Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Liberty Interactive Corporation:

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following registration statements of Liberty Interactive Corporation and subsidiaries (the Company) of our reports dated February 26, 2016, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive earnings (loss), cash flows, and equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, which reports appear in the December 31, 2015 annual report on Form 10‑K of the Company.

 

Description

 

Registration Statement No.

 

Description

S-8

 

333134114

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2002 Nonemployee Director

Incentive Plan (Amended 11/7/11)

 

 

 

 

 

S-8

 

333134115

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2000 Incentive Plan (Amended 11/7/11)

 

 

 

 

 

S-8

 

333142626

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2007 Incentive Plan (Amended 11/7/11)

 

 

 

 

 

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333171192

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2000 Incentive Plan (Amended 11/7/11)

 

 

 

 

 

S-8

 

333171193

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2007 Incentive Plan (Amended 11/7/11)

 

 

 

 

 

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333172512

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2007 Incentive Plan (Amended 11/7/11)

 

 

 

 

 

S-8

 

333176989

 

Liberty Interactive 401(k) Savings Plan

 

 

 

 

 

S8

 

333177840

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2011 Nonemployee Director

Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of 12/17/15)

 

 

 

 

 

S-8

 

333177841

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2010 Incentive Plan (Amended 11/7/11)

 

 

 

 

 

S-8

 

333177842

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2007 Incentive Plan (Amended 11/7/11)

 

 

 

 

 

S-8

 

333184901

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2012 Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of 3/31/15)

 

 

 

 

 

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333184905

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2011 Nonemployee Director

Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of 12/17/15)

 

 

 

 

 

S-8

 

333184904

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2011 Nonemployee Director

Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of 12/17/15)

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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333184902

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2010 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective 11/7/11)

 

 

 

 

 

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333184903

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2010 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective 11/7/11)

 

 

 

 

 

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333183434

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2007 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective 11/7/11)

 

 

 

 

 

S-8

 

333183433

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2002 Nonemployee Director

Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective 11/7/11)

 

 

 

 

 

S-8

 

333183432

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2000 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective 11/7/11)

 

 

 

 

 

S-8

 

333183253

 

Liberty Media 401(k) Savings Plan

 

 

 

 

 

S-8

 

333-201010

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2010 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective 11/7/11)

 

 

 

 

 

S-8

 

333-202436

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2012 Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of March 31, 2015)

 

 

 

 

 

S-8

 

333-204879

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation 2012 Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of March 31, 2015)

 

 

 

 

 

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333-207326

 

zulily, inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan and zulily, inc. 2013 Equity Plan

 

Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to a change in the classification of deferred taxes. 

 

Our report dated February 26, 2016, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, expresses our opinion that the Company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015 because of the effect of a material weakness on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria and contains an explanatory paragraph that states a material weakness related to the design and operating effectiveness of information technology controls and the associated information produced by the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, QVC, Inc. has been identified and included in management’s assessment. 

 

Our report dated February 26, 2016, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, contains an explanatory paragraph that states the Company acquired zulily, inc. (“zulily”) during 2015, and management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, zulily’s internal control over financial reporting associated with total assets of $2.7 billion and total revenues of $426 million included in the consolidated financial statements of Liberty Interactive Corporation and subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of the Company also excluded an evaluation of internal control over financial reporting of zulily.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

Denver, Colorado
February 26, 2016