may be fixed for the term, or may in some cases escalate over the term. Programming costs included in the statement of operations were $2.4 billion and $667 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 , respectively, and $4.6 billion and $2.0 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 , respectively. Certain of the Company’s programming agreements are based on a flat fee per month or have guaranteed minimum payments. The table sets forth the aggregate guaranteed minimum commitments under the Company’s programming contracts. (3) “Other” represents other guaranteed minimum commitments, including programming rights negotiated directly with content owners for distribution on Company-owned channels or networks and commitments related to the Company’s role as an advertising and distribution sales agent for third party-owned channels or networks as well as commitments to the Company’s customer premise equipment vendors. The following items are not included in the contractual obligation table due to various factors discussed below. However, the Company incurs these costs as part of its operations: • The Company rents utility poles used in its operations. Generally, pole rentals are cancelable on short notice, but the Company anticipates that such rentals will recur. Rent expense incurred for pole rental attachments for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were $36 million and $13 million , respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were $74 million and $39 million , respectively. • The Company pays franchise fees under multi-year franchise agreements based on a percentage of revenues generated from video service per year. The Company also pays other franchise related costs, such as public education grants, under multi-year agreements. Franchise fees and other franchise-related costs included in the accompanying statement of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were $177 million and $52 million , respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were $356 million and $158 million , respectively. • The Company also has $325 million in letters of credit, of which $220 million is secured under the Charter Operating credit facility, primarily to its various worker’s compensation, property and casualty, and general liability carriers, as collateral for reimbursement of claims. Litigation In 2014, following an announcement by Comcast and Legacy TWC of their intent to merge, Breffni Barrett and others filed suit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York against Comcast, Legacy TWC and their respective officers and directors. Later five similar class actions were consolidated with this matter (the “NY Actions”). The NY Actions were settled in July 2014, however, such settlement was terminated following the termination of the Comcast and TWC merger in April 2015. In May 2015, Charter and TWC announced their intent to merge. Subsequently, the parties in the NY Actions filed a Second Consolidated Class Action Complaint (the “Second Amended Complaint”), removing Comcast as a defendant and naming TWC, the members of the TWC board of directors, Charter and the merger subsidiaries as defendants. The Second Amended Complaint generally alleges, among other things, that the members of the TWC board of directors breached their fiduciary duties to TWC stockholders during the Charter merger negotiations and by entering into the merger agreement and approving the mergers, and that Charter aided and abetted such breaches of fiduciary duties. The complaint sought, among other relief, injunctive relief enjoining the stockholder vote on the mergers, unspecified declaratory and equitable relief, compensatory damages in an unspecified amount, and costs and attorneys’ fees. In September 2015, the parties entered into a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) to settle the action. Pursuant to the MOU, the defendants issued certain supplemental disclosures relating to the mergers on a Form 8-K, and plaintiffs agreed to release with prejudice all claims that could have been asserted against defendants in connection with the mergers. The settlement is conditioned on, among other things, approval by the New York Supreme Court. That court gave preliminary approval to the settlement in October 2016. A hearing to consider final approval of this settlement is set for March 2017. In the event that the New York Supreme Court does not approve the settlement, the defendants intend to vigorously defend against any further litigation. In August 2015, a purported stockholder of Charter, Matthew Sciabacucchi, filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery, on behalf of a putative class of Charter stockholders, challenging the transactions between Charter, TWC, A/N, and Liberty Broadband announced by Charter on May 26, 2015 (collectively, the “Transactions”). The lawsuit names as defendants Liberty Broadband, Charter, the board of directors of Charter, and New Charter. Plaintiff alleged that the Transactions improperly benefit Liberty Broadband at the expense of other Charter shareholders, and that Charter issued a false and misleading proxy statement in connection with the Transactions. Plaintiff requested, among other things, that the Delaware Court of Chancery enjoin the September 21, 2015 special meeting of Charter stockholders at which Charter stockholders were asked to vote on the Transactions until the defendants disclosed certain information relating to Charter and the Transactions. The disclosures demanded by the plaintiff included (i) certain unlevered free cash flow projections for Charter and (ii) a Form of Proxy and Right of First Refusal Agreement (“Proxy”) by and among Liberty Broadband, A/N, Charter and New Charter, which was referenced in the description of the Second Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated May 23, 2015, among Charter, New Charter, Liberty Broadband and A/N. On September 9, 2015, Charter issued supplemental disclosures containing unlevered free cash flow projections for Charter. In return, the plaintiff agreed its disclosure claims were moot and withdrew its application to enjoin the Charter stockholder vote on the Transactions. Charter has filed a motion to dismiss this litigation but the court has not yet ruled upon it. Charter denies any liability, believes that it has substantial defenses, and intends to vigorously defend this suit. The California Attorney General and the Alameda County, California District Attorney are investigating whether certain of Legacy Charter’s waste disposal policies, procedures and practices are in violation of the California Business and Professions Code and the California Health and Safety Code. That investigation was commenced in January 2014. A similar investigation involving Legacy TWC was initiated in February 2012. Charter is cooperating with these investigations. While the Company is unable to predict the outcome of these investigations, it does not expect that the outcome will have a material effect on its operations, financial condition, or cash flows. On December 19, 2011, Sprint Communications Company L.P. (“Sprint”) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas alleging that Legacy TWC infringes 12 patents purportedly relating to Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) services. The plaintiff is seeking monetary damages as well as injunctive relief. On October 8, 2015, the court stayed this litigation pending Sprint’s appeal of a judgment in a parallel case against Cox Communications, Inc. (“Cox Communications”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware invalidating six of the 12 patents at issue in the Legacy TWC litigation. The stay applied to all 12 patents at issue in Sprint’s complaint against Legacy TWC. On September 23, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s order in the Cox Communications litigation invalidating the six patents. On October 5, 2016, as a result of the Federal Circuit opinion, the Kansas court lifted the stay of the Legacy TWC case. Charter intends to defend against this lawsuit vigorously, but is unable to predict the outcome of this lawsuit or reasonably estimate a range of possible loss. The Company is a defendant or co-defendant in several lawsuits involving alleged infringement of various patents relating to various aspects of its businesses. Other industry participants are also defendants in certain of these cases. In the event that a court ultimately determines that the Company infringes on any intellectual property rights, the Company may be subject to substantial damages and/or an injunction that could require the Company or its vendors to modify certain products and services the Company offers to its subscribers, as well as negotiate royalty or license agreements with respect to the patents at issue. While the Company believes the lawsuits are without merit and intends to defend the actions vigorously, no assurance can be given that any adverse outcome would not be material to the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations, or liquidity. The Company cannot predict the outcome of any such claims nor can it reasonably estimate a range of possible loss. The Company is party to lawsuits and claims that arise in the ordinary course of conducting its business, including lawsuits claiming violation of wage and hour laws and breach of contract by vendors, including by three programmers. The ultimate outcome of these other legal matters pending against the Company cannot be predicted, and although such lawsuits and claims are not expected individually to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations or liquidity, such lawsuits could have, in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations or liquidity. Whether or not the Company ultimately prevails in any particular lawsuit or claim, litigation can be time consuming and costly and injure the Company’s reputation.

Stock Compensation Plans (Notes

Stock Compensation Plans (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Stock Compensation Plans [Abstract]
Stock Compensation Plans	Stock Compensation Plans Legacy Charter’s 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (assumed by Charter upon closing of the Transactions) provides for grants of nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, dividend equivalent rights, performance units and performance shares, share awards, phantom stock, restricted stock units and restricted stock. Directors, officers and other employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, as well as others performing consulting services for the Company, are eligible for grants under the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan. In April 2016, Charter’s board of directors and stockholders approved an additional 9 million shares of Charter Class A common stock (or units convertible into Charter Class A common stock) under the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan. At the closing of the TWC Transaction, Legacy TWC employee equity awards were converted into Charter Class A common stock equity awards on the same terms and conditions as were applicable under the Legacy TWC equity awards, except that the number of shares covered by each award and the option exercise prices were adjusted for the Stock Award Exchange Ratio (as defined in the Merger Agreement) such that the intrinsic value of the Converted TWC Awards was approximately equal to that of the original awards at the closing of the Transactions. The Converted TWC Awards represented approximately 4 million Charter restricted stock units and 0.8 million Charter stock options ( 0.5 million of which were exercisable at the time of conversion) and continue to be subject to the terms of the Legacy TWC equity plans. The Converted TWC Awards were measured at their fair value as of the closing of the TWC Transaction. Of that fair value, $514 million related to Legacy TWC employee pre-combination service and was treated as consideration transferred in the TWC Transaction (See Note 2), while $539 million relates to post-combination service and will be amortized to stock compensation expense over the remaining vesting period of the awards. The fair values of the Converted TWC Awards were based on a valuation using assumptions developed by management and other information compiled by management including, but not limited to, historical volatility and exercise trends of Legacy Charter and Legacy TWC. The Parent Merger Exchange Ratio was also applied to outstanding Legacy Charter equity awards and option exercise prices; however, the terms of the equity awards did not change as a result of the Transactions. Charter granted the following equity awards, excluding the Converted TWC Awards, for the periods presented after applying the Parent Merger Exchange Ratio, as applicable. Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 2015 2016 2015 Stock options 275,400 2,100 5,980,800 1,146,300 Restricted stock 400 — 10,400 6,300 Restricted stock units 39,300 500 890,700 138,400 Legacy Charter stock options granted prior to 2014 generally vest annually over three years from either the grant date or delayed vesting commencement dates. Stock options generally expire ten years from the grant date. Restricted stock generally vests annually one year from the date of grant. Certain stock options and restricted stock units vest based on achievement of stock price hurdles. Restricted stock units have no voting rights, and restricted stock units granted prior to 2014 vest ratably over three years from either the grant date or delayed vesting commencement dates. Beginning in 2014, stock options and restricted stock units granted cliff vest upon the three year anniversary of each grant. Legacy TWC restricted stock units that were converted into Charter restricted stock units generally vest 50% on each of the third and fourth anniversary of the grant date. Legacy TWC stock options that were converted into Charter stock options vest ratably over a four -year period and expire ten years from the grant date. As of September 30, 2016 , total unrecognized compensation remaining to be recognized in future periods totaled $296 million for stock options, $1 million for restricted stock and $364 million for restricted stock units and the weighted average period over which they are expected to be recognized is four years for stock options, one year for restricted stock and three years for restricted stock units. The Company recorded $81 million and $168 million of stock compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 , respectively, which is included in operating costs and expenses. The Company also recorded $57 million and $202 million of expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 , respectively, related to accelerated vesting of equity awards of terminated employees which is recorded in merger and restructuring costs. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 , the Company recorded $20 million and $58 million of stock compensation expense, respectively, which is included in operating costs and expenses. In connection with the TWC Transaction, Charter settled restricted stock units in the amount of $59 million for cash to be paid prior to the end of 2016 which amount is recorded in accounts payables and accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2016 .

Employee Benefit Plans (Notes)

Employee Benefit Plans (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]
Employee Benefit Plans	Employee Benefit Plans Upon completion of the TWC Transaction, Charter assumed sponsorship of Legacy TWC’s pension plans. The Company sponsors two qualified defined benefit pension plans, the TWC Pension Plan and the TWC Union Pension Plan, that provide pension benefits to a majority of Legacy TWC employees. The Company also provides a nonqualified defined benefit pension plan for certain employees under the TWC Excess Pension Plan. Pension benefits are based on formulas that reflect the employees’ years of service and compensation during their employment period. Actuarial gains or losses are changes in the amount of either the benefit obligation or the fair value of plan assets resulting from experience different from that assumed or from changes in assumptions. The Company has elected to follow a mark-to-market pension accounting policy for recording the actuarial gains or losses annually during the fourth quarter, or earlier if a remeasurement event occurs during an interim period. Pension benefits are recorded as a net asset or liability for the overfunded or underfunded status of defined benefit pension plans and changes in the funded status are recorded in the year in which the changes occur. As of the closing date of the TWC Transaction, the excess of the projected benefit obligation over the fair value of plan assets was recognized as a liability and deferred actuarial losses and prior service credits previously recognized were eliminated in acquisition accounting. As of the closing date of the TWC Transaction, the projected benefit obligation and the fair value of plan assets for the pension plans were $4.0 billion and $2.9 billion , respectively, and the net underfunded liability of the pension plans was recorded as a $6 million current pension liability and $1.1 billion long-term pension liability in acquisition accounting. The rate of compensation increase used to measure the projected benefit obligation as of the closing of the TWC Transaction was an age-graded average increase of 4.25% . The weighted average of discount rates used to measure the projected benefit obligation at the closing date of the TWC Transaction was 3.99% . The Company determined the discount rates based on the yield of a large population of high-quality corporate bonds with cash flows sufficient in timing and amount to settle projected future defined benefit payments. The Company also utilized the RP 2015/MP 2015 mortality tables published by the Society of Actuaries to measure the projected benefit obligation as of the closing date of the TWC Transaction. In addition, the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets used to determine a component of net periodic benefit cost was 6.50% . In developing the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets, the Company considered the pension portfolio’s composition, past average rate of earnings and the Company’s future asset allocation targets. Pension Plan Assets The assets of the qualified pension plans are held in a master trust in which the qualified pension plans are the only participating plans. The investment policy for the qualified pension plans is to achieve a reasonable long-term rate of return on plan assets with an acceptable level of risk in order to maintain adequate funding levels. The investment portfolio is a mix of fixed-income and equity securities with the objective of matching plan liability performance, diversifying risk and achieving a target investment return. The Company’s allocation of plan assets includes fixed-income and equity securities of 39% and 61% , respectively, the substantial majority of which consist of Level 1 or Level 2 fair value measurements. Net Periodic Pension Cost (Benefit) The components of net periodic pension cost (benefit) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 consisted of the following: Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 2016 Service cost $ 51 $ 86 Interest cost 34 55 Expected return on plan assets (47 ) (70 ) Pension curtailment gain — (675 ) Remeasurement loss, net — 157 Net periodic pension cost (benefit) $ 38 $ (447 ) The service cost component of net periodic pension cost (benefit) is recorded in operating costs and expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. The effects of the plan amendment made subsequent to the TWC Transaction, discussed below, resulted in a $675 million pension curtailment gain and $157 million remeasurement loss, net recorded in other operating expenses, net in the consolidated statements of operations during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 . Pension Plan Curtailment Amendment Following the closing of the TWC Transaction, Charter amended the pension plans to freeze future benefit accruals to current active plan participants as of August 31, 2016. Effective September 1, 2016, no future compensation increases or future service will be credited to participants of the pension plans and new hires will not be eligible to participate in the plans. Upon announcement and approval of the plan amendment, the assumptions underlying the pension liability and pension asset values were reassessed utilizing remeasurement date assumptions in accordance with Charter’s mark-to-market pension accounting policy to record gains and losses in the period in which a remeasurement event occurs. The $675 million curtailment gain recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was primarily driven by the reduction of the compensation rate assumption to zero in accordance with the terms of the plan amendment, reflecting the pension liability at its accumulated benefit obligation instead of its projected benefit obligation at the remeasurement date. The $157 million remeasurement loss recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was primarily driven by the effects of a reduction of the discount rate from 3.99% at the closing date of the TWC Transaction to 3.72% at remeasurement date, net of a gain to record pension assets at June 30, 2016 fair values. As of the remeasurement date, June 30, 2016, the accumulated benefit obligation and fair value of plan assets for the pension plans was $3.6 billion and $2.9 billion , respectively, for a net underfunded liability of $647 million . Pension Plan Contributions The Company made no cash contributions to the qualified pension plans during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 ; however, the Company may make discretionary cash contributions to the qualified pension plans in the future. Such contributions will be dependent on a variety of factors, including current and expected interest rates, asset performance, the funded status of the qualified pension plans and management’s judgment. For the nonqualified unfunded pension plan, the Company will continue to make contributions during the remainder of 2016 to the extent benefits are paid. Defined Contribution Benefit Plans Upon completion of the TWC Transaction, Charter assumed Legacy TWC’s defined contribution plan, the TWC Savings Plan. In June 2016, the Company announced changes to both the Charter Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “401(k) Plan”) and the TWC Savings Plan that were effective September 1, 2016. The Company’s matching contribution to the 401(k) Plan and the TWC Savings Plan equal 100% of the amount of the salary reduction the participant elects to defer up to 6% of the participant’s eligible pay. For employees who are not eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive plan and who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the Company also provides a contribution to a new Retirement Accumulation Plan, equal to 3% of eligible pay.

Consolidating Schedules (Notes)

Consolidating Schedules (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Consolidating Schedules [Abstract]
Consolidating Schedules	Consolidating Schedules Each of Charter Operating, TWC, LLC, TWCE, CCO Holdings and certain subsidiaries jointly, severally, fully and unconditionally guarantee the outstanding debt securities of the others (other than the CCO Holdings notes) on an unsecured senior basis and the condensed consolidating financial information has been prepared and presented pursuant to SEC Regulation S-X Rule 3-10, Financial Statements of Guarantors and Issuers of Guaranteed Securities Registered or Being Registered. Certain Charter Operating subsidiaries that are regulated telephone entities only become guarantor subsidiaries upon approval by regulators. This information is not intended to present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the individual companies or groups of companies in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The “Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries” column is presented to comply with the terms of the Credit Agreement. The “Unrestricted Subsidiary” column included in the condensed consolidating financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 consists of CCO Safari which was a non-recourse subsidiary under the Credit Agreement and held the CCO Safari Term G Loans that were repaid in April 2015. Condensed consolidating financial statements as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 follow. CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets As of September 30, 2016 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: Cash and cash equivalents $ — $ 996 $ — $ 996 Accounts receivable, net — 1,229 — 1,229 Receivables from related party 58 — (58 ) — Prepaid expenses and other current assets — 351 — 351 Total current assets 58 2,576 (58 ) 2,576 INVESTMENT IN CABLE PROPERTIES: Property, plant and equipment, net — 32,657 — 32,657 Franchises — 66,245 — 66,245 Customer relationships, net — 15,439 — 15,439 Goodwill — 30,165 — 30,165 Total investment in cable properties, net — 144,506 — 144,506 INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES 89,165 — (89,165 ) — LOANS RECEIVABLE – RELATED PARTY 494 — (494 ) — OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS — 1,172 — 1,172 Total assets $ 89,717 $ 148,254 $ (89,717 ) $ 148,254 LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY CURRENT LIABILITIES: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 209 $ 5,795 $ — $ 6,004 Payables to related party — 457 (58 ) 399 Current portion of long-term debt — 2,050 — 2,050 Total current liabilities 209 8,302 (58 ) 8,453 LONG-TERM DEBT 13,255 46,691 — 59,946 LOANS PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY — 1,134 (494 ) 640 DEFERRED INCOME TAXES — 32 — 32 OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES — 2,905 — 2,905 MEMBER’S EQUITY Controlling interest 76,253 89,165 (89,165 ) 76,253 Noncontrolling interests — 25 — 25 Total member’s equity 76,253 89,190 (89,165 ) 76,278 Total liabilities and member’s equity $ 89,717 $ 148,254 $ (89,717 ) $ 148,254 CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets As of December 31, 2015 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: Cash and cash equivalents $ — $ 5 $ — $ 5 Accounts receivable, net — 264 — 264 Receivables from related party 14 — (14 ) — Prepaid expenses and other current assets — 55 — 55 Total current assets 14 324 (14 ) 324 INVESTMENT IN CABLE PROPERTIES: Property, plant and equipment, net — 8,317 — 8,317 Franchises — 6,006 — 6,006 Customer relationships, net — 856 — 856 Goodwill — 1,168 — 1,168 Total investment in cable properties, net — 16,347 — 16,347 INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES 11,303 — (11,303 ) — LOANS RECEIVABLE – RELATED PARTY 613 563 (483 ) 693 OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS — 116 — 116 Total assets $ 11,930 $ 17,350 $ (11,800 ) $ 17,480 LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY CURRENT LIABILITIES: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 165 $ 1,311 $ — $ 1,476 Payables to related party — 345 (14 ) 331 Total current liabilities 165 1,656 (14 ) 1,807 LONG-TERM DEBT 10,443 3,502 — 13,945 LOANS PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY — 816 (483 ) 333 DEFERRED INCOME TAXES — 28 — 28 OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES — 45 — 45 MEMBER’S EQUITY 1,322 11,303 (11,303 ) 1,322 Total liabilities and member’s equity $ 11,930 $ 17,350 $ (11,800 ) $ 17,480 CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated REVENUES $ — $ 18,728 $ — $ 18,728 COSTS AND EXPENSES: Operating costs and expenses (exclusive of items shown separately below) — 12,173 — 12,173 Depreciation and amortization — 4,409 — 4,409 Other operating income, net — (20 ) — (20 ) — 16,562 — 16,562 Income from operations — 2,166 — 2,166 OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES): Interest expense, net (539 ) (852 ) — (1,391 ) Loss on extinguishment of debt (110 ) — — (110 ) Gain on financial instruments, net — 16 — 16 Other expense, net — (2 ) — (2 ) Equity in income of subsidiaries 1,327 — (1,327 ) — 678 (838 ) (1,327 ) (1,487 ) Income before income taxes 678 1,328 (1,327 ) 679 INCOME TAX BENEFIT — — — — Consolidated net income 678 1,328 (1,327 ) 679 Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests — (1 ) — (1 ) Net income $ 678 $ 1,327 $ (1,327 ) $ 678 CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Unrestricted Subsidiary Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated REVENUES $ — $ 7,242 $ — $ — $ 7,242 COSTS AND EXPENSES: Operating costs and expenses (exclusive of items shown separately below) — 4,802 — — 4,802 Depreciation and amortization — 1,580 — — 1,580 Other operating expenses, net — 69 — — 69 — 6,451 — — 6,451 Income from operations — 791 — — 791 OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES): Interest expense, net (487 ) (114 ) (47 ) — (648 ) Loss on extinguishment of debt (123 ) — (3 ) — (126 ) Loss on financial instruments, net — (10 ) — — (10 ) Equity in income (loss) of subsidiaries 795 (50 ) — (745 ) — 185 (174 ) (50 ) (745 ) (784 ) Income (loss) before income taxes 185 617 (50 ) (745 ) 7 INCOME TAX BENEFIT — 212 — — 212 Consolidated net income (loss) 185 829 (50 ) (745 ) 219 Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests — (34 ) — — (34 ) Net income (loss) $ 185 $ 795 $ (50 ) $ (745 ) $ 185 CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated Consolidated net income $ 678 $ 1,328 $ (1,327 ) $ 679 Net impact of interest rate derivative instruments, net of tax 6 6 (6 ) 6 Foreign currency translation adjustment (1 ) (1 ) 1 (1 ) Consolidated comprehensive income 683 1,333 (1,332 ) 684 Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests — (1 ) — (1 ) Comprehensive income $ 683 $ 1,332 $ (1,332 ) $ 683 CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Unrestricted Subsidiary Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated Consolidated net income (loss) $ 185 $ 829 $ (50 ) $ (745 ) $ 219 Net impact of interest rate derivative instruments, net of tax 7 7 — (7 ) 7 Consolidated comprehensive income (loss) $ 192 $ 836 $ (50 ) $ (752 ) $ 226 Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests — (34 ) — — (34 ) Comprehensive income (loss) $ 192 $ 802 $ (50 ) $ (752 ) $ 192 CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES $ (533 ) $ 6,071 $ — $ 5,538 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Purchases of property, plant and equipment — (3,437 ) — (3,437 ) Change in accrued expenses related to capital expenditures — 86 — 86 Purchases of cable systems, net of cash assumed — (7 ) — (7 ) Contributions to subsidiaries (437 ) — 437 — Distributions from subsidiaries 3,455 — (3,455 ) — Change in restricted cash and cash equivalents — — — — Other, net — (8 ) — (8 ) Net cash flows from investing activities 3,018 (3,366 ) (3,018 ) (3,366 ) CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Borrowings of long-term debt 3,201 2,796 — 5,997 Repayments of long-term debt (2,937 ) (1,183 ) — (4,120 ) Repayments loans payable - related parties (71 ) (182 ) — (253 ) Payments for debt issuance costs (73 ) (210 ) — (283 ) Proceeds from termination of interest rate derivatives — 88 — 88 Contributions from parent 478 437 (437 ) 478 Distributions to parent (3,084 ) (3,455 ) 3,455 (3,084 ) Other, net 1 (5 ) — (4 ) Net cash flows from financing activities (2,485 ) (1,714 ) 3,018 (1,181 ) NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS — 991 — 991 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period — 5 — 5 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period $ — $ 996 $ — $ 996 CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Unrestricted Subsidiary Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES $ (510 ) $ 2,386 $ (55 ) $ — $ 1,821 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Purchases of property, plant and equipment — (1,292 ) — — (1,292 ) Change in accrued expenses related to capital expenditures — 11 — — 11 Contribution to subsidiary (46 ) (24 ) — 70 — Distributions from subsidiaries 521 — — (521 ) — Change in restricted cash and cash equivalents — — 3,514 — 3,514 Other, net — (15 ) — — (15 ) Net cash flows from investing activities 475 (1,320 ) 3,514 (451 ) 2,218 CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Borrowings of long-term debt 2,700 1,071 — — 3,771 Repayments of long-term debt (2,599 ) (1,329 ) (3,483 ) — (7,411 ) Borrowings (repayments) loans payable - related parties 16 (333 ) — — (317 ) Payments for debt issuance costs (24 ) — — — (24 ) Contributions from parent 15 46 24 (70 ) 15 Distributions to parent (73 ) (521 ) — 521 (73 ) Net cash flows from financing activities 35 (1,066 ) (3,459 ) 451 (4,039 ) NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS — — — — — CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period — — — — — CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period $ — $ — $ — $ — $ —

Recently Issued Accounting Stan

Recently Issued Accounting Standards (Notes)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Recently Issued Accounting Standards [Abstract]
Recently Issued Accounting Standards	Recently Issued Accounting Standards In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASU 2014-09”), which is a comprehensive revenue recognition standard that will supersede nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. The new standard provides a single principles-based, five-step model to be applied to all contracts with customers, which steps are to (1) identify the contract(s) with the customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract and (5) recognize revenue when each performance obligation is satisfied. More specifically, revenue will be recognized when promised goods or services are transferred to the customer in an amount that reflects the consideration expected in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 will be effective, reflecting the one-year deferral, for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 (January 1, 2018 for the Company). Early adoption of the standard is permitted but not before the original effective date. Companies can transition to the standard either retrospectively or as a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU 2014-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements and the selected method of transition to the new standard. In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-05, Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement (“ASU 2015-05”), which provides guidance in determining whether fees for purchasing cloud computing services (or hosted software solutions) are considered internal-use software or should be considered a service contract. The cloud computing agreement that includes a software license should be accounted for in the same manner as internal-use software if customer has contractual right to take possession of the software during the hosting period without significant penalty and it is feasible to either run the software on customer’s hardware or contract with another vendor to host the software. Arrangements that don’t meet the requirements for internal-use software should be accounted for as a service contract. ASU 2015-05 was effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015 (January 1, 2016 for the Company). The adoption of ASU 2015-05 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (“ASU 2016-02”), which requires lessees to recognize almost all leases on their balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and a lease liability. Lessees are allowed to account for short-term leases (i.e., leases with a term of 12 months or less) off-balance sheet, consistent with current operating lease accounting. For income statement purposes, the FASB retained a dual model, requiring leases to be classified as either operating or finance. Classification will be based on criteria that are largely similar to those applied in current lease accounting, but without explicit bright lines. ASU 2016-02 will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 (January 1, 2019 for the Company). Early adoption is permitted. The new standard requires a modified retrospective transition through a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the beginning of the earliest period presented in the financial statements. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting (“ASU 2016-09”), which includes multiple provisions intended to simplify various aspects of the accounting for share-based payments. The new standard (1) requires all excess tax benefits and deficiencies to be recognized as income tax expense or benefit in the income statement in the period in which they occur regardless of whether the benefit reduces taxes payable in the current period, (2) requires classification of excess tax benefits as an operating activity on the statements of cash flows, (3) allows an entity to make an entity-wide accounting policy election to either estimate the number of awards that are expected to vest or account for forfeitures when they occur and (4) causes the threshold under which employee share-based awards partially settled in cash can qualify for equity classification to increase to the maximum statutory tax rates in the applicable jurisdiction. ASU 2016-09 will be effective for interim and annual periods after December 15, 2016 (January 1, 2017 for the Company). Early adoption of the standard is permitted but requires adoption of all provisions included in the amendment in the same period. The new standard generally requires a modified retrospective transition through a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the beginning of the period of adoption, with certain provisions requiring either a prospective or retrospective transition. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU 2016-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements. In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (“ASU 2016-15”), which clarifies how entities should classify cash receipts and cash payments related to eight specific cash flow matters on the statement of cash flows, with the objective of reducing existing diversity in practice. ASU 2016-15 will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 (January 1, 2018 for the Company). Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU 2016-15 will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Accounting for Derivative Ins27

Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Policies)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities [Abstract]
Derivatives Policy	The Company uses derivative instruments to manage interest rate risk on variable debt and foreign exchange risk on the Sterling Notes, and does not hold or issue derivative instruments for speculative trading purposes.

Mergers and Acquisitions (Table

Mergers and Acquisitions (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pro Forma Financial Information	The following unaudited pro forma financial information of the Company is based on the historical consolidated financial statements of CCO Holdings, Legacy TWC and Legacy Bright House and is intended to provide information about how the Transactions and related financing may have affected the Company’s historical consolidated financial statements if they had closed as of January 1, 2015. The pro forma financial information below is based on available information and assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable. The pro forma financial information is for illustrative and informational purposes only and is not intended to represent or be indicative of what the Company’s financial condition or results of operations would have been had the transactions described above occurred on the date indicated. The pro forma financial information also should not be considered representative of the Company’s future financial condition or results of operations. Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 2016 2015 Revenues $ 9,342 $ 29,748 $ 27,813 Net income attributable to CCO Holdings member $ 253 $ 1,112 $ 342
TWC Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase Price Calculation and Preliminary Allocation	TWC Purchase Price Shares of Charter Class A common stock issued (including the Liberty Parties) (in millions) 143.0 Charter Class A common stock closing price per share $ 224.91 Fair value of Charter Class A common stock issued $ 32,164 Cash paid to Legacy TWC stockholders (excluding the Liberty Parties) $ 27,770 Pre-combination vesting period fair value of Converted TWC Awards 514 Cash paid for Legacy TWC non-employee equity awards 69 Total purchase price $ 60,517 TWC Preliminary Allocation of Purchase Price Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,058 Current assets 1,309 Property, plant and equipment 21,431 Franchises 53,395 Customer relationships 13,700 Goodwill 28,459 Other noncurrent assets 1,061 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (3,752 ) Debt (24,900 ) Deferred income taxes (28,071 ) Other long-term liabilities (3,169 ) Noncontrolling interests (4 ) $ 60,517
Bright House Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase Price Calculation and Preliminary Allocation	Bright House Purchase Price Charter Holdings common units issued to A/N (in millions) 31.0 Charter Class A common stock closing price per share $ 224.91 Fair value of Charter Holdings common units issued to A/N $ 6,971 Fair value of Charter Holdings convertible preferred units issued to A/N 3,163 Cash paid to A/N 2,022 Total purchase price $ 12,156 Bright House Preliminary Allocation of Purchase Price Current assets $ 132 Property, plant and equipment 2,884 Franchises 6,844 Customer relationships 2,040 Goodwill 534 Other noncurrent assets 86 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (330 ) Other long-term liabilities (12 ) Noncontrolling interests (22 ) $ 12,156

Property, Plant and Equipment (

Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]
Property, Plant and Equipment	Property, plant and equipment consists of the following as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 : September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 Cable distribution systems $ 22,942 $ 8,158 Customer premise equipment and installations 11,916 4,632 Vehicles and equipment 1,178 379 Buildings and improvements 3,108 540 Furniture, fixtures and equipment 2,999 1,117 42,143 14,826 Less: accumulated depreciation (9,486 ) (6,509 ) $ 32,657 $ 8,317

Franchises, Goodwill and Othe30

Franchises, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Franchises, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets [Abstract]
Indefinite-lived and Finite-lived Intangible Assets	Indefinite-lived and finite-lived intangible assets consist of the following as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 : September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Carrying Amount Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Carrying Amount Indefinite-lived intangible assets: Franchises $ 66,245 $ — $ 66,245 $ 6,006 $ — $ 6,006 Goodwill 30,165 — 30,165 1,168 — 1,168 Other intangible assets 4 — 4 4 — 4 $ 96,414 $ — $ 96,414 $ 7,178 $ — $ 7,178 Finite-lived intangible assets: Customer relationships $ 18,356 $ (2,917 ) $ 15,439 $ 2,616 $ (1,760 ) $ 856 Other intangible assets 635 (120 ) 515 173 (82 ) 91 $ 18,991 $ (3,037 ) $ 15,954 $ 2,789 $ (1,842 ) $ 947
Expected Future Amortization Expense	The Company expects amortization expense on its finite-lived intangible assets will be as follows: Three months ended December 31, 2016 $ 741 2017 2,773 2018 2,488 2019 2,201 2020 1,906 Thereafter 5,845 $ 15,954

Accounts Payable and Accrued 31

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consist of the following as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 : September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 Accounts payable – trade $ 447 $ 112 Accrued capital expenditures 611 296 Deferred revenue 346 96 Accrued liabilities: Interest 841 167 Programming costs 1,768 451 Franchise-related fees 242 65 Compensation 770 118 Other 979 171 $ 6,004 $ 1,476

Long-Term Debt (Tables)

Long-Term Debt (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Long-term Debt Summary	ebt consists of the following as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 : September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 Principal Amount Accreted Value Principal Amount Accreted Value CCO Holdings, LLC: 7.000% senior notes due January 15, 2019 $ — $ — $ 600 $ 594 7.375% senior notes due June 1, 2020 — — 750 744 5.250% senior notes due March 15, 2021 500 496 500 496 6.500% senior notes due April 30, 2021 — — 1,500 1,487 6.625% senior notes due January 31, 2022 750 741 750 740 5.250% senior notes due September 30, 2022 1,250 1,231 1,250 1,229 5.125% senior notes due February 15, 2023 1,000 991 1,000 990 5.125% senior notes due May 1, 2023 1,150 1,141 1,150 1,140 5.750% senior notes due September 1, 2023 500 496 500 495 5.750% senior notes due January 15, 2024 1,000 991 1,000 990 5.875% senior notes due April 1, 2024 1,700 1,684 — — 5.375% senior notes due May 1, 2025 750 744 750 744 5.750% senior notes due February 15, 2026 2,500 2,459 — — 5.500% senior notes due May 1, 2026 1,500 1,487 — — 5.875% senior notes due May 1, 2027 800 794 800 794 Charter Communications Operating, LLC: 3.579% senior notes due July 23, 2020 2,000 1,982 — — 4.464% senior notes due July 23, 2022 3,000 2,972 — — 4.908% senior notes due July 23, 2025 4,500 4,457 — — 6.384% senior notes due October 23, 2035 2,000 1,980 — — 6.484% senior notes due October 23, 2045 3,500 3,466 — — 6.834% senior notes due October 23, 2055 500 495 — — Credit facilities 8,965 8,863 3,552 3,502 Time Warner Cable, LLC: 5.850% senior notes due May 1, 2017 2,000 2,050 — — 6.750% senior notes due July 1, 2018 2,000 2,157 — — 8.750% senior notes due February 14, 2019 1,250 1,430 — — 8.250% senior notes due April 1, 2019 2,000 2,292 — — 5.000% senior notes due February 1, 2020 1,500 1,624 — — 4.125% senior notes due February 15, 2021 700 742 — — 4.000% senior notes due September 1, 2021 1,000 1,059 — — 5.750% sterling senior notes due June 2, 2031 (a) 810 879 — — 6.550% senior debentures due May 1, 2037 1,500 1,693 — — 7.300% senior debentures due July 1, 2038 1,500 1,797 — — 6.750% senior debentures due June 15, 2039 1,500 1,731 — — 5.875% senior debentures due November 15, 2040 1,200 1,259 — — 5.500% senior debentures due September 1, 2041 1,250 1,258 — — 5.250% sterling senior notes due July 15, 2042 (b) 843 811 — — 4.500% senior debentures due September 15, 2042 1,250 1,135 — — Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC: 8.375% senior debentures due March 15, 2023 1,000 1,282 — — 8.375% senior debentures due July 15, 2033 1,000 1,327 — — Total debt 60,168 61,996 14,102 13,945 Less current portion: 5.850% senior notes due May 1, 2017 2,000 2,050 — — Long-term debt $ 58,168 $ 59,946 $ 14,102 $ 13,945 (a) Principal amount includes £625 million valued at $810 million as of September 30, 2016 using the exchange rate at that date. (b) Principal amount includes £650 million valued at $843 million as of September 30, 2016 using the exchange rate at that date.
Maturities of Long-term Debt	Based on outstanding indebtedness as of September 30, 2016 , the amortization of term loans, and the maturity dates for all senior and subordinated notes and debentures, total future principal payments on the total borrowings under all debt agreements as of September 30, 2016 are as follows: Year Amount Three months ended December 31, 2016 $ 49 2017 2,197 2018 2,197 2019 3,546 2020 5,216 Thereafter 46,963 $ 60,168

Accounting for Derivative Ins33

Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities [Abstract]
Balance Sheet Effects of Derivative Instruments	The effect of derivative instruments on the consolidated balance sheets is presented in the table below: September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 Interest Rate Derivatives Accrued interest $ 1 $ 3 Other long-term liabilities $ 7 $ 10 Accumulated other comprehensive loss $ (7 ) $ (13 ) Cross-Currency Derivatives Other long-term liabilities $ 240 $ —
Income Statement Effects of Financial Instruments	The effect of financial instruments on the consolidated statements of operations is presented in the table below. Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 2015 2016 2015 Gain (loss) on Financial Instruments, Net: Change in fair value of interest rate derivative instruments $ 7 $ (3 ) $ 5 $ (3 ) Change in fair value of cross-currency derivative instruments 17 — (168 ) — Remeasurement of Sterling Notes to U.S. dollars 49 — 196 — Termination of interest rate derivative instruments — — (11 ) — Loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss due to discontinuance of hedge accounting (2 ) (2 ) (6 ) (7 ) $ 71 $ (5 ) $ 16 $ (10 )

Fair Value Measurements (Tables

Fair Value Measurements (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]
Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis	inancial instruments accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis are presented in the table below. September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Assets Money market funds $ 480 $ — $ — $ — $ — $ — Liabilities Interest rate derivative instruments $ — $ 8 $ — $ — $ 13 $ — Cross-currency derivative instruments $ — $ 240 $ — $ — $ — $ —
Carrying Value and Fair Value of Debt	A summary of the carrying value and fair value of debt as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 is as follows: September 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 Carrying Value Fair Value Carrying Value Fair Value Senior notes and debentures $ 53,133 $ 56,899 $ 10,443 $ 10,718 Credit facilities $ 8,863 $ 8,975 $ 3,502 $ 3,500

Operating Costs and Expenses (T

Operating Costs and Expenses (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Operating Costs and Expenses [Abstract]
Operating Costs and Expenses	Operating costs and expenses, exclusive of items shown separately in the consolidated statements of operations, consist of the following for the periods presented: Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 2015 2016 2015 Programming $ 2,404 $ 667 $ 4,648 $ 2,004 Regulatory, connectivity and produced content 508 108 936 324 Costs to service customers 1,825 438 3,329 1,285 Marketing 591 163 1,134 474 Transition costs 32 12 78 50 Other 1,130 232 2,048 665 $ 6,490 $ 1,620 $ 12,173 $ 4,802

Other Operating Expenses, Net36

Other Operating Expenses, Net (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Other Operating Expenses, Net [Abstract]
Other Operating Expenses, Net	Other operating expenses, net consist of the following for the periods presented: Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 2015 2016 2015 Merger and restructuring costs $ 205 $ 19 $ 513 $ 51 Other pension benefits (13 ) — (533 ) — Special charges, net 4 1 10 13 (Gain) loss on sale of assets, net (3 ) (1 ) (10 ) 5 $ 193 $ 19 $ (20 ) $ 69
Accrued Merger and Restructuring Costs by Type of Cost	Changes in accruals for merger and restructuring costs from December 31, 2015 through September 30, 2016 are presented below: Employee Retention Costs Employee Termination Costs Transaction and Advisory Costs Other Costs Total Liability, December 31, 2015 $ — $ — $ 33 $ — $ 33 Liability assumed in the Transactions 80 9 3 — 92 Costs incurred 20 219 62 10 311 Cash paid (91 ) (40 ) (68 ) (10 ) (209 ) Remaining liability, September 30, 2016 $ 9 $ 188 $ 30 $ — $ 227

Commitments and Contingencies37

Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]
Contractual Obligations Payment Schedule	The following table summarizes the Company’s payment obligations as of September 30, 2016 for its contractual obligations. Capital and Operating Lease Obligations (1) Programming Minimum Commitments (2) Other (3) Total Three months ended December 31, 2016 $ 82 $ 58 $ 291 $ 431 2017 240 223 851 1,314 2018 210 35 773 1,018 2019 167 24 657 848 2020 128 15 654 797 Thereafter 505 — 10,105 10,610 $ 1,332 $ 355 $ 13,331 $ 15,018 (1) The Company leases certain facilities and equipment under non-cancelable capital and operating leases. Leases and rental costs charged to expense for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were $79 million and $12 million , respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were $136 million and $36 million , respectively. (2) The Company pays programming fees under multi-year contracts ranging from three to ten years, typically based on a flat fee per customer, which may be fixed for the term, or may in some cases escalate over the term. Programming costs included in the statement of operations were $2.4 billion and $667 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 , respectively, and $4.6 billion and $2.0 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 , respectively. Certain of the Company’s programming agreements are based on a flat fee per month or have guaranteed minimum payments. The table sets forth the aggregate guaranteed minimum commitments under the Company’s programming contracts. (3) “Other” represents other guaranteed minimum commitments, including programming rights negotiated directly with content owners for distribution on Company-owned channels or networks and commitments related to the Company’s role as an advertising and distribution sales agent for third party-owned channels or networks as well as commitments to the Company’s customer premise equipment vendors.

Stock Compensation Plans (Table

Stock Compensation Plans (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Stock Compensation Plans [Abstract]
Equity Award Grants	granted the following equity awards, excluding the Converted TWC Awards, for the periods presented after applying the Parent Merger Exchange Ratio, as applicable. Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 2015 2016 2015 Stock options 275,400 2,100 5,980,800 1,146,300 Restricted stock 400 — 10,400 6,300 Restricted stock units 39,300 500 890,700 138,400

Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]
Net Periodic Pension Benefit	The components of net periodic pension cost (benefit) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 consisted of the following: Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 2016 Service cost $ 51 $ 86 Interest cost 34 55 Expected return on plan assets (47 ) (70 ) Pension curtailment gain — (675 ) Remeasurement loss, net — 157 Net periodic pension cost (benefit) $ 38 $ (447 )

Consolidating Schedules (Tables

Consolidating Schedules (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Consolidating Schedules [Abstract]
Consolidating Schedules	Condensed consolidating financial statements as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 follow. CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets As of September 30, 2016 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: Cash and cash equivalents $ — $ 996 $ — $ 996 Accounts receivable, net — 1,229 — 1,229 Receivables from related party 58 — (58 ) — Prepaid expenses and other current assets — 351 — 351 Total current assets 58 2,576 (58 ) 2,576 INVESTMENT IN CABLE PROPERTIES: Property, plant and equipment, net — 32,657 — 32,657 Franchises — 66,245 — 66,245 Customer relationships, net — 15,439 — 15,439 Goodwill — 30,165 — 30,165 Total investment in cable properties, net — 144,506 — 144,506 INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES 89,165 — (89,165 ) — LOANS RECEIVABLE – RELATED PARTY 494 — (494 ) — OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS — 1,172 — 1,172 Total assets $ 89,717 $ 148,254 $ (89,717 ) $ 148,254 LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY CURRENT LIABILITIES: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 209 $ 5,795 $ — $ 6,004 Payables to related party — 457 (58 ) 399 Current portion of long-term debt — 2,050 — 2,050 Total current liabilities 209 8,302 (58 ) 8,453 LONG-TERM DEBT 13,255 46,691 — 59,946 LOANS PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY — 1,134 (494 ) 640 DEFERRED INCOME TAXES — 32 — 32 OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES — 2,905 — 2,905 MEMBER’S EQUITY Controlling interest 76,253 89,165 (89,165 ) 76,253 Noncontrolling interests — 25 — 25 Total member’s equity 76,253 89,190 (89,165 ) 76,278 Total liabilities and member’s equity $ 89,717 $ 148,254 $ (89,717 ) $ 148,254 CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets As of December 31, 2015 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: Cash and cash equivalents $ — $ 5 $ — $ 5 Accounts receivable, net — 264 — 264 Receivables from related party 14 — (14 ) — Prepaid expenses and other current assets — 55 — 55 Total current assets 14 324 (14 ) 324 INVESTMENT IN CABLE PROPERTIES: Property, plant and equipment, net — 8,317 — 8,317 Franchises — 6,006 — 6,006 Customer relationships, net — 856 — 856 Goodwill — 1,168 — 1,168 Total investment in cable properties, net — 16,347 — 16,347 INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES 11,303 — (11,303 ) — LOANS RECEIVABLE – RELATED PARTY 613 563 (483 ) 693 OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS — 116 — 116 Total assets $ 11,930 $ 17,350 $ (11,800 ) $ 17,480 LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY CURRENT LIABILITIES: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 165 $ 1,311 $ — $ 1,476 Payables to related party — 345 (14 ) 331 Total current liabilities 165 1,656 (14 ) 1,807 LONG-TERM DEBT 10,443 3,502 — 13,945 LOANS PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY — 816 (483 ) 333 DEFERRED INCOME TAXES — 28 — 28 OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES — 45 — 45 MEMBER’S EQUITY 1,322 11,303 (11,303 ) 1,322 Total liabilities and member’s equity $ 11,930 $ 17,350 $ (11,800 ) $ 17,480 CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated REVENUES $ — $ 18,728 $ — $ 18,728 COSTS AND EXPENSES: Operating costs and expenses (exclusive of items shown separately below) — 12,173 — 12,173 Depreciation and amortization — 4,409 — 4,409 Other operating income, net — (20 ) — (20 ) — 16,562 — 16,562 Income from operations — 2,166 — 2,166 OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES): Interest expense, net (539 ) (852 ) — (1,391 ) Loss on extinguishment of debt (110 ) — — (110 ) Gain on financial instruments, net — 16 — 16 Other expense, net — (2 ) — (2 ) Equity in income of subsidiaries 1,327 — (1,327 ) — 678 (838 ) (1,327 ) (1,487 ) Income before income taxes 678 1,328 (1,327 ) 679 INCOME TAX BENEFIT — — — — Consolidated net income 678 1,328 (1,327 ) 679 Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests — (1 ) — (1 ) Net income $ 678 $ 1,327 $ (1,327 ) $ 678 CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Unrestricted Subsidiary Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated REVENUES $ — $ 7,242 $ — $ — $ 7,242 COSTS AND EXPENSES: Operating costs and expenses (exclusive of items shown separately below) — 4,802 — — 4,802 Depreciation and amortization — 1,580 — — 1,580 Other operating expenses, net — 69 — — 69 — 6,451 — — 6,451 Income from operations — 791 — — 791 OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES): Interest expense, net (487 ) (114 ) (47 ) — (648 ) Loss on extinguishment of debt (123 ) — (3 ) — (126 ) Loss on financial instruments, net — (10 ) — — (10 ) Equity in income (loss) of subsidiaries 795 (50 ) — (745 ) — 185 (174 ) (50 ) (745 ) (784 ) Income (loss) before income taxes 185 617 (50 ) (745 ) 7 INCOME TAX BENEFIT — 212 — — 212 Consolidated net income (loss) 185 829 (50 ) (745 ) 219 Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests — (34 ) — — (34 ) Net income (loss) $ 185 $ 795 $ (50 ) $ (745 ) $ 185 CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated Consolidated net income $ 678 $ 1,328 $ (1,327 ) $ 679 Net impact of interest rate derivative instruments, net of tax 6 6 (6 ) 6 Foreign currency translation adjustment (1 ) (1 ) 1 (1 ) Consolidated comprehensive income 683 1,333 (1,332 ) 684 Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests — (1 ) — (1 ) Comprehensive income $ 683 $ 1,332 $ (1,332 ) $ 683 CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Unrestricted Subsidiary Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated Consolidated net income (loss) $ 185 $ 829 $ (50 ) $ (745 ) $ 219 Net impact of interest rate derivative instruments, net of tax 7 7 — (7 ) 7 Consolidated comprehensive income (loss) $ 192 $ 836 $ (50 ) $ (752 ) $ 226 Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests — (34 ) — — (34 ) Comprehensive income (loss) $ 192 $ 802 $ (50 ) $ (752 ) $ 192 CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES $ (533 ) $ 6,071 $ — $ 5,538 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Purchases of property, plant and equipment — (3,437 ) — (3,437 ) Change in accrued expenses related to capital expenditures — 86 — 86 Purchases of cable systems, net of cash assumed — (7 ) — (7 ) Contributions to subsidiaries (437 ) — 437 — Distributions from subsidiaries 3,455 — (3,455 ) — Change in restricted cash and cash equivalents — — — — Other, net — (8 ) — (8 ) Net cash flows from investing activities 3,018 (3,366 ) (3,018 ) (3,366 ) CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Borrowings of long-term debt 3,201 2,796 — 5,997 Repayments of long-term debt (2,937 ) (1,183 ) — (4,120 ) Repayments loans payable - related parties (71 ) (182 ) — (253 ) Payments for debt issuance costs (73 ) (210 ) — (283 ) Proceeds from termination of interest rate derivatives — 88 — 88 Contributions from parent 478 437 (437 ) 478 Distributions to parent (3,084 ) (3,455 ) 3,455 (3,084 ) Other, net 1 (5 ) — (4 ) Net cash flows from financing activities (2,485 ) (1,714 ) 3,018 (1,181 ) NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS — 991 — 991 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period — 5 — 5 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period $ — $ 996 $ — $ 996 CCO Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 Guarantor Subsidiaries CCO Holdings Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries Unrestricted Subsidiary Eliminations CCO Holdings Consolidated NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES $ (510 ) $ 2,386 $ (55 ) $ — $ 1,821 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Purchases of property, plant and equipment — (1,292 ) — — (1,292 ) Change in accrued expenses related to capital expenditures — 11 — — 11 Contribution to subsidiary (46 ) (24 ) — 70 — Distributions from subsidiaries 521 — — (521 ) — Change in restricted cash and cash equivalents — — 3,514 — 3,514 Other, net — (15 ) — — (15 ) Net cash flows from investing activities 475 (1,320 ) 3,514 (451 ) 2,218 CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Borrowings of long-term debt 2,700 1,071 — — 3,771 Repayments of long-term debt (2,599 ) (1,329 ) (3,483 ) — (7,411 ) Borrowings (repayments) loans payable - related parties 16 (333 ) — — (317 ) Payments for debt issuance costs (24 ) — — — (24 ) Contributions from parent 15 46 24 (70 ) 15 Distributions to parent (73 ) (521 ) — 521 (73 ) Net cash flows from financing activities 35 (1,066 ) (3,459 ) 451 (4,039 ) NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS — — — — — CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period — — — — — CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period $ — $ — $ — $ — $ —

Organization and Basis of Pre41

Organization and Basis of Presentation (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments	1

Mergers and Acquisitions (Detai

Mergers and Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt issued to finance the Transactions	$ 60,168,000,000		$ 60,168,000,000		$ 14,102,000,000
Purchase price:
Pre-combination vesting period fair value of Converted TWC Awards			514,000,000
Preliminary allocation of purchase price:
Goodwill	30,165,000,000		30,165,000,000		1,168,000,000
Pro forma financial information:
Pro forma revenues		$ 9,342,000,000	29,748,000,000	$ 27,813,000,000
Pro forma net income		$ 253,000,000	1,112,000,000	$ 342,000,000
CCO Safari II [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt issued to finance the Transactions					15,500,000,000
CCO Safari III [Member] | Credit Facilities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt issued to finance the Transactions					3,800,000,000
CCOH Safari, LLC [Member] | 5.750% Senior Notes Due February 15, 2026 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt issued to finance the Transactions					2,500,000,000
Charter Operating [Member] | Credit Facilities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt issued to finance the Transactions	8,965,000,000		8,965,000,000		$ 3,552,000,000
Charter Operating [Member] | Term Loan A-2 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt issued to finance the Transactions	2,600,000,000		2,600,000,000
TWC Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash portion of purchase price - Option A	$ 100		$ 100
Equity portion of purchase price - Option A	0.5409		0.5409
Cash portion of purchase price - Option B	$ 115		$ 115
Equity portion of purchase price - Option B	0.4562		0.4562
Exchange ratio used to determine number of shares	0.9042		0.9042
Shares of TWC common stock outstanding as of the date of election	277,000,000		277,000,000
Shares of TWC common stock outstanding as of the date of election - Option A elected	274,000,000		274,000,000
Shares of TWC common stock outstanding as of the date of election - Option B elected	3,000,000		3,000,000
Shares of Charter Class A common stock received by the Liberty Parties for each share of Legacy TWC common stock owned	1		1
Shares of Legacy Charter Class A common stock received by the Liberty Parties for each share of Legacy TWC common stock owned	1.106		1.106
TWC enterprise value including cash, equity and debt assumed	$ 85,000,000,000		$ 85,000,000,000
Principal amount of debt issued to finance the Transactions	22,400,000,000		22,400,000,000
Revenues of acquiree recognized from date of acquisition	6,400,000,000		9,500,000,000
Net income of acquiree recognized from date of acquisition	62,000,000		434,000,000
Fair value adjustment to TWC long-term debt assumed (debt premium)	2,400,000,000		2,400,000,000
Purchase price:
Cash paid to acquire business			27,770,000,000
Cash paid for Legacy TWC non-employee equity awards			69,000,000
Total purchase price			60,517,000,000
Preliminary allocation of purchase price:
Assets acquired, cash and cash equivalents	1,058,000,000		1,058,000,000
Assets acquired, current assets	1,309,000,000		1,309,000,000
Assets acquired, property, plant and equipment	21,431,000,000		21,431,000,000
Assets acquired, franchises	53,395,000,000		53,395,000,000
Assets acquired, customer relationships	13,700,000,000		13,700,000,000
Goodwill	28,459,000,000		28,459,000,000
Assets acquired, other noncurrent assets	1,061,000,000		1,061,000,000
Liabilities assumed, accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(3,752,000,000)		(3,752,000,000)
Liabilities assumed, debt	(24,900,000,000)		(24,900,000,000)
Liabilities assumed, deferred income taxes	(28,071,000,000)		(28,071,000,000)
Liabilities assumed, other long-term liabilities	(3,169,000,000)		(3,169,000,000)
Noncontrolling interests acquired	(4,000,000)		(4,000,000)
Total assets acquired plus goodwill less liabilities assumed and noncontrolling interests acquired	60,517,000,000		$ 60,517,000,000
Measurement period adjustment, property, plant and equipment	145,000,000
Measurement period adjustment, accrued liabilities	25,000,000
Measurement period adjustment, deferred income taxes	81,000,000
Measurement period adjustment, other long-term liabilities	2,000,000
Measurement period adjustments impact on goodwill	91,000,000
Measurement period adjustments impact on depreciation expense	$ 12,000,000
TWC Transaction [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-average useful life of finite-lived intangible assets acquired			11 years
TWC Transaction [Member] | Class A Common Stock [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of common shares issued to Liberty Broadband to finance the Transactions			22,000,000
Value of common shares issued to Liberty Broadband to finance the Transactions			$ 4,300,000,000
Purchase price:
Number of shares/units issued (shares)			143,000,000
Price per share/unit of shares/units issued	$ 224.91		$ 224.91
Fair value of shares/units issued to acquire business			$ 32,164,000,000
Bright House Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues of acquiree recognized from date of acquisition	$ 1,000,000,000		1,500,000,000
Net income of acquiree recognized from date of acquisition	126,000,000		167,000,000
Purchase price:
Cash paid to acquire business			2,022,000,000
Total purchase price			12,156,000,000
Preliminary allocation of purchase price:
Assets acquired, current assets	132,000,000		132,000,000
Assets acquired, property, plant and equipment	2,884,000,000		2,884,000,000
Assets acquired, franchises	6,844,000,000		6,844,000,000
Assets acquired, customer relationships	2,040,000,000		2,040,000,000
Goodwill	534,000,000		534,000,000
Assets acquired, other noncurrent assets	86,000,000		86,000,000
Liabilities assumed, accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(330,000,000)		(330,000,000)
Liabilities assumed, other long-term liabilities	(12,000,000)		(12,000,000)
Noncontrolling interests acquired	(22,000,000)		(22,000,000)
Total assets acquired plus goodwill less liabilities assumed and noncontrolling interests acquired	12,156,000,000		$ 12,156,000,000
Measurement period adjustment, property, plant and equipment	382,000,000
Measurement period adjustments impact on goodwill	382,000,000
Bright House Transaction [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-average useful life of finite-lived intangible assets acquired			10 years
Bright House Transaction [Member] | Class A Common Stock [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of common shares issued to Liberty Broadband to finance the Transactions			3,700,000
Value of common shares issued to Liberty Broadband to finance the Transactions			$ 700,000,000
Bright House Transaction [Member] | Class B Common Stock [Member]
Purchase price:
Number of shares/units issued (shares)			1
Bright House Transaction [Member] | Preferred Stock [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Convertible units, face amount	$ 2,500,000,000		$ 2,500,000,000
Convertible units, dividend rate			6.00%
Purchase price:
Number of shares/units issued (shares)			25,000,000
Fair value of shares/units issued to acquire business			$ 3,163,000,000
Bright House Transaction [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Purchase price:
Number of shares/units issued (shares)			31,000,000
Price per share/unit of shares/units issued	$ 224.91		$ 224.91
Fair value of shares/units issued to acquire business			$ 6,971,000,000

Property, Plant and Equipment43

Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	$ 42,143		$ 42,143		$ 14,826
Less: accumulated depreciation	(9,486)		(9,486)		(6,509)
Property, plant and equipment, net	32,657		32,657		8,317
Depreciation expense	1,700	$ 471	3,200	$ 1,400
Property, plant and equipment acquired			24,300
Cable Distribution Systems [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	22,942		22,942		8,158
Customer Premise Equipment and Installations [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	11,916		11,916		4,632
Vehicles and Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	1,178		1,178		379
Buildings and Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	3,108		3,108		540
Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	$ 2,999		$ 2,999		$ 1,117

Franchises, Goodwill and Othe44

Franchises, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 30,165		$ 30,165		$ 1,168
Indefinite-lived intangible assets and goodwill	96,414		96,414		7,178
Goodwill, period increase			29,000
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross	18,991		18,991		2,789
Finite-lived intangible assets, accumulated amortization	(3,037)		(3,037)		(1,842)
Finite-lived intangible assets, net	15,954		15,954		947
Amortization expense	748	$ 67	1,200	$ 205
Expected amortization expense, remainder of 2016	741		741
Expected amortization expense, 2017	2,773		2,773
Expected amortization expense, 2018	2,488		2,488
Expected amortization expense, 2019	2,201		2,201
Expected amortization expense, 2020	1,906		1,906
Expected amortization expense, 2021 and thereafter	5,845		5,845
Franchises [Member]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets	66,245		66,245		6,006
Indefinite-lived intangible assets acquired			60,200
Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets	4		4		4
Customer Relationships [Member]
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross	18,356		18,356		2,616
Finite-lived intangible assets, accumulated amortization	(2,917)		(2,917)		(1,760)
Finite-lived intangible assets, net	15,439		15,439		856
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired			15,700
Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross	635		635		173
Finite-lived intangible assets, accumulated amortization	(120)		(120)		(82)
Finite-lived intangible assets, net	$ 515		$ 515		$ 91

Investments (Details)

Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity-method and cost-method investments acquired			$ 508
Losses from equity-method investments	$ 2		2
CC VIII's preferred membership interests percentage of accretion included in noncontrolling interest					2.00%
CC VIII's percentage of income included in noncontrolling interest					18.60%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	$ 1	$ 13	$ 1	$ 34
Sterling [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership % in equity-method investment	26.80%		26.80%
MLB Network [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership % in equity-method investment	6.40%		6.40%
iN Demand [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership % in equity-method investment	39.80%		39.80%
NCC [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership % in equity-method investment	20.00%		20.00%

Accounts Payable and Accrued 46

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]
Accounts payable - trade	$ 447	$ 112
Accrued capital expenditures	611	296
Deferred revenue	346	96
Accrued liabilities:
Interest	841	167
Programming costs	1,768	451
Franchise-related fees	242	65
Compensation	770	118
Other accrued liabilities	979	171
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$ 6,004	$ 1,476

Long-Term Debt (Details)

Long-Term Debt (Details) £ in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016GBP (£)	Sep. 30, 2016USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 60,168	$ 14,102
Accreted value						61,996	13,945
Principal amount, current portion						2,000	0
Accreted value, current portion						2,050	0
Principal amount, noncurrent portion						58,168	14,102
Accreted value, noncurrent portion						59,946	13,945
Letters of credit outstanding secured under the Charter Operating credit facility						220
Letters of credit outstanding						325
Principal amount of debt assumed in Safari Escrow entities merger						21,800
Interest incurred by Charter on debt assumed in Safari Escrow entities merger		$ 163		$ 275
Loss on extinguishment of debt	$ 0	$ 0	$ 110	126
Long-term debt maturities, remainder of 2016						49
Long-term debt maturities, 2017						2,197
Long-term debt maturities, 2018						2,197
Long-term debt maturities, 2019						3,546
Long-term debt maturities, 2020						5,216
Long-term debt maturities, 2021 and thereafter						46,963
Credit Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Accreted value						$ 8,863	3,502
Sterling Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument redemption price percentage			100.00%
CCOH Safari [Member] | 5.750% Senior Notes Due February 15, 2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount							2,500
Stated interest rate					5.75%	5.75%
CCO Safari II [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount							15,500
CCO Safari II [Member] | 3.579% Senior Notes Due July 23, 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate					3.579%	3.579%
CCO Safari II [Member] | 4.464% Senior Notes Due July 23, 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate					4.464%	4.464%
CCO Safari II [Member] | 4.908% Senior Notes Due July 23, 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate					4.908%	4.908%
CCO Safari II [Member] | 6.384% Senior Notes Due October 23, 2035 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate					6.384%	6.384%
CCO Safari II [Member] | 6.484% Senior Notes Due October 23, 2045 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate					6.484%	6.484%
CCO Safari II [Member] | 6.834% Senior Notes Due October 23, 2055 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate					6.834%	6.834%
CCO Safari III [Member] | Credit Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount							3,800
CCO Holdings [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Accreted value, current portion						$ 0
Accreted value, noncurrent portion						13,255	10,443
Loss on extinguishment of debt			$ 110	123
CCO Holdings [Member] | 7.000% Senior Notes Due January 15, 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						0	600	$ 1,400
Accreted value						$ 0	594
Stated interest rate					7.00%	7.00%		7.00%
Principal amount, repurchased							800
CCO Holdings [Member] | 7.375% Senior Notes Due June 1, 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 0	750
Accreted value						$ 0	744
Stated interest rate					7.375%	7.375%
CCO Holdings [Member] | 5.250% Senior Notes Due March 15, 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 500	500
Accreted value						$ 496	496
Stated interest rate					5.25%	5.25%
CCO Holdings [Member] | 6.500% Senior Notes Due April 30, 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 0	1,500
Accreted value						$ 0	1,487
Stated interest rate					6.50%	6.50%
CCO Holdings [Member] | 6.625% Senior Notes Due January 31, 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 750	750
Accreted value						$ 741	740
Stated interest rate					6.625%	6.625%
CCO Holdings [Member] | 5.250% Senior Notes Due September 30, 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,250	1,250
Accreted value						$ 1,231	1,229
Stated interest rate					5.25%	5.25%
CCO Holdings [Member] | 5.125% Senior Notes Due February 15, 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,000	1,000
Accreted value						$ 991	990
Stated interest rate					5.125%	5.125%
CCO Holdings [Member] | 5.125% Senior Notes Due May 1, 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,150	1,150
Accreted value						$ 1,141	$ 1,140
Stated interest rate					5.125%	5.125%	5.125%
CCO Holdings [Member] | 5.750% Senior Notes Due September 1, 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 500	$ 500
Accreted value						$ 496	495
Stated interest rate					5.75%	5.75%
CCO Holdings [Member] | 5.750% Senior Notes Due January 15, 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,000	1,000
Accreted value						$ 991	990
Stated interest rate					5.75%	5.75%
CCO Holdings [Member] | 5.875% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,700	0
Accreted value						$ 1,684	0
Stated interest rate					5.875%	5.875%
Maximum redemption percentage (percentage)					40.00%	40.00%
Redemption premium percent upon a change in control (percentage)					101.00%	101.00%
CCO Holdings [Member] | 5.375% Senior Notes Due May 1, 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 750	750
Accreted value						$ 744	$ 744
Stated interest rate					5.375%	5.375%	5.375%
CCO Holdings [Member] | 5.750% Senior Notes Due February 15, 2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 2,500	$ 0
Accreted value						$ 2,459	0
Stated interest rate					5.75%	5.75%
CCO Holdings [Member] | 5.500% Senior Notes Due May 1, 2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,500	0
Accreted value						$ 1,487	0
Stated interest rate					5.50%	5.50%
Debt instrument issue price percentage (percentage)			100.075%
Maximum redemption percentage (percentage)					40.00%	40.00%
Redemption premium percent upon a change in control (percentage)					101.00%	101.00%
CCO Holdings [Member] | 5.875% Senior Notes Due May 1, 2027 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 800	800
Accreted value						$ 794	$ 794
Stated interest rate					5.875%	5.875%	5.875%
CCO Holdings [Member] | 7.250% Senior Notes due October 30, 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate							7.25%
Principal amount, repurchased						$ 638	$ 1,000
CCO Holdings [Member] | 8.125% Senior Notes due April 30, 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate							8.125%
Principal amount, repurchased							$ 700
Charter Operating [Member] | 3.579% Senior Notes Due July 23, 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						2,000	0
Accreted value						$ 1,982	0
Stated interest rate					3.579%	3.579%
Charter Operating [Member] | 4.464% Senior Notes Due July 23, 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 3,000	0
Accreted value						$ 2,972	0
Stated interest rate					4.464%	4.464%
Charter Operating [Member] | 4.908% Senior Notes Due July 23, 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 4,500	0
Accreted value						$ 4,457	0
Stated interest rate					4.908%	4.908%
Charter Operating [Member] | 6.384% Senior Notes Due October 23, 2035 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 2,000	0
Accreted value						$ 1,980	0
Stated interest rate					6.384%	6.384%
Charter Operating [Member] | 6.484% Senior Notes Due October 23, 2045 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 3,500	0
Accreted value						$ 3,466	0
Stated interest rate					6.484%	6.484%
Charter Operating [Member] | 6.834% Senior Notes Due October 23, 2055 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 500	0
Accreted value						$ 495	0
Stated interest rate					6.834%	6.834%
Charter Operating [Member] | Credit Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 8,965	3,552
Accreted value						8,863	3,502
Availability under credit facilities						2,800
Charter Operating [Member] | Revolving Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						3,000
Charter Operating [Member] | Term Loan A-2 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						2,600
Charter Operating [Member] | Term Loan A-1 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)			2.00%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 5.850% Senior Notes Due May 1, 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						2,000	0
Accreted value						$ 2,050	0
Stated interest rate					5.85%	5.85%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 6.750% Senior Notes Due July 1, 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 2,000	0
Accreted value						$ 2,157	0
Stated interest rate					6.75%	6.75%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 8.750% Senior Notes Due February 14, 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,250	0
Accreted value						$ 1,430	0
Stated interest rate					8.75%	8.75%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 8.250% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 2,000	0
Accreted value						$ 2,292	0
Stated interest rate					8.25%	8.25%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 5.000% Senior Notes Due February 1, 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,500	0
Accreted value						$ 1,624	0
Stated interest rate					5.00%	5.00%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 4.125% Senior Notes Due February 15, 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 700	0
Accreted value						$ 742	0
Stated interest rate					4.125%	4.125%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 4.000% Senior Notes Due September 1, 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,000	0
Accreted value						$ 1,059	0
Stated interest rate					4.00%	4.00%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 5.750% Sterling Senior Notes Due June 2, 2031 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount					£ 625	$ 810	0
Accreted value						$ 879	0
Stated interest rate					5.75%	5.75%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 6.550% Senior Debentures Due May 1, 2037 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,500	0
Accreted value						$ 1,693	0
Stated interest rate					6.55%	6.55%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 7.300% Senior Debentures Due July 1, 2038 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,500	0
Accreted value						$ 1,797	0
Stated interest rate					7.30%	7.30%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 6.750% Senior Debentures Due June 15, 2039 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,500	0
Accreted value						$ 1,731	0
Stated interest rate					6.75%	6.75%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 5.875% Senior Debentures Due November 15, 2040 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,200	0
Accreted value						$ 1,259	0
Stated interest rate					5.875%	5.875%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 5.500% Senior Debentures Due September 1, 2041 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,250	0
Accreted value						$ 1,258	0
Stated interest rate					5.50%	5.50%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 5.250% Sterling Senior Notes Due July 15, 2042 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount					£ 650	$ 843	0
Accreted value						$ 811	0
Stated interest rate					5.25%	5.25%
Time Warner Cable [Member] | 4.500% Senior Debentures Due September 15, 2042 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,250	0
Accreted value						$ 1,135	0
Stated interest rate					4.50%	4.50%
Time Warner Cable Enterprises [Member] | 8.375% Senior Debentures Due March 15, 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,000	0
Accreted value						$ 1,282	0
Stated interest rate					8.375%	8.375%
Time Warner Cable Enterprises [Member] | 8.375% Senior Debentures Due July 15, 2033 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 1,000	0
Accreted value						$ 1,327	$ 0
Stated interest rate					8.375%	8.375%
CCOH Safari and CCO Safari [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt				$ (3)
Minimum [Member] | CCO Holdings [Member] | 5.875% Senior Notes Due April 1, 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument redemption price percentage			100.00%
Minimum [Member] | CCO Holdings [Member] | 5.500% Senior Notes Due May 1, 2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument redemption price percentage			100.00%
Bright House Transaction [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash paid to acquire business			$ 2,022
TWC Transaction [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 22,400
Cash paid to acquire business			$ 27,770
Fair value adjustment to TWC long-term debt assumed (debt premium)						$ 2,400

Loans Receivable (Payable) - 48

Loans Receivable (Payable) - Related Party (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loans payable - related party	$ 640	$ 333
Loans receivable - related party	$ 0	693
Charter Holdco [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loans payable - related party		48
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)	2.00%
CCOH Safari II [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loans receivable - related party		96
CCOH Safari [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loans receivable - related party		34
CCO Safari II [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loans receivable - related party		508
CCO Safari III [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loans receivable - related party		55
CCH II [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loans payable - related party		$ 285

Accounting for Derivative Ins49

Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Details) £ in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016GBP (£)	Sep. 30, 2016USD ($)	May 18, 2016USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015USD ($)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset position interest rate derivative instruments							$ 85
Proceeds from termination of interest rate derivatives			$ 88	$ 0
Proceeds from termination of interest rate derivatives, accrued interest portion			14
Unrealized loss on interest rate derivatives included in accumulated other comprehensive loss						$ (7)		$ (13)
Liability position cross-currency derivative instruments							$ 72
Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net:
Change in fair value of interest rate derivative instruments	$ 7	$ (3)	5	(3)
Change in fair value of cross-currency derivative instruments	17	0	(168)	0
Remeasurement of Sterling Notes to US dollars	49	0	196	0
Settlement of interest rate derivative instruments assumed in the TWC Transaction	0	0	(11)	0
Loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss due to discontinuance of hedge accounting	(2)	(2)	(6)	(7)
Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net	$ 71	$ (5)	$ 16	$ (10)
Accrued Interest [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Liability position interest rate derivative instruments						1		3
Other Long-Term Liabilities [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Liability position interest rate derivative instruments						7		10
Liability position cross-currency derivative instruments						240		0
Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional amount						$ 1,100		$ 1,100
Cross Currency Derivatives [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional amount | £					£ 1,275
Collateral holiday agreement, percentage of position covered					80.00%	80.00%
Collateral holiday agreement, term			3 years

Fair Value Measurements (Detail

Fair Value Measurements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Maximum amount allowed to be invested in any single financial instrument (money market funds or commercial paper) per investment policy	$ 250		$ 250
Debt, carrying value	61,996		61,996		$ 13,945
Asset impairment charges	0	$ 0	0	$ 0
Senior Notes and Debentures [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt, fair value	56,899		56,899		10,718
Debt, carrying value	53,133		53,133		10,443
Credit Facilities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt, fair value	8,975		8,975		3,500
Debt, carrying value	$ 8,863		$ 8,863		$ 3,502
Interest Rate Derivatives [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Weighted average pay rate for interest rate derivative instruments	1.61%		1.61%		1.61%
Interest Rate Derivatives [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Liability position derivative instruments, fair value	$ 0		$ 0		$ 0
Interest Rate Derivatives [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Liability position derivative instruments, fair value	8		8		13
Interest Rate Derivatives [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Liability position derivative instruments, fair value	0		0		0
Cross Currency Derivatives [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Liability position derivative instruments, fair value	0		0		0
Cross Currency Derivatives [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Liability position derivative instruments, fair value	240		240		0
Cross Currency Derivatives [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Liability position derivative instruments, fair value	0		0		0
Money Market Funds [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents, fair value	480		480		0
Money Market Funds [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents, fair value	0		0		0
Money Market Funds [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents, fair value	$ 0		$ 0		$ 0

Operating Costs and Expenses (D

Operating Costs and Expenses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Operating Costs and Expenses [Abstract]
Programming	$ 2,404	$ 667	$ 4,648	$ 2,004
Regulatory, connectivity and produced content	508	108	936	324
Costs to service customers	1,825	438	3,329	1,285
Marketing	591	163	1,134	474
Transition costs	32	12	78	50
Other	1,130	232	2,048	665
Operating costs and expenses (exclusive of items shown separately in the consolidated statements of operations)	$ 6,490	$ 1,620	$ 12,173	$ 4,802

Other Operating Expenses, Net52

Other Operating Expenses, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Other Operating Expenses, Net [Abstract]
Merger and restructuring costs	$ 205	$ 19	$ 513	$ 51
Other pension benefits	(13)	0	(533)	0
Special charges, net	4	1	10	13
(Gain) loss on sale of assets, net	(3)	(1)	(10)	5
Other operating (income) expenses, net	193	$ 19	(20)	$ 69
Merger And Restructuring Costs [Roll Forward]
Accrued merger and restructuring costs, beginning of period			33
Liabilities assumed in the Transactions			92
Costs incurred			311
Cash paid			(209)
Accrued merger and restructuring costs, end of period	227		227
Stock compensation expense recognized in merger costs	57		202
Employee Retention Costs [Member]
Merger And Restructuring Costs [Roll Forward]
Accrued merger and restructuring costs, beginning of period			0
Liabilities assumed in the Transactions			80
Costs incurred			20
Cash paid			(91)
Accrued merger and restructuring costs, end of period	9		9
Employee Termination Costs [Member]
Merger And Restructuring Costs [Roll Forward]
Accrued merger and restructuring costs, beginning of period			0
Liabilities assumed in the Transactions			9
Costs incurred			219
Cash paid			(40)
Accrued merger and restructuring costs, end of period	188		188
Transaction and Advisory Costs [Member]
Merger And Restructuring Costs [Roll Forward]
Accrued merger and restructuring costs, beginning of period			33
Liabilities assumed in the Transactions			3
Costs incurred			62
Cash paid			(68)
Accrued merger and restructuring costs, end of period	30		30
Other Costs [Member]
Merger And Restructuring Costs [Roll Forward]
Accrued merger and restructuring costs, beginning of period			0
Liabilities assumed in the Transactions			0
Costs incurred			10
Cash paid			(10)
Accrued merger and restructuring costs, end of period	$ 0		$ 0

Income Taxes (Details)

Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Income Taxes [Abstract]
Income tax benefit	$ 7	$ 219	$ 0	$ 212
Increase in unrecognized tax benefits from acquisition			218
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate	$ 215		$ 215

Related Party Transactions (Det

Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Dr. John Malone's voting interest in Liberty Interactive Corp. (percentage)	36.40%		36.40%
Liberty Interactive Corp.'s ownership percentage in HSN, Inc. (percentage)	38.30%		38.30%
Percent of board members Liberty Interactive Corp. can elect to HSN Inc.'s board (percentage)	20.00%		20.00%
Cash payments received from HSN, Inc. and QVC, Inc.	$ 18	$ 4	$ 33	$ 12
Dr. John Malone's ownership percentage in Discovery Communications, Inc. (percentage)	4.90%		4.90%
Dr. John Malone's voting interest in Discovery Communications, Inc. for election of directors (percentage)	28.60%		28.60%
Advance Newhouse Programming Partnership's ownership percentage in Series A preferred stock of Discovery Communications, Inc. (percentage)	100.00%		100.00%
Advance Newhouse Programming Partnership's ownership percentage in Series C preferred stock of Discovery Communications, Inc. (percentage)	100.00%		100.00%
Advance Newhouse Programming Partnership's ownership percentage in Discovery (percentage)	34.00%		34.00%
Dr. John Malone's ownership percentage in Starz (percentage)	6.40%		6.40%
Dr. John Malone's voting interest in Starz (percentage)	48.10%		48.10%
Maximum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percent of total operating costs and expenses paid to Discovery Communications, Inc. and Starz (percentage)	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%
Equity Method Investee [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments to related parties	$ 62		$ 94
Revenue from related parties	$ 3		$ 4

Commitments and Contingencies55

Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Contractual Obligations Future Minimum Payments:
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, remainder of fiscal year	$ 431		$ 431
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2017	1,314		1,314
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2018	1,018		1,018
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2019	848		848
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2020	797		797
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2021 and thereafter	10,610		10,610
Total contractual obligation future minimum payments	15,018		15,018
Rent expense recognized under operating leases	79	$ 12	136	$ 36
Programming costs recognized	2,404	667	4,648	2,004
Utility pole rental fees	36	13	74	39
Franchise fees and franchise-related costs	177	$ 52	356	$ 158
Letters of credit outstanding	325		325
Letters of credit outstanding secured under the Charter Operating credit facility	220		220
Capital and Operating Lease Obligations [Member]
Contractual Obligations Future Minimum Payments:
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, remainder of fiscal year	82		82
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2017	240		240
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2018	210		210
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2019	167		167
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2020	128		128
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2021 and thereafter	505		505
Total contractual obligation future minimum payments	1,332		1,332
Programming Minimum Commitments [Member]
Contractual Obligations Future Minimum Payments:
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, remainder of fiscal year	58		58
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2017	223		223
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2018	35		35
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2019	24		24
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2020	15		15
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2021 and thereafter	0		0
Total contractual obligation future minimum payments	355		355
Other Contractual Obligations [Member]
Contractual Obligations Future Minimum Payments:
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, remainder of fiscal year	291		291
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2017	851		851
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2018	773		773
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2019	657		657
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2020	654		654
Contractual obligation future minimum payments, 2021 and thereafter	10,105		10,105
Total contractual obligation future minimum payments	$ 13,331		$ 13,331
Minimum [Member]
Contractual Obligations Future Minimum Payments:
Programming costs contract term			3 years
Maximum [Member]
Contractual Obligations Future Minimum Payments:
Programming costs contract term			10 years

Stock Compensation Plans (Detai

Stock Compensation Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Converted TWC Awards issued, stock options (shares)			800,000
Converted TWC Awards issued, stock options exercisable (shares)			500,000
Converted TWC Awards in TWC Transaction			$ 514
Unrecognized compensation cost, outstanding Converted TWC Awards			539
Stock compensation expense	$ 81	$ 20	168	$ 58
Stock compensation expense recognized in merger costs	$ 57		202
Settlement of restricted stock units			$ 59
Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options granted in period (shares)	275,400	2,100	5,980,800	1,146,300
Award expiration period			10 years
Unrecognized compensation cost	$ 296		$ 296
Remaining period over which to recognize unrecognized compensation expense			4 years
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awards other than stock options granted in period (shares)	400	0	10,400	6,300
Unrecognized compensation cost	$ 1		$ 1
Remaining period over which to recognize unrecognized compensation expense			1 year
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Converted TWC Awards issued, awards other than stock options (shares)			4,000,000
Awards other than stock options granted in period (shares)	39,300	500	890,700	138,400
Unrecognized compensation cost	$ 364		$ 364
Remaining period over which to recognize unrecognized compensation expense			3 years
Minimum [Member] | Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			1 year
Legacy Charter Pre 2014 Awards [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			3 years
Legacy Charter Pre 2014 Awards [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			3 years
Legacy Charter Post 2013 Awards [Member] | Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			3 years
Legacy Charter Post 2013 Awards [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			3 years
Legacy TWC Awards Converted May 2016 [Member] | Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			4 years
Award expiration period			10 years
Legacy TWC Awards Converted May 2016 [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage			50.00%
Class A Common Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Additional shares authorized under the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (shares)			9,000,000

Employee Benefit Plans (Details

Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	May 18, 2016
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Projected pension benefit obligation			$ 4,000
Accumulated pension benefit obligation	$ 3,600	$ 3,600
Fair value of pension assets	2,900	2,900	2,900
Underfunded pension liability	$ 647	$ 647
Underfunded pension liability recorded in current liabilities			6
Underfunded pension liability recorded in noncurrent liabilities			$ 1,100
Rate of compensation increase assumption used in calculating projected pension benefit obligation	0.00%	0.00%	4.25%
Discount rate assumption used in calculating projected pension benefit obligation	3.72%	3.72%	3.99%
Expected long-term rate of return on pension assets assumption used in calculating net periodic pension costs		6.50%
Net periodic pension benefit:
Service cost	$ 51	$ 86
Interest cost	34	55
Expected return on plan assets	(47)	(70)
Pension curtailment gain	0	(675)
Remeasurement loss, net	0	157
Net periodic pension cost (benefit)	$ 38	$ (447)
Employer matching contribution (percent)		100.00%
Employer matching contribution percent of employee's eligible pay (percent)		6.00%
Employer contribution (percent)		3.00%
Fixed-Income Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Actual pension plan asset allocation	39.00%	39.00%
Equity Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Actual pension plan asset allocation	61.00%	61.00%

Condensed Consolidating Balance

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 996	$ 5	$ 0	$ 0
Accounts receivable, net	1,229	264
Receivables from related party	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	351	55
Total current assets	2,576	324
INVESTMENT IN CABLE PROPERTIES:
Property, plant and equipment, net	32,657	8,317
Franchises	66,245	6,006
Customer relationships, net	15,439	856
Goodwill	30,165	1,168
Total investment in cable properties, net	144,506	16,347
INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES	0	0
LOANS RECEIVABLE - RELATED PARTY	0	693
OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS	1,172	116
Total assets	148,254	17,480
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	6,004	1,476
Payables to related party	399	331
Current portion of long-term debt	2,050	0
Total current liabilities	8,453	1,807
LONG-TERM DEBT	59,946	13,945
LOANS PAYABLE - RELATED PARTY	640	333
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES	32	28
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES	2,905	45
MEMBER'S EQUITY:
Controlling interest	76,253	1,322
Noncontrolling interests	25	0
Total member's equity	76,278	1,322	1,174	948
Total liabilities and member's equity	148,254	17,480
Eliminations [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Receivables from related party	(58)	(14)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	(58)	(14)
INVESTMENT IN CABLE PROPERTIES:
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Franchises	0	0
Customer relationships, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Total investment in cable properties, net	0	0
INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES	(89,165)	(11,303)
LOANS RECEIVABLE - RELATED PARTY	(494)	(483)
OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS	0	0
Total assets	(89,717)	(11,800)
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	0	0
Payables to related party	(58)	(14)
Current portion of long-term debt	0
Total current liabilities	(58)	(14)
LONG-TERM DEBT	0	0
LOANS PAYABLE - RELATED PARTY	(494)	(483)
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES	0	0
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES	0	0
MEMBER'S EQUITY:
Controlling interest	(89,165)	(11,303)
Noncontrolling interests	0
Total member's equity	(89,165)
Total liabilities and member's equity	(89,717)	(11,800)
CCO Holdings [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Receivables from related party	58	14
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	58	14
INVESTMENT IN CABLE PROPERTIES:
Property, plant and equipment, net	0	0
Franchises	0	0
Customer relationships, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Total investment in cable properties, net	0	0
INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES	89,165	11,303
LOANS RECEIVABLE - RELATED PARTY	494	613
OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS	0	0
Total assets	89,717	11,930
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	209	165
Payables to related party	0	0
Current portion of long-term debt	0
Total current liabilities	209	165
LONG-TERM DEBT	13,255	10,443
LOANS PAYABLE - RELATED PARTY	0	0
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES	0	0
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES	0	0
MEMBER'S EQUITY:
Controlling interest	76,253	1,322
Noncontrolling interests	0
Total member's equity	76,253
Total liabilities and member's equity	89,717	11,930
Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	996	5	$ 0	$ 0
Accounts receivable, net	1,229	264
Receivables from related party	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	351	55
Total current assets	2,576	324
INVESTMENT IN CABLE PROPERTIES:
Property, plant and equipment, net	32,657	8,317
Franchises	66,245	6,006
Customer relationships, net	15,439	856
Goodwill	30,165	1,168
Total investment in cable properties, net	144,506	16,347
INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES	0	0
LOANS RECEIVABLE - RELATED PARTY	0	563
OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS	1,172	116
Total assets	148,254	17,350
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	5,795	1,311
Payables to related party	457	345
Current portion of long-term debt	2,050
Total current liabilities	8,302	1,656
LONG-TERM DEBT	46,691	3,502
LOANS PAYABLE - RELATED PARTY	1,134	816
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES	32	28
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES	2,905	45
MEMBER'S EQUITY:
Controlling interest	89,165	11,303
Noncontrolling interests	25
Total member's equity	89,190
Total liabilities and member's equity	$ 148,254	$ 17,350

Condensed Consolidating Stateme

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
REVENUES	$ 10,037	$ 2,450	$ 18,728	$ 7,242
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Operating costs and expenses (exclusive of items shown separately below)	6,490	1,620	12,173	4,802
Depreciation and amortization	2,435	538	4,409	1,580
Other operating (income) expenses, net	193	19	(20)	69
Total costs and expenses	9,118	2,177	16,562	6,451
Income from operations	919	273	2,166	791
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest expense, net	(729)	(192)	(1,391)	(648)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	0	110	126
Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net	71	(5)	16	(10)
Other expense, net	(2)	0	(2)	0
Equity in income (loss) of subsidiaries			0	0
Total other income (expense)	(660)	(197)	(1,487)	(784)
Income before income taxes	259	76	679	7
Income tax benefit	7	219	0	212
Consolidated net income	266	295	679	219
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1)	(13)	(1)	(34)
Net income	$ 265	$ 282	678	185
Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
REVENUES			0	0
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Operating costs and expenses (exclusive of items shown separately below)			0	0
Depreciation and amortization			0	0
Other operating (income) expenses, net			0	0
Total costs and expenses			0	0
Income from operations			0	0
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest expense, net			0	0
Loss on extinguishment of debt			0	0
Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net			0	0
Other expense, net			0
Equity in income (loss) of subsidiaries			(1,327)	(745)
Total other income (expense)			(1,327)	(745)
Income before income taxes			(1,327)	(745)
Income tax benefit			0	0
Consolidated net income			(1,327)	(745)
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests			0
Net income			(1,327)	(745)
CCO Holdings [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
REVENUES			0	0
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Operating costs and expenses (exclusive of items shown separately below)			0	0
Depreciation and amortization			0	0
Other operating (income) expenses, net			0	0
Total costs and expenses			0	0
Income from operations			0	0
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest expense, net			(539)	(487)
Loss on extinguishment of debt			110	123
Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net			0	0
Other expense, net			0
Equity in income (loss) of subsidiaries			1,327	795
Total other income (expense)			678	185
Income before income taxes			678	185
Income tax benefit			0	0
Consolidated net income			678	185
Net income			678	185
Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
REVENUES			18,728	7,242
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Operating costs and expenses (exclusive of items shown separately below)			12,173	4,802
Depreciation and amortization			4,409	1,580
Other operating (income) expenses, net			(20)	69
Total costs and expenses			16,562	6,451
Income from operations			2,166	791
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest expense, net			(852)	(114)
Loss on extinguishment of debt			0	0
Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net			16	(10)
Other expense, net			(2)
Equity in income (loss) of subsidiaries			0	(50)
Total other income (expense)			(838)	(174)
Income before income taxes			1,328	617
Income tax benefit			0	212
Consolidated net income			1,328	829
Net income			$ 1,327	795
Unrestricted Subisidiary [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
REVENUES				0
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Operating costs and expenses (exclusive of items shown separately below)				0
Depreciation and amortization				0
Other operating (income) expenses, net				0
Total costs and expenses				0
Income from operations				0
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest expense, net				(47)
Loss on extinguishment of debt				3
Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net				0
Equity in income (loss) of subsidiaries				0
Total other income (expense)				(50)
Income before income taxes				(50)
Income tax benefit				0
Consolidated net income				(50)
Net income				$ (50)

Condensed Consolidating State60

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Condensed Statement of Income Captions [Line Items]
Consolidated net income	$ 266	$ 295	$ 679	$ 219
Net impact of interest rate derivative instruments, net of tax	2	2	6	7
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(1)	0	(1)	0
Consolidated comprehensive income	267	297	684	226
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1)	(13)	(1)	(34)
Comprehensive income	$ 266	$ 284	683	192
Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Statement of Income Captions [Line Items]
Consolidated net income			(1,327)	(745)
Net impact of interest rate derivative instruments, net of tax			(6)	(7)
Foreign currency translation adjustment			1
Consolidated comprehensive income			(1,332)	(752)
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests			0	0
Comprehensive income			(1,332)	(752)
CCO Holdings [Member]
Condensed Statement of Income Captions [Line Items]
Consolidated net income			678	185
Net impact of interest rate derivative instruments, net of tax			6	7
Foreign currency translation adjustment			(1)
Consolidated comprehensive income			683	192
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests			0	0
Comprehensive income			683	192
Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Statement of Income Captions [Line Items]
Consolidated net income			1,328	829
Net impact of interest rate derivative instruments, net of tax			6	7
Foreign currency translation adjustment			(1)
Consolidated comprehensive income			1,333	836
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests			(1)	(34)
Comprehensive income			$ 1,332	802
Unrestricted Subisidiary [Member]
Condensed Statement of Income Captions [Line Items]
Consolidated net income				(50)
Net impact of interest rate derivative instruments, net of tax				0
Consolidated comprehensive income				(50)
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests				0
Comprehensive income				$ (50)

Condensed Consolidating State61

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash flows from operating activities	$ 5,538	$ 1,821
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment	(3,437)	(1,292)
Change in accrued expenses related to capital expenditures	86	11
Purchases of cable systems, net of cash acquired	(7)	0
Contributions to subsidiaries	0	0
Distributions from subsidiaries	0	0
Change in restricted cash and cash equivalents	0	3,514
Other, net	(8)	(15)
Net cash flows from investing activities	(3,366)	2,218
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Borrowings of long-term debt	5,997	3,771
Repayments of long-term debt	(4,120)	(7,411)
Repayments loans payable - related parties	(253)	(317)
Payments for debt issuance costs	(283)	(24)
Proceeds from termination of interest rate derivatives	88	0
Contributions from parent	478	15
Distributions to parent	(3,084)	(73)
Other, net	(4)	0
Net cash flows from financing activities	(1,181)	(4,039)
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	991	0
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period	5	0
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period	996	0
Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash flows from operating activities	0	0
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment	0	0
Change in accrued expenses related to capital expenditures	0	0
Purchases of cable systems, net of cash acquired	0
Contributions to subsidiaries	437	70
Distributions from subsidiaries	(3,455)	(521)
Change in restricted cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Other, net	0	0
Net cash flows from investing activities	(3,018)	(451)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Borrowings of long-term debt	0	0
Repayments of long-term debt	0	0
Repayments loans payable - related parties	0	0
Payments for debt issuance costs	0	0
Proceeds from termination of interest rate derivatives	0
Contributions from parent	(437)	(70)
Distributions to parent	3,455	521
Other, net	0
Net cash flows from financing activities	3,018	451
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	0	0
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period	0	0
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period	0	0
CCO Holdings [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash flows from operating activities	(533)	(510)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment	0	0
Change in accrued expenses related to capital expenditures	0	0
Purchases of cable systems, net of cash acquired	0
Contributions to subsidiaries	(437)	(46)
Distributions from subsidiaries	3,455	521
Change in restricted cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Other, net	0	0
Net cash flows from investing activities	3,018	475
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Borrowings of long-term debt	3,201	2,700
Repayments of long-term debt	(2,937)	(2,599)
Repayments loans payable - related parties	(71)	16
Payments for debt issuance costs	(73)	(24)
Proceeds from termination of interest rate derivatives	0
Contributions from parent	478	15
Distributions to parent	(3,084)	(73)
Other, net	1
Net cash flows from financing activities	(2,485)	35
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	0	0
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period	0	0
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period	0	0
Charter Operating and Restricted Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash flows from operating activities	6,071	2,386
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment	(3,437)	(1,292)
Change in accrued expenses related to capital expenditures	86	11
Purchases of cable systems, net of cash acquired	(7)
Contributions to subsidiaries	0	(24)
Distributions from subsidiaries	0	0
Change in restricted cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Other, net	(8)	(15)
Net cash flows from investing activities	(3,366)	(1,320)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Borrowings of long-term debt	2,796	1,071
Repayments of long-term debt	(1,183)	(1,329)
Repayments loans payable - related parties	(182)	(333)
Payments for debt issuance costs	(210)	0
Proceeds from termination of interest rate derivatives	88
Contributions from parent	437	46
Distributions to parent	(3,455)	(521)
Other, net	(5)
Net cash flows from financing activities	(1,714)	(1,066)
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	991	0
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period	5	0
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period	$ 996	0
Unrestricted Subisidiary [Member]
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash flows from operating activities		(55)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment		0
Change in accrued expenses related to capital expenditures		0
Contributions to subsidiaries		0
Distributions from subsidiaries		0
Change in restricted cash and cash equivalents		3,514
Other, net		0
Net cash flows from investing activities		3,514
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Borrowings of long-term debt		0
Repayments of long-term debt		(3,483)
Repayments loans payable - related parties		0
Payments for debt issuance costs		0
Contributions from parent		24
Distributions to parent		0
Net cash flows from financing activities		(3,459)
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS		0
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period		0
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period		$ 0