Liberty posts higher revenue for QVC, Starz

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NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - Liberty Media said on Thursday its QVC home shopping channel posted a 5 percent increase in revenue in the first quarter, while its Starz Entertainment cable movie channels saw revenue rise 3 percent.

Liberty Media, run by cable mogul John Malone, operates under three tracking shares to allow investors to follow its businesses more closely.

Liberty swapped its stake in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp NWSa.N for News Corp's controlling stake in DirecTV Group (DTV.O) and spun off the stake into a new tracking stock Liberty Entertainment.

Liberty Interactive Corp (LINTA.O) is home to QVC; Liberty Entertainment (LMDIA.O) holds Liberty's interest in DirecTV Group Inc DTV.Oi and Starz Entertainment; and Liberty Capital (LCAPA.O) holds other investments.

Liberty Capital reported a net loss of $105 million, or 81 cents per share. Liberty Interactive posted a quarterly profit rise to $125 million, or 21 cents per share, from $91 million, or 14 cents per share.

Liberty Entertainment posted a net profit of $35 million, or 7 cents per share.

(Reporting by Kenneth Li and Tiffany Wu; Editing by Andre Grenon)

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