Long-Term Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Long-term Debt, Unclassified [Abstract]

Debt is summarized as follows:



		Outstanding principal December 31, 2012		Carrying value
		Outstanding principal December 31, 2012		December 31, 2012			December 31, 2011
		amounts in millions
Interactive Group
Senior notes and debentures
	5.7% Senior Notes due 2013	$	241	240			308
	8.5% Senior Debentures due 2029	287		285			285
	8.25% Senior Debentures due 2030	504		501			501
QVC 7.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2017		500		500			500
QVC 7.5% Senior Secured Notes due 2019		1,000		988			986
QVC 7.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2020		500		500			500
QVC 5.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2022		500		500			—
QVC Bank Credit Facilities		903		903			434
Other subsidiary debt		125		125			82
Total Interactive Group		$	4,560	4,542			3,596
Ventures Group
Exchangeable Senior Debentures
	3.125% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2023	$	1,138	1,639			1,275
	4% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2029	469		311			258
	3.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2030	460		297			235
	3.5% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2031	371		292			341
	3.25% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2031	414		391			334
TripAdvisor Debt Facilities		412		412			—
Total Ventures Group		$	3,264	3,342			2,443
	Total consolidated Liberty debt	$	7,824	7,884			6,039
	Less current maturities			(1,638		)	(1,189	)
	Total long-term debt			$	6,246		4,850

Debt Securities That Are Not Reported At Fair Value

The fair value, based on quoted prices of instruments but not considered to be active markets (level 2), of Liberty's publicly traded debt securities that are not reported at fair value in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets is as follows (amounts in millions):



	December 31,
	2012		2011
Senior notes	$	244	324
Senior debentures	$	849	780
QVC senior secured notes	$	2,723	2,202

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

The annual principal maturities of Liberty's debt, based on stated maturity dates except for Liberty's 3.25% Exchangeable debentures, for each of the next five years is as follows (amounts in millions):



2013	$	737
2014	$	59
2015	$	962
2016	$	310
2017	$	543