Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 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)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Investments In Available-For-Sale Securities And Other Cost Investments  
Available-for-sale Securities, Including Fair Value Option Securities Separately Aggregated, and Other Cost Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

December 31, 2015

   

December 31, 2014

 

 

 

amounts in millions

 

Fair Value Option Securities

    

 

 

    

    

 

Time Warner Inc. (a)

 

$

275

 

363

 

Viacom, Inc. (b)

 

 

76

 

273

 

Other equity securities

 

 

74

 

82

 

Other debt securities

 

 

25

 

27

 

Total Fair Value Option Securities

 

 

450

 

745

 

AFS and cost investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Live Nation debt securities

 

 

24

 

24

 

Other AFS and cost investments

 

 

59

 

47

 

Total AFS and cost investments

 

 

83

 

71

 

 

 

$

533

 

816

 


(a)

See note 9 for details regarding the number and fair value of shares pledged as collateral pursuant to certain margin loan agreements and the Braves Holdings mixed-use development facility as of December 31, 2015.

(b)

During the year ended December 31, 2015, Liberty sold 1.8 million shares of Viacom, Inc. common stock for approximately $122 million in proceeds.  Shares of Viacom, Inc. common stock are no longer pledged as collateral pursuant to margin loan agreements as of December 31, 2015.