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QVC Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/19 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 5/10/19, at 2:44pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1254699-19-7   ·   File #:  1-38654

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 5/10/19  QVC Inc                           10-Q        3/31/19   77:8.4M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    108K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     29K 
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     70K 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     36K 
                Statement                                                        
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    110K 
17: R7          Consolidated Statement of Equity                    HTML     56K 
18: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     50K 
19: R9          Television Distribution Rights, Net                 HTML     35K 
20: R10         Goodwill                                            HTML     31K 
21: R11         Other Intangible Assets, Net                        HTML     48K 
22: R12         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     36K 
23: R13         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     55K 
24: R14         Revenue (Notes)                                     HTML     57K 
25: R15         Lease and Transponder Service Agreements            HTML     79K 
26: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     31K 
27: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     25K 
28: R18         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     49K 
29: R19         Information about QVC's Operating Segments          HTML     71K 
30: R20         Other Comprehensive Income                          HTML     47K 
31: R21         Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML    424K 
                Information                                                      
32: R22         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     31K 
33: R23         Revenue Revenue (Policies)                          HTML     29K 
34: R24         Television Distribution Rights, Net (Tables)        HTML     36K 
35: R25         Goodwill (Tables)                                   HTML     31K 
36: R26         Other Intangible Assets, Net (Tables)               HTML     50K 
37: R27         Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     36K 
38: R28         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     40K 
39: R29         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     50K 
40: R30         Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables)   HTML     30K 
41: R31         Lease and Transponder Service Agreements Weighted   HTML     28K 
                Average Lease Terms and Discount Rate (Tables)                   
42: R32         Lease and Transponder Service Agreements Leases,    HTML     34K 
                Supplemental Balance Sheet Information (Tables)                  
43: R33         Lease and Transponder Service Agreements Leases,    HTML     31K 
                Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)                      
44: R34         Lease and Transponder Service Agreements Leases,    HTML     40K 
                Future Minimum Payments (Tables)                                 
45: R35         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     46K 
                (Tables)                                                         
46: R36         Information about QVC's Operating Segments          HTML     71K 
                (Tables)                                                         
47: R37         Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)                 HTML     49K 
48: R38         Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML    431K 
                Information (Tables)                                             
49: R39         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     84K 
50: R40         Basis of Presentation New Accounting Standards      HTML     53K 
                Cumulative Effect of changes due to Adoption of                  
                ASC 606 and ASU 2016-16 (Details)                                
51: R41         Television Distribution Rights, Net (Details)       HTML     33K 
52: R42         Television Distribution Rights, Net (Future         HTML     34K 
                Amortization Expense) (Details)                                  
53: R43         Goodwill (Details)                                  HTML     32K 
54: R44         Other Intangible Assets, Net (Other Intangible      HTML     57K 
                Assets) (Details)                                                
55: R45         Other Intangible Assets, Net (Future Amortization   HTML     35K 
                Expense) (Details)                                               
56: R46         Accrued Liabilities (Details)                       HTML     49K 
57: R47         Long-Term Debt (Debt) (Details)                     HTML     62K 
58: R48         Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details)                HTML     80K 
59: R49         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     56K 
60: R50         Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Details)  HTML    192K 
61: R51         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     39K 
62: R52         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R53         Information about QVC's Operating Segments          HTML     31K 
                (Revenue and Adjusted OIBDA by Segment) (Details)                
64: R54         Information about QVC's Operating Segments          HTML     32K 
                (Depreciation/Amortization by Segment) (Details)                 
65: R55         Information about QVC's Operating Segments (Total   HTML     35K 
                Assets and Capital Expenditures by Segment)                      
                (Details)                                                        
66: R56         Information about QVC's Operating Segments          HTML     46K 
                (Reconciliation of Adjusted OIBDA to Income before               
                Income Taxes) (Details)                                          
67: R57         Other Comprehensive Income (Accumulated Other       HTML     39K 
                Comprehensive Income) (Details)                                  
68: R58         Other Comprehensive Income (Component of Other      HTML     33K 
                Comprehensive Income) (Details)                                  
69: R59         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     24K 
70: R60         Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML     23K 
                Information (Narrative) (Details)                                
71: R61         Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML    160K 
                Information (Statement of Financial Position)                    
                (Details)                                                        
72: R62         Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML    114K 
                Information (Statement of Operations) (Details)                  
73: R63         Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML     53K 
                Information (Statement of Comprehensive Income                   
                (Loss) (Details)                                                 
74: R64         Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial        HTML    118K 
                Information (Statement of Cash Flow) (Details)                   
76: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    143K 
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 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- qvc-20190331_def                 XML    765K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- qvc-20190331_lab                      XML   1.57M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- qvc-20190331_pre               XML   1.05M 
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