Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Stockholders' Equity (Details)

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Stockholders' Equity (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Stock repurchased and retired during period, value $ 2,472,645siri_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram $ 1,764,969siri_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
Common Stock [Member]    
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Number of shares repurchases and retired 739,016,632siri_TreasuryStockSharesAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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520,257,866siri_TreasuryStockSharesAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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Stock repurchased and retired during period, value 2,522,832siri_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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1,762,360siri_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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Common Stock [Member] | Open Market And Privately Negotiated Repurchases [Member]    
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Number of shares repurchases and retired 422,965,443siri_TreasuryStockSharesAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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[1] 476,545,601siri_TreasuryStockSharesAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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[1]
Stock repurchased and retired during period, value 1,426,428siri_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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[1] 1,602,360siri_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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[1]
Common Stock [Member] | May ASR Agreement [Member]    
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Number of shares repurchases and retired 151,846,125siri_TreasuryStockSharesAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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[2] 0siri_TreasuryStockSharesAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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[2]
Stock repurchased and retired during period, value 506,404siri_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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[2]
Common Stock [Member] | August ASR Agreement [Member]    
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Number of shares repurchases and retired 71,316,503siri_TreasuryStockSharesAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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[3]
Stock repurchased and retired during period, value 250,000siri_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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[3]
Liberty Media [Member] | Common Stock [Member] | Amended October 2013 Share Repurchase Program [Member]    
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]    
Number of shares repurchases and retired 92,888,561siri_TreasuryStockSharesAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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[4] 43,712,265siri_TreasuryStockSharesAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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[4]
Stock repurchased and retired during period, value $ 340,000siri_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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[4] $ 160,000siri_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethodIncludingAcceleratedStockRepurchaseProgram
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[4]
[1] As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, $26,034 and $0, respectively, of common stock repurchases had not settled, nor been retired, and were recorded as Treasury stock within our consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of stockholders' equity.
[2] In May 2014, we entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (the "May ASR Agreement") under which we prepaid $600,000 to a third-party financial institution to repurchase our common stock. Under the May ASR Agreement, we received 151,846,125 shares of our common stock that were retired upon receipt and the counter party returned to us $93,596 for the unused portion of the original prepayment.
[3] In August 2014, we entered into a second accelerated share repurchase agreement (the "August ASR Agreement") under which we prepaid $250,000 to a third-party financial institution to repurchase our common stock. Under the August ASR Agreement, we received an aggregate of 71,316,503 shares of our common stock that were retired upon receipt.
[4] On October 9, 2013, we entered into an agreement to repurchase $500,000 of our common stock from Liberty Media. Pursuant to this agreement, we repurchased 43,712,265 shares of our common stock for $160,000 from Liberty Media in 2013. On April 25, 2014, we completed the final purchase installment and repurchased 92,888,561 shares of our common stock for $340,000 from Liberty Media at a price of $3.66 per share. As there were certain terms in the forward purchase contract with Liberty Media that could have caused the obligation not to be fulfilled, the instrument was classified as a liability and was marked to fair value with any gain or loss recorded to our consolidated statements of comprehensive income. We recognized $34,485 and $20,393 to Loss on change in value of derivatives in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013