Exhibit 23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Directors
Liberty Media Corporation:

 

We consent to the use of our reports dated February 28, 2017, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Liberty Media Corporation and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive earnings (loss), cash flows, and equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, incorporated by reference herein, and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.

 

Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to a change in the method of accounting for share-based payments due to the Company’s adoption of FASB ASU 2016-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting.

 

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

 

Denver, Colorado

 

September 19, 2017