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

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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

Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial Information (Statement of Financial Position) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 400	$ 347	$ 558	$ 457
Restricted cash	12	12
Accounts receivable, net	836us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	1,196us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Inventories	965us-gaap_InventoryNet	882us-gaap_InventoryNet
Deferred income taxes	212	210
Prepaid expenses	51us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseCurrent	50us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseCurrent
Total current assets	2,476us-gaap_AssetsCurrent	2,697us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Property and equipment, net	972us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	1,026us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	452	461
Goodwill	5,033us-gaap_Goodwill	5,091us-gaap_Goodwill
Other intangible assets, net	3,085	3,143
Other noncurrent assets	63us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent	58us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Investments in subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	12,081us-gaap_Assets	12,476us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities:
Current portion of debt and capital lease obligations	8	9
Accounts payable-trade	554us-gaap_AccountsPayableTradeCurrent	629us-gaap_AccountsPayableTradeCurrent
Accrued liabilities	737us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	885us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Intercompany accounts payable (receivable)	0	0
Total current liabilities	1,299us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent	1,523us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Long-term portion of debt and capital lease obligations	4,554	4,620
Deferred compensation	13	17
Deferred income taxes	1,069	1,121
Other long-term liabilities	153us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	149us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total liabilities	7,088us-gaap_Liabilities	7,430us-gaap_Liabilities
QVC, Inc. stockholder's equity:
QVC, Inc. stockholder's equity	4,902us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	4,943us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Noncontrolling interest	91us-gaap_MinorityInterest	103us-gaap_MinorityInterest
Total equity	4,993	5,046
Total liabilities and equity	12,081	12,476
Parent issuer- QVC, Inc.
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	51	2	47	78
Restricted cash	10	10
Accounts receivable, net	605	909
Inventories	734	680
Deferred income taxes	195	192
Prepaid expenses	26	25
Total current assets	1,621	1,818
Property and equipment, net	268	273
Cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	0	0
Goodwill	4,184	4,184
Other intangible assets, net	981	1,023
Other noncurrent assets	7	1
Investments in subsidiaries	4,531	4,681
Total assets	11,592	11,980
Current liabilities:
Current portion of debt and capital lease obligations	2	2
Accounts payable-trade	313	420
Accrued liabilities	200	282
Intercompany accounts payable (receivable)	1,321	1,384
Total current liabilities	1,836	2,088
Long-term portion of debt and capital lease obligations	4,506	4,565
Deferred compensation	13	16
Deferred income taxes	234	269
Other long-term liabilities	101	99
Total liabilities	6,690	7,037
QVC, Inc. stockholder's equity:
QVC, Inc. stockholder's equity	4,902	4,943
Noncontrolling interest	0	0
Total equity	4,902	4,943
Total liabilities and equity	11,592	11,980
Combined subsidiary guarantors
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	219	123	218	133
Restricted cash	0	0
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Prepaid expenses	0	0
Total current assets	219	123
Property and equipment, net	66	68
Cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	392	388
Goodwill	0	0
Other intangible assets, net	2,051	2,051
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Investments in subsidiaries	1,245	1,386
Total assets	3,973	4,016
Current liabilities:
Current portion of debt and capital lease obligations	0	0
Accounts payable-trade	0	0
Accrued liabilities	156	143
Intercompany accounts payable (receivable)	(777)	(921)
Total current liabilities	(621)	(778)
Long-term portion of debt and capital lease obligations	0	0
Deferred compensation	0	0
Deferred income taxes	864	877
Other long-term liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	243	99
QVC, Inc. stockholder's equity:
QVC, Inc. stockholder's equity	3,730	3,917
Noncontrolling interest	0	0
Total equity	3,730	3,917
Total liabilities and equity	3,973	4,016
Combined non-guarantor subsidiaries
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	130	222	293	246
Restricted cash	2	2
Accounts receivable, net	231	287
Inventories	231	202
Deferred income taxes	17	18
Prepaid expenses	25	25
Total current assets	636	756
Property and equipment, net	638	685
Cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	60	73
Goodwill	849	907
Other intangible assets, net	53	69
Other noncurrent assets	56	57
Investments in subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	2,292	2,547
Current liabilities:
Current portion of debt and capital lease obligations	6	7
Accounts payable-trade	241	209
Accrued liabilities	381	460
Intercompany accounts payable (receivable)	(544)	(463)
Total current liabilities	84	213
Long-term portion of debt and capital lease obligations	48	55
Deferred compensation	0	1
Deferred income taxes	(29)	(25)
Other long-term liabilities	52	50
Total liabilities	155	294
QVC, Inc. stockholder's equity:
QVC, Inc. stockholder's equity	2,046	2,150
Noncontrolling interest	91	103
Total equity	2,137	2,253
Total liabilities and equity	2,292	2,547
Eliminations
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Restricted cash	0	0
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Prepaid expenses	0	0
Total current assets	0	0
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Other intangible assets, net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Investments in subsidiaries	(5,776)	(6,067)
Total assets	(5,776)	(6,067)
Current liabilities:
Current portion of debt and capital lease obligations	0	0
Accounts payable-trade	0	0
Accrued liabilities	0	0
Intercompany accounts payable (receivable)	0	0
Total current liabilities	0	0
Long-term portion of debt and capital lease obligations	0	0
Deferred compensation	0	0
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Other long-term liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	0	0
QVC, Inc. stockholder's equity:
QVC, Inc. stockholder's equity	(5,776)	(6,067)
Noncontrolling interest	0	0
Total equity	(5,776)	(6,067)
Total liabilities and equity	$ (5,776)	$ (6,067)