Financial Information for Tracking Stock Groups - Statement of Cash Flows (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions |
3 Months Ended |
12 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Jun. 30, 2016 |
Mar. 31, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Sep. 30, 2015 |
Jun. 30, 2015 |
Mar. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
| Cash flows from operating activities: |
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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| Net earnings (loss) |
$ 186
|
$ 169
|
$ 142
|
$ 427
|
$ 89
|
$ 41
|
$ 99
|
$ 19
|
$ 924
|
$ 248
|
$ 395
|
| Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income (Loss) to Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities [Abstract] |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
354
|
362
|
359
|
| Stock-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
150
|
204
|
217
|
| Share of (earnings) loss of affiliates, net |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14)
|
40
|
113
|
| Realized and unrealized (gains) losses on financial instruments, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(37)
|
140
|
(38)
|
| Noncash interest expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
6
|
(34)
|
| Losses (gains) on dilution of investment in affiliate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
78
|
| Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
| Deferred income tax expense (benefit) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
427
|
175
|
91
|
| Other, net |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
30
|
19
|
(12)
|
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Current and other assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25
|
(208)
|
(74)
|
| Payables and other current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
277
|
245
|
33
|
| Net cash provided (used) by operating activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,171
|
1,232
|
1,128
|
| Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash (paid) for acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(47)
|
| Cash proceeds from dispositions of investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
62
|
175
|
247
|
| Proceeds (payments) from settlement of financial instruments, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
(322)
|
(72)
|
| Investments in and loans to cost and equity investees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(784)
|
(19)
|
(183)
|
| Repayment of Notes Receivable from Related Parties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48
|
|
42
|
| Capital expended for property and equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(568)
|
(296)
|
(194)
|
| Purchases of short term investments and other marketable securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(258)
|
(174)
|
(360)
|
| Sales of short term investments and other marketable securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
273
|
358
|
176
|
| Other investing activities, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(36)
|
(8)
|
(20)
|
| Net cash provided (used) by investing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,264)
|
(286)
|
(411)
|
| Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Borrowings of debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,745
|
2,213
|
2,758
|
| Repayments of debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,749)
|
(1,196)
|
(1,936)
|
| Cash provided by the Broadband Spin-Off |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
259
|
| Repurchases of Liberty common stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(350)
|
|
| Shares repurchased by subsidiary |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,674)
|
(2,018)
|
(2,157)
|
| Proceeds from Liberty Braves common stock rights offering |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
203
|
|
|
| Taxes paid in lieu of shares issued for stock-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(58)
|
(80)
|
(48)
|
| Other financing activities, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(13)
|
5
|
|
| Net cash provided (used) by financing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(546)
|
(1,426)
|
(1,124)
|
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
361
|
(480)
|
(407)
|
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
|
|
201
|
|
|
|
681
|
201
|
681
|
1,088
|
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
562
|
|
|
|
201
|
|
|
|
562
|
201
|
681
|
| Liberty Sirius XM Group |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Net earnings (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
657
|
443
|
448
|
| Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income (Loss) to Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities [Abstract] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
312
|
322
|
314
|
| Stock-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
128
|
157
|
148
|
| Share of (earnings) loss of affiliates, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(13)
|
1
|
(5)
|
| Noncash interest expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
6
|
(35)
|
| Losses (gains) on dilution of investment in affiliate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
| Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
| Deferred income tax expense (benefit) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
332
|
290
|
284
|
| Intergroup tax allocation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(13)
|
(4)
|
30
|
| Intergroup tax (payments) receipts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21
|
15
|
19
|
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Current and other assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
59
|
(220)
|
(20)
|
| Payables and other current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
184
|
212
|
57
|
| Net cash provided (used) by operating activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,704
|
1,222
|
1,242
|
| Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash (paid) for acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
| Repayment of Notes Receivable from Related Parties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32
|
| Capital expended for property and equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(206)
|
(135)
|
(126)
|
| Other investing activities, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
|
| Net cash provided (used) by investing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(210)
|
(135)
|
(92)
|
| Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Borrowings of debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,847
|
1,978
|
2,658
|
| Repayments of debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,471)
|
(1,038)
|
(1,266)
|
| Intergroup (payments) receipts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
58
|
9
|
(335)
|
| Shares repurchased by subsidiary |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,674)
|
(2,018)
|
(2,157)
|
| Taxes paid in lieu of shares issued for stock-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(47)
|
(54)
|
(37)
|
| Other financing activities, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(32)
|
|
|
| Net cash provided (used) by financing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,319)
|
(1,123)
|
(1,137)
|
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
175
|
(36)
|
13
|
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
|
|
112
|
|
|
|
148
|
112
|
148
|
135
|
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
287
|
|
|
|
112
|
|
|
|
287
|
112
|
148
|
| Liberty Braves Group |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Net earnings (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(62)
|
(20)
|
(24)
|
| Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income (Loss) to Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities [Abstract] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32
|
31
|
29
|
| Stock-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
10
|
12
|
| Share of (earnings) loss of affiliates, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9)
|
(9)
|
(10)
|
| Unrealized gains losses on intergroup interest |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
| Realized and unrealized (gains) losses on financial instruments, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
| Noncash interest expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
| Deferred income tax expense (benefit) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
(6)
|
(7)
|
| Intergroup tax allocation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(19)
|
(4)
|
(5)
|
| Intergroup tax (payments) receipts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
1
|
(10)
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
(27)
|
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Current and other assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17)
|
9
|
(53)
|
| Payables and other current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
105
|
33
|
11
|
| Net cash provided (used) by operating activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
89
|
45
|
(84)
|
| Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash proceeds from dispositions of investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
| Investments in and loans to cost and equity investees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(20)
|
|
|
| Repayment of Notes Receivable from Related Parties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
| Capital expended for property and equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(360)
|
(128)
|
(66)
|
| Other investing activities, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(33)
|
(9)
|
(6)
|
| Net cash provided (used) by investing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(413)
|
(113)
|
(62)
|
| Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Borrowings of debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
460
|
197
|
100
|
| Repayments of debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(276)
|
(158)
|
|
| Intergroup (payments) receipts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
31
|
|
| Proceeds from Liberty Braves common stock rights offering |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
203
|
|
|
| Other financing activities, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
| Net cash provided (used) by financing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
418
|
70
|
100
|
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
94
|
2
|
(46)
|
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
11
|
13
|
11
|
57
|
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
107
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
107
|
13
|
11
|
| Liberty Formula One Group |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Net earnings (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
329
|
(175)
|
(29)
|
| Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income (Loss) to Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities [Abstract] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
9
|
16
|
| Stock-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13
|
37
|
57
|
| Share of (earnings) loss of affiliates, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
48
|
128
|
| Unrealized gains losses on intergroup interest |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(27)
|
|
|
| Realized and unrealized (gains) losses on financial instruments, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(36)
|
140
|
(38)
|
| Noncash interest expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
| Losses (gains) on dilution of investment in affiliate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
76
|
| Deferred income tax expense (benefit) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
94
|
(109)
|
(186)
|
| Intergroup tax allocation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32
|
8
|
(25)
|
| Intergroup tax (payments) receipts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14)
|
(1)
|
10
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2)
|
4
|
(4)
|
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Current and other assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17)
|
3
|
(1)
|
| Payables and other current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12)
|
|
(35)
|
| Net cash provided (used) by operating activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
378
|
(35)
|
(30)
|
| Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash (paid) for acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(49)
|
| Cash proceeds from dispositions of investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
62
|
151
|
247
|
| Proceeds (payments) from settlement of financial instruments, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
(322)
|
(72)
|
| Investments in and loans to cost and equity investees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(764)
|
(19)
|
(183)
|
| Repayment of Notes Receivable from Related Parties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
| Capital expended for property and equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2)
|
(33)
|
(2)
|
| Purchases of short term investments and other marketable securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(258)
|
(174)
|
(360)
|
| Sales of short term investments and other marketable securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
273
|
358
|
176
|
| Other investing activities, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
(14)
|
| Net cash provided (used) by investing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(641)
|
(38)
|
(257)
|
| Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Borrowings of debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
438
|
38
|
|
| Repayments of debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
(670)
|
| Intergroup (payments) receipts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(74)
|
(40)
|
335
|
| Cash provided by the Broadband Spin-Off |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
259
|
| Repurchases of Liberty common stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(350)
|
|
| Taxes paid in lieu of shares issued for stock-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(11)
|
(26)
|
(11)
|
| Other financing activities, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
5
|
|
| Net cash provided (used) by financing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
355
|
(373)
|
(87)
|
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
92
|
(446)
|
(374)
|
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
|
|
$ 76
|
|
|
|
$ 522
|
76
|
522
|
896
|
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ 168
|
|
|
|
$ 76
|
|
|
|
$ 168
|
$ 76
|
$ 522
|