Qurate Retail, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details)

Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended							12 Months Ended																				12 Months Ended					3 Months Ended													3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012 Aggregate Notional Amount of $1.35 billion [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Exchangeable Senior Debentures [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Aggregate Notional Amount Of $1.75 Billion [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Aggregate Notional Amount of $600 million [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Time Warner Cable Inc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 AOL Inc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Sprint [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Sprint [Member] Exchangeable Senior Debentures [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Century Link, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Century Link, Inc. [Member] Exchangeable Senior Debentures [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Motorola Solutions [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Motorola Mobility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Viacom, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 CBS Corporation [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Aggregate Notional Amount Of $1.75 Billion [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Aggregate Notional Amount of $1.35 billion [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 5.7% Senior Notes Due 2013 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 5.7% Senior Notes Due 2013 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 8.5% Senior Debentures Due 2029 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 8.5% Senior Debentures Due 2029 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 8.25% Senior Debentures Due 2030 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 8.25% Senior Debentures Due 2030 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 3.125% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2023 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 3.125% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2023 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 3.125% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2023 [Member] Time Warner [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 4% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2029 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 4% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2029 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 3.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2030 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 3.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2030 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 3.5% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2031 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 3.5% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2031 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 3.5% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2031 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 3.25% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2031 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 3.25% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2031 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 QVC 7.125% Senior Secured Notes Due 2017 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 QVC 7.125% Senior Secured Notes Due 2017 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 QVC 7.5% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 QVC 7.5% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 QVC 7.375% Senior Secured Notes Due 2020 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 QVC 7.375% Senior Secured Notes Due 2020 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 QVC Bank Credit Facilities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 QVC Bank Credit Facilities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 TripAdvisor Debt Facilities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 TripAdvisor Debt Facilities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 TripAdvisor Debt Facilities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 TripAdvisor, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 TripAdvisor Chinese Credit Facilities [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 principal repayment per debenture [Member] 3.5% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2031 [Member]
Long-Term Debt, outstanding principal	$ 7,824,000,000																			$ 241,000,000		$ 287,000,000		$ 504,000,000		$ 1,138,000,000			$ 469,000,000		$ 460,000,000			$ 371,000,000		$ 414,000,000		$ 500,000,000		$ 1,000,000,000		$ 500,000,000		$ 903,000,000		$ 412,000,000	$ 412,000,000
Long-term Debt	7,884,000,000	6,039,000,000																		240,000,000	308,000,000	285,000,000	285,000,000	501,000,000	501,000,000	1,639,000,000	1,275,000,000		311,000,000	258,000,000	297,000,000	235,000,000		292,000,000	341,000,000	391,000,000	334,000,000	500,000,000	500,000,000	988,000,000	986,000,000	500,000,000	500,000,000	903,000,000	434,000,000	412,000,000	412,000,000	0	400,000,000
Debt, Current	1,638,000,000	1,189,000,000			1,291,000,000
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued								4.8033	1.7396	8.3882	11.4743	0.5746	0.7860	5.2598	4.6024	9.2833	9.2833											19.1360
Repayments of Debt																																	111,000,000.000																		184.096
Debt Instrument, Face Amount																																		619.09
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	6,000,000	6,000,000
Senior Notes																																							500,000,000		1,000,000,000		500,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity																																												2,000,000,000		0	0
standby letters of credit																																												250,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity																																												1,100,000,000
Aggregate notional amount				1,350,000,000		1,750,000,000
Derivative, Variable Interest Rate						0.31%	0.31%
Swap arrangements, interest rate, low end																		2.98%	0.57%
Swap arrangements, interest rate, high end																		3.67%	0.95%
Aggregate borrowing capacity under Revolver and Term Loan facility																																														600,000,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months	737,000,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	59,000,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	962,000,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	310,000,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	543,000,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt	1,512,000,000	899,000,000	4,791,000,000																																												20,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding																																																		$ 32,000,000