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

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial Information (Statement of Cash Flow) (Details)

Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial Information (Statement of Cash Flow) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Operating activities:
Net cash provided by operating activities	$ 1,213	$ 973	$ 1,206
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net	(182)qvc_CapitalExpendituresNet	(211)qvc_CapitalExpendituresNet	(246)qvc_CapitalExpendituresNet
Expenditures for cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	(31)	(58)	(2)
Cash paid for joint ventures and acquisitions of businesses, net of cash received	0	0	(95)
Decreases in restricted cash	2	1	2
Changes in other noncurrent assets	0	(2)	(3)
Intercompany investing activities	0	0	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(211)	(270)	(344)
Financing activities:
Principal payments of debt and capital lease obligations	(3,049)	(2,387)	(1,246)
Principal borrowings of debt from senior secured credit facility	1,852	1,674	1,717
Proceeds from issuance of senior secured notes, net of original issue discount	1,997	1,050	500
Payment of debt origination fees	(24)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts	(16)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts	(7)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts
Payment of bond premium fees	(32)qvc_PaymentOfBondPremiumFees	(46)qvc_PaymentOfBondPremiumFees	0qvc_PaymentOfBondPremiumFees
Other financing activities	(3)	12	20
Dividends paid to Liberty	(1,765)	(1,005)	(1,817)
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest	(42)	(45)	(29)
Net short-term intercompany debt borrowings (repayments)	0	0	0
Intercompany financing activities	0	0	0
Net cash used in financing activities	(1,066)	(763)	(862)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(46)	(23)	(20)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(110)	(83)	(20)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	457	540	560
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	347	457	540
Parent issuer- QVC, Inc.
Operating activities:
Net cash provided by operating activities	349	379	462
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net	(160)	(106)	(76)
Expenditures for cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	0	0	0
Cash paid for joint ventures and acquisitions of businesses, net of cash received			0
Decreases in restricted cash	1	2	2
Changes in other noncurrent assets		(1)	(3)
Intercompany investing activities	607	368	443
Net cash used in investing activities	448	263	366
Financing activities:
Principal payments of debt and capital lease obligations	(3,039)	(2,375)	(1,237)
Principal borrowings of debt from senior secured credit facility	1,852	1,674	1,717
Proceeds from issuance of senior secured notes, net of original issue discount	1,997	1,050	500
Payment of debt origination fees	(24)	(16)	(7)
Payment of bond premium fees	(32)	(46)
Other financing activities	(3)	12	20
Dividends paid to Liberty	(1,765)	(1,005)	(1,817)
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest	0	0	0
Net short-term intercompany debt borrowings (repayments)	365	190	214
Intercompany financing activities	(224)	(123)	(146)
Net cash used in financing activities	(873)	(639)	(756)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(76)	3	72
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	78	75	3
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	2	78	75
Combined subsidiary guarantors
Operating activities:
Net cash provided by operating activities	459	389	412
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net	(7)	(8)	(5)
Expenditures for cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	(31)	(56)	(1)
Cash paid for joint ventures and acquisitions of businesses, net of cash received			0
Decreases in restricted cash	0	0	0
Changes in other noncurrent assets		0	0
Intercompany investing activities	267	277	265
Net cash used in investing activities	229	213	259
Financing activities:
Principal payments of debt and capital lease obligations	0	0	0
Principal borrowings of debt from senior secured credit facility	0	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of senior secured notes, net of original issue discount	0	0	0
Payment of debt origination fees	0	0	0
Payment of bond premium fees	0	0
Other financing activities	0	0	0
Dividends paid to Liberty	0	0	0
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest	0	0	0
Net short-term intercompany debt borrowings (repayments)	(42)	(63)	(59)
Intercompany financing activities	(656)	(571)	(670)
Net cash used in financing activities	(698)	(634)	(729)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(10)	(32)	(58)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	133	165	223
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	123	133	165
Combined non-guarantor subsidiaries
Operating activities:
Net cash provided by operating activities	405	205	332
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net	5	(97)	(165)
Expenditures for cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	0	(2)	(1)
Cash paid for joint ventures and acquisitions of businesses, net of cash received			(95)
Decreases in restricted cash	1	(1)	0
Changes in other noncurrent assets		(1)	0
Intercompany investing activities	0	0	0
Net cash used in investing activities	6	(101)	(261)
Financing activities:
Principal payments of debt and capital lease obligations	(10)	(12)	(9)
Principal borrowings of debt from senior secured credit facility	0	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of senior secured notes, net of original issue discount	0	0	0
Payment of debt origination fees	0	0	0
Payment of bond premium fees	0	0
Other financing activities	0	0	0
Dividends paid to Liberty	0	0	0
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest	(42)	(45)	(29)
Net short-term intercompany debt borrowings (repayments)	(323)	(127)	(155)
Intercompany financing activities	(14)	49	108
Net cash used in financing activities	(389)	(135)	(85)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(46)	(23)	(20)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(24)	(54)	(34)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	246	300	334
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	222	246	300
Eliminations
Operating activities:
Net cash provided by operating activities	0	0	0
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net	(20)	0	0
Expenditures for cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	0	0	0
Cash paid for joint ventures and acquisitions of businesses, net of cash received			0
Decreases in restricted cash	0	0	0
Changes in other noncurrent assets		0	0
Intercompany investing activities	(874)	(645)	(708)
Net cash used in investing activities	(894)	(645)	(708)
Financing activities:
Principal payments of debt and capital lease obligations	0	0	0
Principal borrowings of debt from senior secured credit facility	0	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of senior secured notes, net of original issue discount	0	0	0
Payment of debt origination fees	0	0	0
Payment of bond premium fees	0	0
Other financing activities	0	0	0
Dividends paid to Liberty	0	0	0
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest	0	0	0
Net short-term intercompany debt borrowings (repayments)	0	0	0
Intercompany financing activities	894	645	708
Net cash used in financing activities	894	645	708
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	0	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0