Liberty Broadband Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Basis of Presentation (Details)

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Basis of Presentation (Details) $ in Millions				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Basis of Presentation (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 18, 2020 shares	May 23, 2015	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) shares	Aug. 05, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 23, 2021 USD ($)
Liberty
Reimbursable amount				$ 3.5	$ 1.0	$ 10.1	$ 3.2
Qurate Retail
Tax sharing receivable	$ 119.0			110.8		110.8
Qurate Retail \| Other current assets
Tax sharing receivable	$ 24.4			0.0		$ 0.0
CEO \| Liberty
CEO compensation allocation percentage	18.00%
Charter.
Fully diluted ownership percentage			26.00%			26.00%
Series A and C Common Stock
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount									$ 2,230.0
Stock repurchase program, additional authorized amount								$ 2,105.0
Number of shares repurchased \| shares						17,800,000
Value of stock repurchased						$ 2,900.0
Remaining authorized repurchase amount				$ 2,030.0		$ 2,030.0
Series C
Number of shares repurchased \| shares							2,000,000.0
Value of stock repurchased							$ 285.7
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Number of shares received \| shares		1
GCI Liberty Inc
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