Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Investments In Available-For-Sale Securities And Other Cost Investments (Tables)

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Investments In Available-For-Sale Securities And Other Cost Investments (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Investments In Available-For-Sale Securities And Other Cost Investments  
Available-for-sale Securities [Table Text Block]
Investments in AFS securities, including Fair Value Option Securities separately aggregated, and other cost investments are summarized as follows:
 
September 30,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
 
amounts in millions
Fair Value Option Securities
 
 
 
  Time Warner, Inc. (a)
$
291

 
211

  Time Warner Cable, Inc. (a)
264

 
230

  Viacom, Inc. (a)
303

 
192

  CenturyLink, Inc. (a)
57

 
70

  Barnes & Noble, Inc.
231

 
262

  Other equity securities
40

 
58

  Other debt securities
34

 
56

      Total Fair Value Option Securities
1,220

 
1,079

AFS and cost investments
 
 
 
  SIRIUS XM debt securities (b)

 
249

  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ("Live Nation") debt securities
24

 
25

    Other AFS and cost investments
31

 
39

      Total AFS and cost investments
55

 
313

 
$
1,275

 
1,392


(a)
See note 10 for details regarding the number and fair value of shares pledged as collateral pursuant to certain margin loan agreements as of September 30, 2013.
(b)
During the three months ended March 31, 2013, as discussed in note 2, Liberty acquired an additional 50 million common shares and acquired a controlling interest in SIRIUS XM and as a result consolidates SIRIUS XM as of such date. Therefore, the related SIRIUS XM debt securities are considered effectively settled upon consolidation.

Unrealized Holdings Gains And Losses
Unrealized holding gains and losses related to investments in AFS securities are summarized below.
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
Equity
securities
 
Debt
securities
 
Equity
securities
 
Debt
securities
 
amounts in millions
Gross unrealized holding gains
$
7

 
1

 
2

 
37

Gross unrealized holding losses
$