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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)
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| Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Table Text Block] |
Included in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations are the following amounts of stock-based compensation, a portion of which relates to SIRIUS XM as discussed below:
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| Table Presents The Number And Weighted Average Exercise Price (WAEP) Of Certain Options And SARs To Purchase Common Stock Granted To Certain Officers, Employees And Directors Of The Company |
The following table presents the number and weighted average exercise price ("WAEP") of Awards to purchase Liberty common stock granted to certain officers, employees and directors of the Company and certain Awards of employees of Starz.
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| Schedule Of Outstanding Options To Purchase Liberty Common Stock |
The following table provides additional information about outstanding Awards to purchase Liberty common stock at March 31, 2013.
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Schedule of outstanding options to purchase Liberty common stock [Text Block] No definition available.
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Disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which share-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from share-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from share-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate. 0 No definition available.
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Tabular disclosure of the allocation of equity-based compensation costs to a given line item on the balance sheet and income statement for the period. This may include the reporting line for the costs and the amount capitalized and expensed. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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