Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Intangible Assets (Tables)

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Intangible Assets (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]  
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block]
Intangible assets subject to amortization are comprised of the following:
 
December 31, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
Gross
 
 
 
Net
 
Gross
 
 
 
Net
 
carrying
 
Accumulated
 
carrying
 
carrying
 
Accumulated
 
carrying
 
amount
 
amortization
 
amount
 
amount
 
amortization
 
amount
 
amounts in millions
Television distribution rights
$
2,324

 
(1,700
)
 
624

 
2,304

 
(1,540
)
 
764

Customer relationships
3,612

 
(2,198
)
 
1,414

 
3,630

 
(1,761
)
 
1,869

Other
1,032

 
(578
)
 
454

 
943

 
(459
)
 
484

Total
$
6,968

 
(4,476
)
 
2,492

 
6,877

 
(3,760
)
 
3,117

Changes In The Carrying Amount Of Goodwill
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:
 
QVC
 
E-commerce
 
TripAdvisor
 
Total
 
amounts in millions
Balance at January 1, 2012
$
5,354

 
624

 
—

 
5,978

Acquisitions
21

 
19

 
3,649

 
3,689

Impairments
—

 
(82
)
 
—

 
(82
)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
(26
)
 
—

 
—

 
(26
)
Other
—

 
(3
)
 
—

 
(3
)
Balance at December 31, 2012
$
5,349

 
558

 
3,649

 
9,556

Foreign currency translation adjustments
(37
)
 
—

 
3

 
(34
)
Acquisitions
—

 
7

 
28

 
35

Impairments
—

 
(5
)
 
—

 
(5
)
Purchase price allocation adjustments (note 5)
—

 
—

 
(220
)
 
(220
)
Balance at December 31, 2013
$
5,312

 
560

 
3,460

 
9,332

Amortization Expense For The Next Five Fiscal Years
2014
$
747

2015
$
650

2016
$
539

2017
$
366

2018
$
81