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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information 1 (Details)

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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information 1 (Details) (Liberty Media [Member])
Mar. 31, 2015
director
Executives [Member]
 
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Number of Related Party Members on the Board of Directors 2siri_NumberOfRelatedPartyMembersOnBoardOfDirectors
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= siri_LibertyMediaMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_ExecutiveOfficerMember
Director [Member]
 
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Number of Related Party Members on the Board of Directors 1siri_NumberOfRelatedPartyMembersOnBoardOfDirectors
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= siri_LibertyMediaMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Common Stock [Member] | Minimum [Member]
 
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Related party ownership percentage 50.00%siri_RelatedPartyTransactionRelatedPartyOwnershipPercentage
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= siri_LibertyMediaMember
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_CommonStockMember