Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Intangible Assets (Tables)

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Intangible Assets (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Changes In The Carrying Amount Of Goodwill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

QVC

 

zulily

 

HSN

    

Corporate and Other

    

Total

 

 

 

amounts in millions

 

Balance at January 1, 2016

 

$

5,149

 

860

 

 —

 

103

 

6,112

 

Acquisition (1)

 

 

 —

 

57

 

 —

 

 —

 

57

 

Disposition (2)

 

 

 —

 

 —

 

 —

 

(78)

 

(78)

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

 

(39)

 

 —

 

 —

 

 —

 

(39)

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 

 

5,110

 

917

 

 —

 

25

 

6,052

 

Acquisition (3)

 

 

 —

 

 —

 

933

 

17

 

950

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

 

80

 

 —

 

 —

 

 —

 

80

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

$

5,190

 

917

 

933

 

42

 

7,082

 

 

(1)

Subsequent to December 31, 2015, the preliminary purchase price allocation for the zulily acquisition was adjusted, resulting in a $57 million increase to goodwill.

(2)

As discussed in note 6, Liberty completed the CommerceHub Spin-Off on July 22, 2016, resulting in a $21 million decrease to goodwill. In addition, as discussed in note 6, Liberty completed the Expedia Holdings Split-Off on November 4, 2016, resulting in a $57 million decrease to goodwill related to Bodybuilding.

(3)

As discussed in note 5, on December 29, 2017,  the Company acquired the approximately 62% of HSNi it did not already own in an all-stock transaction making HSNi a wholly-owned subsidiary, attributed to the QVC Group tracking stock group. The acquisition resulted in an increase to goodwill of $950 million.

Schedule of Intangible assets subject to amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

    

Gross

    

    

    

Net

    

Gross

    

    

    

Net

 

 

 

carrying

 

Accumulated

 

carrying

 

carrying

 

Accumulated

 

carrying

 

 

 

amount

 

amortization

 

amount

 

amount

 

amortization

 

amount

 

 

 

amounts in millions

 

Television distribution rights

 

$

730

 

(652)

 

78

 

2,279

 

(2,095)

 

184

 

Customer relationships

 

 

3,356

 

(2,626)

 

730

 

2,910

 

(2,394)

 

516

 

Other

 

 

1,268

 

(828)

 

440

 

965

 

(660)

 

305

 

Total

 

$

5,354

 

(4,106)

 

1,248

 

6,154

 

(5,149)

 

1,005

 

 

Amortization Expense For The Next Five Fiscal Years

Based on its amortizable intangible assets as of December 31, 2017, Liberty expects that amortization expense will be as follows for the next five years (amounts in millions):

 

 

 

 

 

 

2018

    

$

401

 

2019

 

$

236

 

2020

 

$

162

 

2021

 

$

129

 

2022

 

$

77