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Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Investments In Available-For-Sale Securities And Other Cost Investments

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Investments In Available-For-Sale Securities And Other Cost Investments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities and Other Cost Investments [Abstract] Ìý
Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities and Other Cost Investments

(6)ÌýÌýÌýInvestments in Available-for-Sale Securities and Other Cost Investments

All marketable equity and debt securities held by the Company are classified as available-for-sale ("AFS") and are carried at fair value generally based on quoted market prices. GAAP permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments, such as AFS securities, and certain other items at fair value and to recognize the changes in fair value of such instruments in the entity's statement of operations (the "fair value option"). The Company previously entered into economic hedges for certain of its non-strategic AFS securities (although such instruments were not accounted for as fair value hedges by the Company). Changes in the fair value of these economic hedges were reflected in the Company's statement of operations as unrealized gains (losses). In order to better match the changes in fair value of the subject AFS securities and the changes in fair value of the corresponding economic hedges in the Company's financial statements, the Company elected the fair value option for those of its AFS securities which it considers to be non-strategic ("Fair Value Option Securities"). Accordingly, changes in the fair value of Fair Value Option Securities, as determined by quoted market prices, are reported in realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Investments in AFS securities, including Fair Value Option Securities separately aggregated, and other cost investments are summarized as follows:

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December 31,

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2016

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2015

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amountsÌýinÌýmillions

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Liberty SiriusXM Group

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Other AFS and cost investments

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$

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Total attributed Liberty Sirius Group

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Liberty Braves Group

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Other AFS and cost investments

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8

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8

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Total attributed Liberty Braves Group

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8

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8

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FairÌýValueÌýOptionÌýSecurities

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Time Warner,ÌýInc. (a)

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313

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275

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Viacom,ÌýInc.Ìý(b)

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77

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76

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Other equity securities

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16

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74

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Other debt securities

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25

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Total Fair Value Option Securities

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406

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450

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AFS and cost investments

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Live Nation debt securities

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24

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24

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Other AFS and cost investments

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54

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51

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Total AFS and cost investments

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78

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75

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Total attributed jvidÊÓƵ Group

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484

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525

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Consolidated Liberty

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533

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(a)

See note 9 for details regarding the number and fair value of shares pledged as collateral pursuant to the Braves Holdings mixed-use development facility as of June 30, 2016.

(b)

During the six months endedÌýJune 30, 2015, Liberty sold 1.8 million shares of Viacom common stock for approximately $122 million in proceeds.

Unrealized Holding Gains and Losses

There were no unrealized holding gains and losses related to investments in AFS securities as of June 30, 2016 or December 31, 2015.