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

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Cover
- Document And Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Basis of Presentation (Details)

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Basis of Presentation (Details)		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Basis of Presentation (Details)	Jul. 22, 2016 shares	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) shares	Nov. 04, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 02, 2016 USD ($)
Reimbursement from Liberty Expedia Holdings		$ 3,700,000
Cash distributed to Liberty from Liberty Expedia Holdings						$ 299,000,000
Principal amount			$ 1,000,000
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction			10,000,000	$ 13,000,000	$ 11,000,000
Additional Paid-In Capital
Reclassification			$ 341,000,000
HSN, Inc.
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage			38.00%
FTD
Transfer to Investments					$ 355,000,000
Number of shares of stock received \| shares					10,200,000
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage				35.00%	35.00%
Proceeds from Divestiture of Interest in Consolidated Subsidiaries					$ 145,000,000
Gain on sale of subsidiary					$ 75,000,000
QVC Group Common Stock \| HSN, Inc.
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage			38.00%
Liberty Ventures common stock \| Common Class A
Spilt-Off redemption ratio						0.4
Liberty Ventures common stock \| Common Class B
Spilt-Off redemption ratio						0.4
Liberty Ventures common stock \| FTD
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage			37.00%
CommerceHub \| Common Class A
Common Stock Dividends, Shares \| shares	0.1
CommerceHub \| Common Class B
Common Stock Dividends, Shares \| shares	0.1
CommerceHub \| Common Class C
Common Stock Dividends, Shares \| shares	0.2
Liberty Expedia Holdings \| Expedia Holdings Margin Loan
Principal amount							$ 350,000,000
Liberty Expedia Holdings \| Common Class A
Spilt-Off redemption ratio						0.4
Liberty Expedia Holdings \| Common Class B
Spilt-Off redemption ratio						0.4

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