Qurate Retail, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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- Document And Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Basis of Presentation (Details)

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Basis of Presentation (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			3 Months Ended
	Jul. 22, 2016 shares	May 18, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 04, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 02, 2016 USD ($)
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, at Fair Value			$ 3,688		$ 3,161
Excess Tax Benefit from Share-based Compensation, Operating Activities				$ 5
Liberty Expedia Holdings
Cash distributed to Liberty from Liberty Expedia Holdings						$ 299
Additional Paid-In Capital
Reclassification			$ 140
Liberty Broadband
Ownership Interest In Investee			24.00%
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, at Fair Value		$ 2,400
QVC Group Common Stock \| HSN, Inc.
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage			38.00%
Liberty Ventures common stock
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, at Fair Value			$ 3,688
Price per share of Liberty Broadband Series C common stock \| $ / shares		$ 56.23
Liberty Ventures common stock \| Liberty Broadband
Liberty Broadband investment in Charter stock		$ 5,000
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
Shares issued as dividend \| shares	0.1
CommerceHub \| Common Class B
Shares issued as dividend \| shares	0.1
CommerceHub \| Common Class C
Shares issued as dividend \| shares	0.2
Liberty Expedia Holdings \| Common Class A
Spilt-Off redemption ratio						0.4
Liberty Expedia Holdings \| Common Class B
Spilt-Off redemption ratio						0.4
Liberty Expedia Holdings \| Spinoff \| Expedia Holdings Margin Loan \| Liberty Expedia Holdings
Principal amount							$ 350
Corporate and Other \| Liberty Ventures common stock
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, at Fair Value			$ 3,688
LMC
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction			$ 3	$ 3

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