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Basis of Presentation (Details 2)

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Basis of Presentation (Details 2) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Feb. 14, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Nov. 30, 2014
customer
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Initial purchase price allocation          
Goodwill       $ 27,166,000us-gaap_Goodwill $ 27,166,000us-gaap_Goodwill
TruePosition          
Acquisition          
Cash consideration deposited in escrow account 6,000,000us-gaap_EscrowDeposit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lbrda_TruePositionIncMember
       
Term in which indemnification claims made would be settled 12 months        
TruePosition | Skyhook          
Acquisition          
Voting interest acquired (as a percent) 100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lbrda_SkyhookWirelessIncMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lbrda_TruePositionIncMember
       
Cash paid for acquisition 57,500,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lbrda_SkyhookWirelessIncMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lbrda_TruePositionIncMember
       
Acquisition related costs   890,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lbrda_SkyhookWirelessIncMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lbrda_TruePositionIncMember
     
Cash payment for acquisition from capital contribution from Liberty 49,400,000lbrda_BusinessAcquisitionPaymentsToAcquireBusinessFromCapitalContributionFromFormerParent
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lbrda_SkyhookWirelessIncMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lbrda_TruePositionIncMember
       
Skyhook | Forecast          
Acquisition          
Number of significant customers not expected to renew     1lbrda_NumberOfSignificantCustomersNotExpectedToRenew
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= lbrda_SkyhookWirelessIncMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
   
TruePosition          
Acquisition          
Number of claims made against the escrow account 0lbrda_NumberOfClaimsMadeAgainstEscrowAccount
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lbrda_TruePositionMember
       
Goodwill and Intangible Asset Impairment       $ 35,200,000us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lbrda_TruePositionMember