Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets  
Schedule of changes in the carrying amount of goodwill

    

QxH

QVC International

Zulily

Corporate and Other

    

Total

 

amounts in millions

 

Balance at January 1, 2018

$

5,238

885

917

42

7,082

Foreign currency translation adjustments

(25)

(25)

Disposition (1)

(26)

(26)

Other (2)

(10)

(4)

(14)

Balance at December 31, 2018

5,228

860

917

12

7,017

Foreign currency translation adjustments

(1)

(1)

Impairment (3)

(440)

(440)

Balance at December 31, 2019

$

5,228

859

477

12

6,576

(1) As a result of the GCI Liberty Split-Off on March 9, 2018, the Company disposed of its wholly-owned subsidiary Evite, resulting in a $26 million decrease to goodwill.
(2) As discussed in note 4, the preliminary purchase price allocation for the HSN acquisition was adjusted, resulting in a decrease to goodwill.
(3) See discussion of the 2019 impairment below.
Schedule of Intangible assets subject to amortization

December 31, 2019

December 31, 2018

 

    

Gross

    

    

    

Net

    

Gross

    

    

    

Net

 

carrying

Accumulated

carrying

carrying

Accumulated

carrying

 

amount

amortization

amount

amount

amortization

amount

 

amounts in millions

 

Television distribution rights

$

764

 

(624)

 

140

 

723

 

(583)

 

140

Customer relationships

 

3,319

 

(2,891)

 

428

 

3,320

 

(2,768)

 

552

Other

 

1,343

 

(956)

 

387

 

1,329

 

(963)

 

366

Total

$

5,426

 

(4,471)

 

955

 

5,372

 

(4,314)

 

1,058

Schedule of amortization expense for the next five years Based on its amortizable intangible assets as of December 31, 2019, Qurate Retail expects that amortization expense will be as follows for the next five years (amounts in millions):

2020

    

$

319

2021

$

230

2022

$

143

2023

$

87

2024

$

74