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, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 2,350	$ 2,306	$ 1,162	$ 902
Trade and other receivables, net	867us-gaap_ReceivablesNetCurrent	1,232us-gaap_ReceivablesNetCurrent
Inventory, net	1,119us-gaap_InventoryNet	1,049us-gaap_InventoryNet
Short term marketable securities	860us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesCurrent	889us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesCurrent
Other current assets	75us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent	72us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent
Total current assets	5,271us-gaap_AssetsCurrent	5,548us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments	1,236	1,224
Investments in affiliates, accounted for using the equity method	1,419us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments	1,633us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments
Property and equipment, net	1,038us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	1,093us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net	1,122us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	1,185us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Total	7,844	7,893
Other assets, at cost, net of accumulated amortization	72us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent	65us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total assets	18,002us-gaap_Assets	18,641us-gaap_Assets
Accounts payable	639us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent	735us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Accrued liabilities	591us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	743us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Current portion of debt	939us-gaap_DebtCurrent	946us-gaap_DebtCurrent
Deferred income tax liabilities	991us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrent	972us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrent
Other current liabilities	236us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent	343us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent
Total current liabilities	3,396us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent	3,739us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Long-term debt	6,981us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent	7,105us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Deferred income tax liabilities	1,739	1,849
Other liabilities	181us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	168us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total liabilities	12,297us-gaap_Liabilities	12,861us-gaap_Liabilities
Equity/Attributed net assets (liabilities)	5,609us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	5,673us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Noncontrolling interests in equity of subsidiaries	96us-gaap_MinorityInterest	107us-gaap_MinorityInterest
Total liabilities and equity	18,002	18,641
Liberty Interactive common stock
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	530	422	679	595
Trade and other receivables, net	836
Inventory, net	966
Short term marketable securities	9
Other current assets	269
Total current assets	2,610
Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments	4	4
Investments in affiliates, accounted for using the equity method	193	375
Property and equipment, net	971
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net	1,061
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Total	7,576
Other assets, at cost, net of accumulated amortization	66
Total assets	12,481
Intergroup payable receivable	47
Accounts payable	554
Accrued liabilities	543
Current portion of debt	8
Other current liabilities	163
Total current liabilities	1,315
Long-term debt	5,740
Deferred income tax liabilities	936
Other liabilities	169
Total liabilities	8,160
Equity/Attributed net assets (liabilities)	4,231
Noncontrolling interests in equity of subsidiaries	90
Total liabilities and equity	12,481
Liberty Ventures common stock
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	1,820	1,884	483	307
Trade and other receivables, net	31
Inventory, net	153
Short term marketable securities	851
Other current assets	11
Total current assets	2,866
Investments in available-for-sale securities and other cost investments	1,232	1,220
Investments in affiliates, accounted for using the equity method	1,226	1,258
Property and equipment, net	67
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net	61
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Total	268
Other assets, at cost, net of accumulated amortization	6
Total assets	5,726
Intergroup payable receivable	(47)
Accounts payable	85
Accrued liabilities	48
Current portion of debt	931
Deferred income tax liabilities	1,196
Other current liabilities	73
Total current liabilities	2,286
Long-term debt	1,241
Deferred income tax liabilities	803
Other liabilities	12
Total liabilities	4,342
Equity/Attributed net assets (liabilities)	1,378
Noncontrolling interests in equity of subsidiaries	6
Total liabilities and equity	5,726
Inter-group Eliminations
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Other current assets	(205)
Total current assets	(205)
Total assets	(205)
Deferred income tax liabilities	(205)
Total current liabilities	(205)
Total liabilities	(205)
Total liabilities and equity	$ (205)