The division was formed with the purpose of taking advantage of emerging technologies, such as set-top boxes, to develop interactive programming.

[2] On September 10, 1999, TCI Music was renamed Liberty Digital Inc. (NASDAQ symbol: LDIG), with the new company trading on NASDAQ's National Market tier, after Liberty Media traded most of its internet content, interactive television assets, and rights to provide AT&T's cable systems with interactive services, plus cash and notes valued at $150 million, for TCI Music stock.

[8] In November 2007, Liberty Media announced four major spin-offs: HSN, Ticketmaster, Interval (vacation and time-share business) and LendingTree.

IAC retained most of its emerging internet businesses: Ask.com, Evite, Match.com, Vimeo, Citysearch and Zwinky.

[17] On July 6, 2017, Liberty Interactive announced that it would purchase the remaining 62% of HSN stock that it didn't already own, in a $2.1 billion all-stock deal at $40.36 a share.

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