Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes (Pre-tax Income, Domestic and Foreign) (Details)

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Income Taxes (Pre-tax Income, Domestic and Foreign) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Equity Method Investments, Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]      
Consolidated pre-tax income $ 987us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 986us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 1,081us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
QVC-U.S.      
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Equity Method Investments, Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]      
U.S. pre-tax income 827us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcUSMember 		824us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcUSMember 		865us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcUSMember
QVC-Germany      
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Equity Method Investments, Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]      
Foreign pre-tax income 16us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcGermanyMember 		18us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcGermanyMember 		29us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcGermanyMember
QVC-Japan      
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Equity Method Investments, Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]      
Foreign pre-tax income 146us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcJapanMember 		181us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcJapanMember 		253us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcJapanMember
QVC-U.K.      
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Equity Method Investments, Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]      
Foreign pre-tax income 19us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcUKMember 		1us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcUKMember 		(17)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcUKMember
QVC-Italy      
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Equity Method Investments, Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]      
Foreign pre-tax income (15)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcItalyMember 		(38)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcItalyMember 		(49)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QvcItalyMember
QVC-France      
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Equity Method Investments, Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]      
Foreign pre-tax income $ (6)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QVCFranceMember 		$ 0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QVCFranceMember 		$ 0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= qvc_QVCFranceMember