Qurate Retail, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Financial Information for Tracking Stock Groups - Balance Sheet (Details)

Financial Information for Tracking Stock Groups - Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 2,546	$ 2,306	$ 1,606	$ 902
Trade and other receivables, net	933	1,232
Inventory, net	1,232	1,049
Short term marketable securities	908	889
Other current assets	73	72
Total current assets	5,692	5,548
Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments	1,339	1,224
Investments in affiliates, accounted for using the equity method	1,506	1,633
Property and equipment, net	1,034	1,093
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net	931	1,185
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Total	7,720	7,893
Other assets, at cost, net of accumulated amortization	63	65
Total assets	18,285	18,641
Accounts payable	752	735
Accrued liabilities	601	743
Current portion of debt	894	946
Deferred income tax liabilities	1,068	972
Other current liabilities	261	343
Total current liabilities	3,576	3,739
Long-term debt	6,961	7,105
Deferred income tax liabilities	1,728	1,849
Other liabilities	218	168
Total liabilities	12,483	12,861
Equity/Attributed net assets (liabilities)	5,704	5,673
Noncontrolling interests in equity of subsidiaries	98	107
Total liabilities and equity	18,285	18,641
QVC Group Common Stock
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	512	422	733	595
Trade and other receivables, net	876
Inventory, net	1,166
Short term marketable securities	15
Other current assets	271
Total current assets	2,840
Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments	4	4
Investments in affiliates, accounted for using the equity method	204	375
Property and equipment, net	997
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net	892
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Total	7,594
Other assets, at cost, net of accumulated amortization	57
Total assets	12,588
Intergroup payable receivable	48
Accounts payable	722
Accrued liabilities	564
Current portion of debt	9
Other current liabilities	171
Total current liabilities	1,514
Long-term debt	5,682
Deferred income tax liabilities	926
Other liabilities	205
Total liabilities	8,327
Equity/Attributed net assets (liabilities)	4,155
Noncontrolling interests in equity of subsidiaries	106
Total liabilities and equity	12,588
Liberty Ventures common stock
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	2,034	1,884	$ 873	$ 307
Trade and other receivables, net	57
Inventory, net	66
Short term marketable securities	893
Other current assets	8
Total current assets	3,058
Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments	1,335	1,220
Investments in affiliates, accounted for using the equity method	1,302	$ 1,258
Property and equipment, net	37
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net	39
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Total	126
Other assets, at cost, net of accumulated amortization	6
Total assets	5,903
Intergroup payable receivable	(48)
Accounts payable	30
Accrued liabilities	37
Current portion of debt	885
Deferred income tax liabilities	1,274
Other current liabilities	90
Total current liabilities	2,268
Long-term debt	1,279
Deferred income tax liabilities	802
Other liabilities	13
Total liabilities	4,362
Equity/Attributed net assets (liabilities)	1,549
Noncontrolling interests in equity of subsidiaries	(8)
Total liabilities and equity	5,903
Inter-group Eliminations
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Other current assets	(206)
Total current assets	(206)
Total assets	(206)
Deferred income tax liabilities	(206)
Total current liabilities	(206)
Total liabilities	(206)
Total liabilities and equity	$ (206)