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QVC Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 8/10/20, at 4:09pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1254699-20-18   ·   File #:  1-38654

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/10/20  QVC Inc.                          10-Q        6/30/20   67:7.7M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    786K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     65K 
12: R2          Document and Entity Information Document            HTML     44K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    116K 
14: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     25K 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     85K 
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     40K 
                Statement                                                        
17: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    107K 
18: R8          Consolidated Statement of Equity                    HTML     70K 
19: R9          Other Comprehensive Income (Component of Other      HTML     29K 
                Comprehensive Income)                                            
20: R10         Basis of Presentation                               HTML     32K 
21: R11         Television Distribution Rights, Net                 HTML     32K 
22: R12         Goodwill                                            HTML     29K 
23: R13         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     31K 
24: R14         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     54K 
25: R15         Lease and Transponder Service Agreements            HTML    103K 
26: R16         Revenue (Notes)                                     HTML     97K 
27: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     27K 
28: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     22K 
29: R19         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     55K 
30: R20         Information about QVC's Operating Segments          HTML    115K 
31: R21         Other Comprehensive Income                          HTML     64K 
32: R22         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     21K 
33: R23         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     21K 
34: R24         Revenue Revenue (Policies)                          HTML     23K 
35: R25         Television Distribution Rights, Net (Tables)        HTML     34K 
36: R26         Goodwill (Tables)                                   HTML     64K 
37: R27         Other Intangible Assets, Net (Tables)               HTML     52K 
38: R28         Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     30K 
39: R29         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     44K 
40: R30         Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables)   HTML    108K 
41: R31         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     90K 
42: R32         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     53K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R33         Information about QVC's Operating Segments          HTML    113K 
                (Tables)                                                         
44: R34         Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)                 HTML     66K 
45: R35         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     54K 
46: R36         Television Distribution Rights, Net (Details)       HTML     29K 
47: R37         Television Distribution Rights, Net (Future         HTML     31K 
                Amortization Expense) (Details)                                  
48: R38         Goodwill (Details)                                  HTML     28K 
49: R39         Other Intangible Assets, Net (Other Intangible      HTML     53K 
                Assets) (Details)                                                
50: R40         Other Intangible Assets, Net (Future Amortization   HTML     31K 
                Expense) (Details)                                               
51: R41         Accrued Liabilities (Details)                       HTML     33K 
52: R42         Long-Term Debt (Debt) (Details)                     HTML     66K 
53: R43         Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details)                HTML     96K 
54: R44         Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Details)  HTML    168K 
55: R45         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     61K 
56: R46         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     39K 
57: R47         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R48         Information about QVC's Operating Segments          HTML     32K 
                (Revenue and Adjusted OIBDA by Segment) (Details)                
59: R49         Information about QVC's Operating Segments          HTML     29K 
                (Depreciation/Amortization by Segment) (Details)                 
60: R50         Information about QVC's Operating Segments (Total   HTML     33K 
                Assets and Capital Expenditures by Segment)                      
                (Details)                                                        
61: R51         Information about QVC's Operating Segments          HTML     47K 
                (Reconciliation of Adjusted OIBDA to Income before               
                Income Taxes) (Details)                                          
62: R52         Other Comprehensive Income (Accumulated Other       HTML     42K 
                Comprehensive Income)                                            
63: R53         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     24K 
65: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    118K 
10: XML         XBRL Instance -- qvc-20200630_htm                    XML   2.05M 
64: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     75K 
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67: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001254699-20-000018-xbrl      Zip    261K

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