Liberty Media Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Discontinued Operations (Tables)

Discontinued Operations (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Certain combined financial information for Starz, which is included in earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, is as follows:



	Three months ended June 30, 2012		Six months ended June 30, 2012
	amounts in millions
Revenue	$	403	808
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	$	95	215

A summary of certain asset and liability amounts for Starz included in assets or liabilities of discontinued operations, is as follows:



	December 31, 2012
	amounts in millions
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	750
Trade and other receivables, net	$	261
Program rights, including current portion	$	679

Liabilities
Accrued liabilities	$	245
Debt, including current portion	$	540

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of disposal groups, which may include the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss), amounts of revenues and pretax profit or loss reported in discontinued operations, the classification and carrying value of the assets and liabilities comprising the disposal group, and the segment in which the disposal group was reported. Also may include the amount of adjustments to amounts previously reported in discontinued operations such as resolution of contingencies arising from the disposal transaction or the operations of the component prior to disposal.

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