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

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Debt (Narrative) (Details)

Debt (Narrative) (Details)						1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			24 Months Ended
Debt (Narrative) (Details)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 05, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 23, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 15, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 09, 2012	May 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 09, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 21, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 18, 2014 USD ($)	May 22, 2012 $ / shares
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 8,371,000,000							$ 8,371,000,000			$ 8,371,000,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	1,000,000							1,000,000			1,000,000
Extraordinary Distribution to Bondholder						$ 325,000,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt								3,427,000,000	$ 4,558,000,000	$ 4,506,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt								(6,000,000)	(21,000,000)	(48,000,000)	(21,000,000)
Quarterly dividend received per share from equity method affiliate								0.18
Debt, Current	$ 876,000,000							876,000,000	1,226,000,000		$ 876,000,000
Proceeds from (Repayments of) Long-term Debt and Capital Securities								$ 1,181,000,000
Senior Debentures
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount									5,000,000	5,000,000
Motorola Mobility [Member]
Business Acquisition, Share Price \| $ / shares																$ 40
8.5% Senior Debentures Due 2029
Interest rate (as a percent)	8.50%							8.50%			8.50%
8.25% Senior Debentures Due 2030
Interest rate (as a percent)	8.25%							8.25%			8.25%
Exchangeable Senior Debentures
Debt, Current									862,000,000
1% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2043
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 1,000							$ 1,000			$ 1,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	1.00%							1.00%			1.00%
1% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2043 \| HSN, Inc.
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio								13.4580
QVC 3.125% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount															$ 400,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	3.125%							3.125%			3.125%				3.125%
Debt issuance price as percent of par															99.828%
QVC 5.125% Senior Secured Notes Due 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 500,000,000							$ 500,000,000			$ 500,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.125%							5.125%			5.125%
QVC 4.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2023
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 750,000,000							$ 750,000,000			$ 750,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.375%							4.375%			4.375%
QVC 4.85% Senior Secured Notes Due 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount															$ 600,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)															4.85%
Debt issuance price as percent of par															99.927%
QVC 4.45% Senior Secured Notes Due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount														$ 600,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)														4.45%
Debt issuance price as percent of par														99.86%
QVC 5.45% Senior Secured Notes Due 2034 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount														$ 400,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)														5.45%
Debt issuance price as percent of par														99.784%
QVC 5.95% Senior Secured Notes due 2043
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 300,000,000							$ 300,000,000			$ 300,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.95%							5.95%			5.95%
QVC 7.5% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.50%							7.50%			7.50%
QVC 7.375% Senior Secured Notes Due 2020
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 500,000,000							$ 500,000,000			$ 500,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.375%							7.375%			7.375%
QVC 7.375% Senior Secured Notes Due 2020 \| Senior secured note [Member]
Debt Instrument, Repurchase Amount				$ 1,036.88
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				1,000
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount				$ 500,000,000
4% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2029
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 1,000							$ 1,000			$ 1,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.00%							4.00%			4.00%
4% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2029 \| Sprint [Member]
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio								3.2265
4% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2029 \| Century Link, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio								0.7860
3.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2030
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 1,000							$ 1,000			$ 1,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	3.75%							3.75%			3.75%
3.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2030 \| Sprint [Member]
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio								2.3578
3.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2030 \| Century Link, Inc. [Member]
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio								0.5746
3.5% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2031
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 1,000							$ 1,000			$ 1,000
Repayments of Debt							$ 111,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	3.50%							3.50%			3.50%
3.5% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2031 \| Motorola Solutions [Member]
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio								5.2598
Stock split, conversion ratio								7
3.5% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2031 \| Motorola Mobility [Member]
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio								4.6024
Stock split, conversion ratio								8
0.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2043
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 1,000							$ 1,000			$ 1,000
Debt exchanged								$ 523,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	0.75%							0.75%			0.75%
0.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2043 \| Time Warner Cable Inc
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio								3.1648
0.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2043 \| Time Warner Inc
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio								5.1635
0.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2043 \| Time Inc
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio								0.6454
1.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2046 [Member]
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 750,000,000							$ 750,000,000			$ 750,000,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount												$ 750,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)												1.75%
1.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2046 [Member] \| Charter Communications, Inc.
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio								2.9317
Exchange Price of Shares Attributable to Debentures \| $ / shares												$ 341.10
principal repayment per debenture [Member] \| 3.5% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2031
Repayments of Debt							$ 184.096
Adjusted face amount per debenture [Member] \| 3.5% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2031
Debt instrument, face amount per debenture									577
Minimum \| 1% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2043 \| HSN, Inc.
Conversion obligation average trading price (as a percent)								130.00%
Maximum \| 1% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2043 \| HSN, Inc.
Conversion obligation average trading price (as a percent)								98.00%
QVC Group Common Stock
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	6,412,000,000							$ 6,412,000,000			6,412,000,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt								1,905,000,000	3,969,000,000	4,360,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt								1,000,000	(21,000,000)	(48,000,000)
Debt, Current	14,000,000							14,000,000	358,000,000		14,000,000
QVC Group Common Stock \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Derivative, Notional Amount	125,000,000							125,000,000			125,000,000
QVC Group Common Stock \| 8.5% Senior Debentures Due 2029
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 287,000,000							$ 287,000,000			$ 287,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	8.50%							8.50%			8.50%
QVC Group Common Stock \| 8.25% Senior Debentures Due 2030
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 504,000,000							$ 504,000,000			$ 504,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	8.25%							8.25%			8.25%
QVC Group Common Stock \| Exchangeable Senior Debentures
Repayments of Debt		$ 345,000,000
QVC Group Common Stock \| 1% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2043
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 1,000,000							$ 1,000,000			$ 1,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	1.00%							1.00%			1.00%
QVC Group Common Stock \| QVC 3.125% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 400,000,000							$ 400,000,000			$ 400,000,000
QVC Group Common Stock \| QVC 5.125% Senior Secured Notes Due 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 500,000,000							$ 500,000,000			$ 500,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.125%							5.125%			5.125%
QVC Group Common Stock \| QVC 4.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2023
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 750,000,000							$ 750,000,000			$ 750,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.375%							4.375%			4.375%
QVC Group Common Stock \| QVC 4.85% Senior Secured Notes Due 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 600,000,000							$ 600,000,000			$ 600,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.85%							4.85%			4.85%
QVC Group Common Stock \| QVC 4.45% Senior Secured Notes Due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 600,000,000							$ 600,000,000			$ 600,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.45%							4.45%			4.45%
QVC Group Common Stock \| QVC 5.45% Senior Secured Notes Due 2034 [Member]
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 400,000,000							$ 400,000,000			$ 400,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.45%							5.45%			5.45%
QVC Group Common Stock \| QVC 5.95% Senior Secured Notes due 2043
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 300,000,000							$ 300,000,000			$ 300,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.95%							5.95%			5.95%
QVC Group Common Stock \| Amendment No. 2 QVC Bank Credit Facility
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 1,896,000,000							$ 1,896,000,000			$ 1,896,000,000
QVC Group Common Stock \| Amendment No. 3 QVC Bank Credit Facility
Maximum Borrowing Capacity			$ 2,650,000,000
Remaining borrowing capacity	$ 744,000,000							744,000,000			744,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate During Period	2.20%
QVC Group Common Stock \| Standby Letters of Credit
Maximum Borrowing Capacity			300,000,000
Remaining borrowing capacity	$ 10,000,000							10,000,000			10,000,000
QVC Group Common Stock \| Uncommitted Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments or Incremental Term Loans
Maximum Borrowing Capacity			1,500,000,000
QVC Group Common Stock \| Portion of Credit Facility Available Only to QVC
Maximum Borrowing Capacity			2,250,000,000
QVC Group Common Stock \| Portion of Credit Facility Available to QVC and zulily
Maximum Borrowing Capacity			400,000,000
QVC Group Common Stock \| Portion of Credit Facility that matures on March 9, 2020 [Member]
Maximum Borrowing Capacity			$ 140,000,000
QVC Group Common Stock \| QVC \| Amendment No. 2 QVC Bank Credit Facility
Maximum Borrowing Capacity													$ 2,250,000,000
QVC Group Common Stock \| QVC \| Standby Letters of Credit
Maximum Borrowing Capacity													250,000,000
QVC Group Common Stock \| QVC \| Uncommitted Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments or Incremental Term Loans
Maximum Borrowing Capacity													$ 1,500,000,000
QVC Group Common Stock \| LIBOR \| Amendment No. 3 QVC Bank Credit Facility
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis			LIBOR
QVC Group Common Stock \| ABR \| Amendment No. 3 QVC Bank Credit Facility
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis			ABR
QVC Group Common Stock \| Minimum \| Amendment No. 3 QVC Bank Credit Facility
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate			0.25%
QVC Group Common Stock \| Maximum \| Amendment No. 3 QVC Bank Credit Facility
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate			1.75%
QVC Group Common Stock \| Maximum \| Portion of Credit Facility Available to QVC and zulily
Maximum Borrowing Capacity			$ 50,000,000
Liberty Ventures common stock
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	1,959,000,000							1,959,000,000			1,959,000,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt								1,522,000,000	589,000,000	$ 146,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt								(7,000,000)
Stock split, conversion ratio					0.05
Debt, Current	862,000,000							862,000,000	$ 868,000,000		862,000,000
Liberty Ventures common stock \| 4% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2029
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 435,000,000							$ 435,000,000			$ 435,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.00%							4.00%			4.00%
Liberty Ventures common stock \| 3.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2030
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 436,000,000							$ 436,000,000			$ 436,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	3.75%							3.75%			3.75%
Liberty Ventures common stock \| 3.5% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Due 2031
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 337,000,000							$ 337,000,000			$ 337,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	3.50%							3.50%			3.50%
Liberty Ventures common stock \| 0.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2043
Debt Instrument Carrying Amount	$ 1,000,000							$ 1,000,000			$ 1,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	0.75%							0.75%			0.75%
Liberty Ventures common stock \| 1.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2046 [Member]
Interest rate (as a percent)	1.75%							1.75%			1.75%