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Information about QVC's Operating Segments | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Reporting Disclosure | Information about QVC's Operating Segments Each of the Company's operating segments are retailers of a wide range of consumer products, which are marketed and sold primarily by merchandise-focused televised-shopping programs as well as via the Internet and mobile applications in certain markets. The Company has operations in the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy. The Company has identified five reportable segments: the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy. The Company evaluates performance and makes decisions about allocating resources to its operating segments based on financial measures such as net revenue, Adjusted OIBDA, gross margin, average sales price per unit, number of units shipped and revenue or sales per subscriber equivalent. The Company defines Adjusted OIBDA as revenue less cost of sales, operating expenses, and selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding stock-based compensation). The Company believes this measure is an important indicator of the operational strength and performance of its segments, including the ability to service debt and fund capital expenditures. In addition, this measure allows management to view operating results and perform analytical comparisons and benchmarking among our businesses and identify strategies to improve performance. This measure of performance excludes depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation, that are included in the measurement of operating income pursuant to U.S. GAAP. Accordingly, Adjusted OIBDA should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, operating income, net income, cash flow provided by operating activities and other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Performance measures
| Three months ended March 31, |  | Three months ended March 31, |
| 2014 |  | 2013 |
(in millions) | Net revenue |  | Adjusted OIBDA |  | Net revenue |  | Adjusted OIBDA |
QVC-U.S. | $ | 1,305 |  | 301 |  | 1,297 |  | 291 |
QVC-Japan | 234 |  | 47 |  | 256 |  | 54 |
QVC-Germany | 250 |  | 39 |  | 250 |  | 43 |
QVC-U.K. | 165 |  | 27 |  | 140 |  | 19 |
QVC-Italy | 32 |  | (2 | ) | 31 |  | (3 | )
Consolidated QVC | $ | 1,986 |  | 412 |  | 1,974 |  | 404 |
Net revenue amounts by product category are not available from our general purpose financial statements. Other information
| Three months ended March 31, |  | Three months ended March 31, |
| 2014 |  | 2013 |
(in millions) | Depreciation |  | Amortization |  | Depreciation |  | Amortization |
QVC-U.S. | $ | 13 |  | 94 |  | 13 |  | 88 |
QVC-Japan | 5 |  | 2 |  | 3 |  | 2 |
QVC-Germany | 8 |  | 11 |  | 8 |  | 9 |
QVC-U.K. | 4 |  | 3 |  | 4 |  | 3 |
QVC-Italy | 3 |  | 1 |  | 2 |  | 2 |
Consolidated QVC | $ | 33 |  | 111 |  | 30 |  | 104 |
| March 31, |  | December 31, |
| 2014 |  | 2013 |
(in millions) | Total assets |  | Capital expenditures, net |  | Total assets |  | Capital expenditures, net |
QVC-U.S. | $ | 10,136 |  | 16 |  | 10,322 |  | 123 |
QVC-Japan | 741 |  | (2 | ) | 732 |  | 16 |
QVC-Germany | 1,137 |  | 4 |  | 1,109 |  | 28 |
QVC-U.K. | 624 |  | 2 |  | 613 |  | 16 |
QVC-Italy | 282 |  | 9 |  | 280 |  | 28 |
Consolidated QVC | $ | 12,920 |  | 29 |  | 13,056 |  | 211 |
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation, by geographic area were as follows:
| March 31, |  | December 31, |
(in millions) | 2014 |  | 2013 |
QVC-U.S. | $ | 439 |  | 448 |
QVC-Japan | 219 |  | 220 |
QVC-Germany | 240 |  | 244 |
QVC-U.K. | 127 |  | 129 |
QVC-Italy | 71 |  | 65 |
Consolidated QVC | $ | 1,096 |  | 1,106 |
The following table provides a reconciliation of Adjusted OIBDA to income before income taxes:
| Three months ended March 31, |
(in millions) | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Adjusted OIBDA | $ | 412 |  | 404 |
Stock‑based compensation | (8 | ) | (10 | )
Depreciation and amortization | (144 | ) | (134 | )
Equity in (losses) earnings of investee | (1 | ) | 1 |
Gains on financial instruments | — |  | 12 |
Interest expense, net | (62 | ) | (63 | )
Foreign currency loss | (1 | ) | (1 | )
Loss on extinguishment of debt | — |  | (41 | )
Income before income taxes | $ | 196 |  | 168 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 + Details
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