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Investments In Available-For-Sale Securities And Other Cost Investments (Investments In Available-For-Sale Securities And Other Cost Investments) (Details) (USD $)
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Mar. 31, 2014
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Mar. 31, 2015
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Dec. 31, 2014
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| Schedule of Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments | |||
| Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments | $ 1,236us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent | $ 1,224us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent | |
| Cash proceeds from dispositions of investments | 25us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities | ||
| Liberty Interactive common stock | |||
| Schedule of Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments | |||
| Cost Method Investments |
4us-gaap_CostMethodInvestments / linta_EconomicPerformanceGroupAxis = linta_InteractiveGroupMember |
4us-gaap_CostMethodInvestments / linta_EconomicPerformanceGroupAxis = linta_InteractiveGroupMember |
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| Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments |
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4us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent / linta_EconomicPerformanceGroupAxis = linta_InteractiveGroupMember |
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| Liberty Interactive common stock | QVC 3.125% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019 | |||
| Schedule of Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments | |||
| Interest rate (as a percent) |
3.125%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = linta_QVC3.125SeniorSecuredNotesDue2019Member / linta_EconomicPerformanceGroupAxis = linta_InteractiveGroupMember |
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| Liberty Ventures common stock | |||
| Schedule of Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments | |||
| Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments |
1,232us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent / linta_EconomicPerformanceGroupAxis = linta_VenturesGroupMember |
1,220us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent / linta_EconomicPerformanceGroupAxis = linta_VenturesGroupMember |
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| Cash proceeds from dispositions of investments |
25us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities / linta_EconomicPerformanceGroupAxis = linta_VenturesGroupMember |
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| Other Investments | Liberty Ventures common stock | |||
| Schedule of Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments | |||
| Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments |
58us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent / linta_EconomicPerformanceGroupAxis = linta_VenturesGroupMember / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_OtherInvestmentsMember |
30us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent / linta_EconomicPerformanceGroupAxis = linta_VenturesGroupMember / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_OtherInvestmentsMember |
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| Time Warner Inc | Fair Value Option, Other Eligible Items | Liberty Ventures common stock | |||
| Schedule of Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments | |||
| Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments |
371us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent / linta_EconomicPerformanceGroupAxis = linta_VenturesGroupMember / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_FairValueOptionOtherEligibleItemsMember / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = linta_TimeWarnerIncMember |
375us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent / linta_EconomicPerformanceGroupAxis = linta_VenturesGroupMember / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_FairValueOptionOtherEligibleItemsMember / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = linta_TimeWarnerIncMember |
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| Time Warner Cable Inc | Fair Value Option, Other Eligible Items | Liberty Ventures common stock | |||
| Schedule of Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments | |||
| Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments |
$ 803us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent / linta_EconomicPerformanceGroupAxis = linta_VenturesGroupMember / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_FairValueOptionOtherEligibleItemsMember / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = linta_TimeWarnerCableIncMember |
$ 815us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent / linta_EconomicPerformanceGroupAxis = linta_VenturesGroupMember / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_FairValueOptionOtherEligibleItemsMember / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = linta_TimeWarnerCableIncMember |
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Investments in debt and equity securities which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading and which are intended to be sold or mature more than one year from the balance sheet date or operating cycle, if longer. Such securities are reported at fair value; unrealized gains (losses) related to Available-for-sale Securities are excluded from earnings and reported in a separate component of shareholders' equity (other comprehensive income), unless the Available-for-sale security is designated as a hedge or is determined to have had an other than temporary decline in fair value below its amortized cost basis. All or a portion of the unrealized holding gain (loss) of an Available-for-sale security that is designated as being hedged in a fair value hedge is recognized in earnings during the period of the hedge, as are other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for investments in equity securities and debt securities that an entity intends to sell or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis. Other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for debt securities categorized as Available-for-sale that an entity does not intend to sell and for which it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis are bifurcated into credit losses and losses related to all other factors. Other than temporary declines in fair value below cost basis related to credit losses are recognized in earnings, and losses related to all other factors are recognized in other comprehensive income. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount, after adjustment, of cost-method investment. Adjustments include, but are not limited to, dividends received in excess of earnings after date of investment that are considered a return of investment and other than temporary impairments. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The cash inflow associated with the sale of debt and equity securities classified as available-for-sale securities. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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