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2qvc_CableAndSatelliteTelevisionDistributionRightsTableTextBlockqvc_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel| 1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Cable and satellite television distribution rights consisted of the following:</font><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td width="76%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="10%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="11%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:2px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:2px solid #000000;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">March 31,</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-top:2px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:2px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">December 31,</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-top:2px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">(in millions)</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">2013</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">2012</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Cable and satellite television distribution rights</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2,276</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2,304</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Less accumulated amortization</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(1,554</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-right:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(1,540</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-right:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:20px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Cable and satellite television distribution rights, net</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">722</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">764</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div>falsefalsefalse | 2falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 12px; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">Cable and satellite television distribution rights consisted of the following:</font>
<div style="PADDING-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 10px;">
<table style="text-align:left;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; WIDTH: 100%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-ALIGN: left;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr style="padding:0;">
<td colspan="6"></td></tr>
<tr style="padding:0;">
<td width="76%"></td>
<td width="1%"></td>
<td width="10%"></td>
<td width="1%"></td>
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="1%"></td></tr>
<tr style="padding:0;">
<td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; OVERFLOW: hidden;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;"> </font></div></td>
<td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px;" colspan="4">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right;"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">December 31,</font></div></td>
<td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; OVERFLOW: hidden;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;"> </font></div></td></tr>
<tr style="padding:0;">
<td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">(in millions)</font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right;"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">2012</font></div></td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;"><br /></font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right;"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">2011</font></div></td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;"><br /></font></div></td></tr>
<tr style="padding:0;">
<td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">Cable and satellite television distribution rights</font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">$</font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">2,304</font></div></td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;"><br /></font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">2,284</font></div></td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;"><br /></font></div></td></tr>
<tr style="padding:0;">
<td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">Less accumulated amortization</font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">(1,540</font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">)</font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">(1,379</font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">)</font></div></td></tr>
<tr style="padding:0;">
<td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; PADDING-LEFT: 20px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">Cable and satellite television distribution rights, net</font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">$</font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">764</font></div></td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;"><br /></font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">905</font></div></td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;"><br /></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div>falsefalsefalse | nonnum:textBlockItemTypenaTable for affiliation agreements with cable and satellite television providers for carriage of the company's service, as well as for certain channel placement.No definition available.false0
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2qvc_CableAndSatelliteTelevisionDistributionRightsFutureAmortizationExpenseTableTextBlockqvc_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel| 1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">March 31, 2013</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, related amortization expense for each of the next five years ended December 31 was as follows (in millions):</font><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="4" rowspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td width="88%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="10%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:2px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Remainder of 2013</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:2px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:2px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">130</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:2px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2014</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">168</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2015</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">162</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2016</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">161</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2017</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">111</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div>falsefalsefalse | 2falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 12px; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">As of</font> <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: inherit; TEXT-DECORATION: none;">December 31, 2012</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">, related amortization expense for each of the next five years ended December 31 was as follows (in millions):</font>
<div style="PADDING-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 10px;">
<table style="text-align:left;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; WIDTH: 100%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-ALIGN: left;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr style="padding:0;">
<td colspan="4"></td></tr>
<tr style="padding:0;">
<td width="88%"></td>
<td width="1%"></td>
<td width="10%"></td>
<td width="1%"></td></tr>
<tr style="padding:0;">
<td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">2013</font></div></td>
<td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">$</font></div></td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">166</font></div></td>
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<td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">2014</font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px;" colspan="2">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">162</font></div></td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;"><br /></font></div></td></tr>
<tr style="padding:0;">
<td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">2015</font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;" colspan="2">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">159</font></div></td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;"><br /></font></div></td></tr>
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<td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">2016</font></div></td>
<td style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px;" colspan="2">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">158</font></div></td>
<td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;"><br /></font></div></td></tr>
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<td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff;">
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">2017</font></div></td>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: inherit;">107</font></div></td>
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