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 Cash Flow) (Details)

Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial Information (Statement of Cash Flow) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Operating activities:
Net cash provided by operating activities	$ 285	$ 261
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net	(31)qvc_CapitalExpendituresNet	(29)qvc_CapitalExpendituresNet
Expenditures for cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	(44)	(8)
Changes in other noncurrent assets	(3)	(2)
Intercompany investing activities	0	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(78)	(39)
Financing activities:
Principal payments of debt and capital lease obligations	(412)	(1,188)
Principal borrowings of debt from senior secured credit facility	351	384
Proceeds from issuance of senior secured notes, net of original issue discount	0	999
Payment of debt origination fees	(3)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts	(12)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts
Other financing activities	(1)	7
Dividends paid to Liberty	(59)	(286)
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest	(20)	(25)
Net short-term intercompany debt (repayments) borrowings	0	0
Other intercompany financing activities	0	0
Net cash used in financing activities	(144)	(121)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(10)	0
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	53	101
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	347	457
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	400	558
Parent issuer- QVC, Inc.
Operating activities:
Net cash provided by operating activities	118	107
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net	(21)	(12)
Expenditures for cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	0	0
Changes in other noncurrent assets	(4)	(2)
Intercompany investing activities	243	65
Net cash used in investing activities	218	51
Financing activities:
Principal payments of debt and capital lease obligations	(410)	(1,186)
Principal borrowings of debt from senior secured credit facility	351	384
Proceeds from issuance of senior secured notes, net of original issue discount		999
Payment of debt origination fees	(3)	(12)
Other financing activities	(1)	7
Dividends paid to Liberty	(59)	(286)
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest	0	0
Net short-term intercompany debt (repayments) borrowings	(63)	(84)
Other intercompany financing activities	(102)	(11)
Net cash used in financing activities	(287)	(189)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	49	(31)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	2	78
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	51	47
Combined subsidiary guarantors
Operating activities:
Net cash provided by operating activities	106	98
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net	(1)	0
Expenditures for cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	(44)	(8)
Changes in other noncurrent assets	0	0
Intercompany investing activities	150	54
Net cash used in investing activities	105	46
Financing activities:
Principal payments of debt and capital lease obligations	0	0
Principal borrowings of debt from senior secured credit facility	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of senior secured notes, net of original issue discount		0
Payment of debt origination fees	0	0
Other financing activities	0	0
Dividends paid to Liberty	0	0
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest	0	0
Net short-term intercompany debt (repayments) borrowings	144	73
Other intercompany financing activities	(259)	(132)
Net cash used in financing activities	(115)	(59)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	96	85
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	123	133
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	219	218
Combined non-guarantor subsidiaries
Operating activities:
Net cash provided by operating activities	61	56
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net	(9)	(17)
Expenditures for cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	0	0
Changes in other noncurrent assets	1	0
Intercompany investing activities	0	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(8)	(17)
Financing activities:
Principal payments of debt and capital lease obligations	(2)	(2)
Principal borrowings of debt from senior secured credit facility	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of senior secured notes, net of original issue discount		0
Payment of debt origination fees	0	0
Other financing activities	0	0
Dividends paid to Liberty	0	0
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest	(20)	(25)
Net short-term intercompany debt (repayments) borrowings	(81)	11
Other intercompany financing activities	(32)	24
Net cash used in financing activities	(135)	8
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(10)	0
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(92)	47
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	222	246
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	130	293
Eliminations
Operating activities:
Net cash provided by operating activities	0	0
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures, net	0	0
Expenditures for cable and satellite television distribution rights, net	0	0
Changes in other noncurrent assets	0	0
Intercompany investing activities	(393)	(119)
Net cash used in investing activities	(393)	(119)
Financing activities:
Principal payments of debt and capital lease obligations	0	0
Principal borrowings of debt from senior secured credit facility	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of senior secured notes, net of original issue discount		0
Payment of debt origination fees	0	0
Other financing activities	0	0
Dividends paid to Liberty	0	0
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest	0	0
Net short-term intercompany debt (repayments) borrowings	0	0
Other intercompany financing activities	393	119
Net cash used in financing activities	393	119
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$ 0	$ 0