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EchoStar Corporation
(NASDAQ:SATS) 

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EchoStar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband satellite technologies and broadband Internet services. It operates in two segments, Hughes and EchoStar Satellite Services (ESS). The Hughes segment provides broadband satellite technologies and internet services for home and ...

Founded: 1980
Full Time Employees: 2,300
Sector: Technology
Industry: Communication Equipment

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At a glance:
  • Satellite Communications Provider with Multiple Operating Segments: EchoStar operates across satellite services, broadband connectivity, and related managed services, leveraging satellite infrastructure and spectrum assets to serve consumer, enterprise, and government customers.
  • Revenue Mix Influenced by Pay-TV, Broadband, and Services Contracts: Results can be shaped by subscriber dynamics in legacy video/pay-TV offerings, growth in satellite broadband, and the timing and scale of long-term service and capacity agreements.
  • Capital-Intensive Business Model Drives Cash Flow Variability: Ongoing needs for satellite launches, network upgrades, and ground infrastructure create lumpy capital expenditures and can lead to meaningful quarter-to-quarter swings in free cash flow.
  • Balance Sheet and Liquidity Are Key Investor Focus Areas: Given the industry’s high fixed costs and financing requirements, investors often track leverage, refinancing needs, interest expense trends, and available liquidity to fund operations and investment plans.
  • Competitive and Regulatory Landscape Can Move the Outlook: Competition from terrestrial wireless and low-earth-orbit alternatives, along with spectrum policy and regulatory approvals, can materially affect growth opportunities, pricing, and strategic flexibility.
Bull Thesis:
  • Synergistic Benefits from DISH Merger: The recent merger with DISH Network is expected to unlock significant cost efficiencies, operational synergies, and cross-selling opportunities across satellite broadband, pay-TV, and wireless segments, potentially improving profitability and market position.
  • Valuable Spectrum Portfolio: EchoStar possesses a substantial portfolio of wireless spectrum licenses, a scarce and valuable asset that could be monetized through partnerships, wholesale agreements, or future sale, providing a long-term strategic advantage in the evolving telecom landscape.
  • Growth Potential in Satellite Broadband (HughesNet): With a focus on underserved rural markets and the recent launch of Jupiter 3, HughesNet is well-positioned to capture demand for high-speed internet where terrestrial options are limited, offering a stable and potentially growing revenue stream.
  • Strategic Positioning in the Evolving Telecom Landscape: The combined entity's diverse assets (satellite infrastructure, spectrum, wireless network, pay-TV base) could make it a strategic partner or acquisition target for larger players looking to expand their reach or capabilities in a converging telecom market.
Bear Thesis:
  • Heavy Debt Burden and Persistent Negative Free Cash Flow: The combined company carries a substantial debt load, exacerbated by ongoing capital expenditures for the 5G wireless network buildout, leading to continued negative free cash flow and potential liquidity challenges.
  • Accelerated Decline in Legacy Pay-TV Subscribers: The core DISH TV business continues to face significant headwinds from cord-cutting, resulting in a shrinking subscriber base and declining revenue, which pressures overall profitability and cash generation.
  • Intense Competition and High Capital Requirements in Wireless: EchoStar's wireless venture (Boost Mobile, Project Genesis) operates in a highly competitive market dominated by established players, requiring massive and continuous capital investment to build out and maintain its 5G network with uncertain returns.
  • Significant Integration Risks Post-Merger: The successful integration of DISH Network and EchoStar is complex and carries substantial risks, including potential operational disruptions, failure to achieve anticipated synergies, and challenges in streamlining diverse business units and cultures.
Main Competitors:
  • Viasat, Inc. ($VSAT) (Viasat Internet), A direct competitor in the geostationary satellite broadband market, offering internet services to residential and enterprise customers, particularly in rural areas. Viasat also competes with EchoStar in providing government and commercial satellite services and capacity.
  • SpaceX (Starlink), A major disruptive competitor in the satellite internet market. Starlink's low-earth orbit (LEO) constellation offers significantly lower latency and often higher speeds than traditional geostationary satellite services like EchoStar's HughesNet, directly challenging EchoStar's core broadband business for rural customers.
  • SES S.A. ($SESG) (O3b MEO constellation, GEO satellite capacity), A global satellite operator that competes with EchoStar in providing satellite capacity and managed services to governments, enterprises, and broadcasters worldwide. Their O3b medium-earth orbit (MEO) constellation offers high-throughput, low-latency services that compete with some of EchoStar's higher-end offerings.
  • T-Mobile US, Inc. ($TMUS) (T-Mobile Home Internet), While not a satellite company, T-Mobile competes with EchoStar's HughesNet by offering terrestrial fixed wireless access (FWA) internet services in rural and underserved areas. FWA can provide a faster and often more affordable alternative to satellite broadband where cellular coverage is available, directly impacting EchoStar's target market.
Moat:
EchoStar's primary moat stems from its established fleet of geostationary satellites, extensive ground infrastructure, and a significant customer base, particularly through HughesNet. Building and operating satellite networks requires immense capital investment, technical expertise, and regulatory approvals, creating high barriers to entry. However, the competitive landscape is rapidly intensifying. EchoStar faces direct competition from other geostationary satellite operators (like Viasat), but more significantly, from disruptive low-earth orbit (LEO) constellations like Starlink, which offer superior latency and speed. Additionally, terrestrial alternatives such as fixed wireless access (FWA) from cellular carriers are expanding into rural markets, further challenging EchoStar's traditional stronghold in underserved areas. EchoStar's long-term success hinges on its ability to innovate, leverage its existing assets for new services (e.g., government, enterprise, IoT), and adapt to a market increasingly favoring lower-latency, higher-bandwidth solutions.
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      revenue:
                                                                         
      service revenue
    3,449,520,000 3,427,947,000 3,540,107,000 3,606,156,000 3,722,697,000 3,671,674,000 3,742,086,000 3,819,673,000                                                              
      equipment sales and other revenue
    346,494,000 186,311,000 184,852,000 263,602,000 244,241,000 219,310,000 210,665,000 195,170,000                                                              
      total revenue
    3,796,014,000 3,614,258,000 3,724,959,000 3,869,758,000 3,966,938,000 3,890,984,000 3,952,751,000 4,014,843,000 15,709,818,000 413,074,000 453,109,000 439,597,000 499,856,000 497,387,000 499,316,000 501,534,000 498,644,000 504,660,000 499,834,000 482,582,000 489,273,000 473,502,000 459,466,000 465,666,000 499,006,000 472,262,000 537,124,000 531,082,000 530,661,000 532,953,000 525,957,000 501,792,000 506,048,000 481,233,000 465,076,000 433,151,000 740,393,000 742,349,000 757,629,000 816,359,000 790,587,000 760,879,000 793,595,000 798,653,000 895,840,000 879,828,000 826,023,000 848,908,000 830,003,000 795,454,000 786,199,000 764,721,000 806,004,000 764,780,000 834,209,000 863,163,000 584,233,000 479,826,000 513,200,000 607,040,000 603,049,000 627,080,000 383,148,000 479,547,000 496,436,000 616,173,000 483,340,000 554,571,000  
      yoy
    -4.31% -7.11% -5.76% -3.61% -74.75% 841.96% 772.36% 813.30% 3042.87% -16.95% -9.25% -12.35% 0.24% -1.44% -0.10% 3.93% 1.92% 6.58% 8.79% 3.63% -1.95% 0.26% -14.46% -12.32% -5.97% -11.39% 2.12% 5.84% 4.86% 10.75% 13.09% 15.85% -31.65% -35.17% -38.61% -46.94% -6.35% -2.44% -4.53% 2.22% -11.75% -13.52% -3.93% -5.92% 7.93% 10.61% 5.07% 11.01% 2.98% 4.01% -5.76% -11.40% 37.96% 59.39% 62.55% 42.19% -3.12% -23.48% 33.94% 26.59% 21.48% 1.77% -20.73% -13.53%      
      qoq
    5.03% -2.97% -3.74% -2.45% 1.95% -1.56% -1.55% -74.44% 3703.15% -8.84% 3.07% -12.06% 0.50% -0.39% -0.44% 0.58% -1.19% 0.97% 3.57% -1.37% 3.33% 3.05% -1.33% -6.68% 5.66% -12.08% 1.14% 0.08% -0.43% 1.33% 4.82% -0.84% 5.16% 3.47% 7.37% -41.50% -0.26% -2.02% -7.19% 3.26% 3.90% -4.12% -0.63% -10.85% 1.82% 6.51% -2.70% 2.28% 4.34% 1.18% 2.81% -5.12% 5.39% -8.32% -3.35% 47.74% 21.76% -6.50% -15.46% 0.66% -3.83% 63.67% -20.10% -3.40% -19.43% 27.48% -12.84%   
      costs and expenses
                                                                         
      cost of services
    2,181,031,000 2,370,363,000 2,461,631,000 2,432,198,000 2,532,813,000 2,538,149,000 2,507,478,000 2,557,182,000                                                              
      cost of sales - equipment and other
    499,880,000 391,524,000 354,187,000 439,508,000 472,755,000 393,024,000 408,093,000 363,083,000                                                              
      selling, general and administrative expenses
    531,421,000 621,487,000 629,494,000 597,851,000 564,226,000 643,144,000 595,024,000 624,422,000 2,666,685,000 104,988,000 107,420,000 110,061,000 112,552,000 111,421,000 113,091,000 118,170,000 120,562,000 112,986,000 114,038,000 114,119,000 120,475,000 115,358,000 113,798,000 125,281,000 124,993,000 122,676,000 152,629,000 112,134,000 122,408,000 107,490,000 103,074,000 103,275,000 102,187,000 91,003,000 89,826,000 82,991,000 89,257,000 101,541,000 96,143,000 98,693,000 93,654,000 91,830,000 90,704,000 97,928,000 93,127,000 90,492,000 87,632,000 84,071,000 90,109,000 93,908,000 85,459,000 93,871,000 91,507,000 96,979,000 98,070,000 102,790,000 42,943,000 44,772,000 32,024,000 30,366,000 33,345,000 32,631,000 27,099,000 24,417,000 53,164,000 28,252,000 26,691,000 24,979,000  
      depreciation and amortization
    212,870,000 391,291,000 493,055,000 488,333,000 459,834,000 477,434,000 507,525,000 485,400,000 1,286,449,000 103,028,000 105,588,000 102,858,000 110,397,000 110,233,000 116,555,000 120,436,000 122,465,000 120,596,000 118,982,000 129,286,000 132,934,000 129,822,000 129,887,000 132,368,000 129,146,000 122,374,000 155,410,000 154,221,000 153,620,000 150,555,000 148,449,000 145,554,000 142,251,000 134,822,000 130,034,000 115,083,000 124,196,000 123,633,000 120,505,000 126,734,000 129,611,000 132,892,000 132,470,000 133,185,000 142,294,000 140,647,000 133,226,000 124,742,000 128,144,000 126,699,000 117,854,000 110,778,000 114,604,000 114,090,000 129,701,000 128,120,000 71,059,000 57,014,000 56,045,000 58,191,000 57,026,000 57,649,000 59,475,000 61,949,000 70,430,000 69,781,000 63,015,000 60,970,000  
      impairments and other
    1,150,543,000 16,481,468,000                                                                    
      total costs and expenses
    4,575,745,000 20,256,133,000 3,938,367,000 3,957,890,000 4,029,628,000 4,051,751,000 4,018,120,000 4,030,087,000 16,082,427,000 390,994,000 408,736,000 411,350,000 448,220,000 450,353,000 453,410,000 456,466,000 463,001,000 442,063,000 434,526,000 429,120,000 459,165,000 436,512,000 424,694,000 455,063,000 475,209,000 446,216,000 514,174,000 471,821,000 550,228,000 462,918,000 451,192,000 443,782,000 463,696,000 424,819,000 419,186,000 381,500,000 634,327,000 660,368,000 667,743,000 729,894,000 698,714,000 672,272,000 699,247,000 717,448,000 803,563,000 787,358,000 766,203,000 808,004,000 823,915,000 771,518,000 785,536,000 740,841,000 760,071,000 735,370,000 832,306,000 840,897,000 538,412,000 468,978,000 481,557,000 568,437,000 571,736,000 586,314,000 386,198,000 481,895,000 1,150,383,000 614,092,000 485,729,000 540,910,000  
      operating income
    -779,731,000 -16,641,875,000 -213,408,000 -88,132,000 -62,690,000 -160,767,000 -65,369,000 -15,244,000 -372,609,000 22,080,000 44,373,000 28,247,000 51,636,000 47,034,000 45,906,000 45,068,000 35,643,000 62,597,000 65,308,000 53,462,000 30,108,000 36,990,000 34,772,000 10,603,000 23,797,000 26,046,000 22,950,000 59,261,000 -19,567,000 70,035,000 74,765,000 58,010,000 42,352,000 56,414,000 45,890,000 51,651,000 106,066,000 81,981,000 89,886,000 86,465,000 91,873,000 88,607,000 94,348,000 81,205,000 92,277,000 92,470,000 59,820,000 40,904,000 6,088,000 23,936,000 663,000 23,880,000 45,933,000 29,410,000 1,903,000 22,266,000 45,821,000 10,848,000 31,643,000 38,603,000 31,313,000 40,766,000 -3,050,000 -2,348,000 -653,947,000 2,081,000 -2,389,000 13,661,000  
      yoy
    1143.79% 10251.55% 226.47% 478.14% -83.18% -828.11% -247.32% -153.97% -821.61% -53.06% -3.34% -37.32% 44.87% -24.86% -29.71% -15.70% 18.38% 69.23% 87.82% 404.22% 26.52% 42.02% 51.51% -82.11% -221.62% -62.81% -69.30% 2.16% -146.20% 24.14% 62.92% 12.31% -60.07% -31.19% -48.95% -40.26% 15.45% -7.48% -4.73% 6.48% -0.44% -4.18% 57.72% 98.53% 1415.72% 286.32% 8922.62% 71.29% -86.75% -18.61% -65.16% 7.25% 0.24% 171.11% -93.99% -42.32% 46.33% -73.39% -1137.48% -1744.08% -104.79% 1858.96% 27.67% -117.19%      
      qoq
    -95.31% 7698.15% 142.15% 40.58% -61.01% 145.94% 328.82% -95.91% -1787.54% -50.24% 57.09% -45.30% 9.78% 2.46% 1.86% 26.44% -43.06% -4.15% 22.16% 77.57% -18.61% 6.38% 227.94% -55.44% -8.63% 13.49% -61.27% -402.86% -127.94% -6.33% 28.88% 36.97% -24.93% 22.93% -11.15% -51.30% 29.38% -8.79% 3.96% -5.89% 3.69% -6.08% 16.18% -12.00% -0.21% 54.58% 46.24% 571.88% -74.57% 3510.26% -97.22% -48.01% 56.18% 1445.45% -91.45% -51.41% 322.39% -65.72% -18.03% 23.28% -23.19% -1436.59% 29.90% -99.64% -31524.65% -187.11% -117.49%   
      operating margin %
    -20.54% -460.45% -5.73% -2.28% -1.58% -4.13% -1.65% -0.38% -2.37% 5.35% 9.79% 6.43% 10.33% 9.46% 9.19% 8.99% 7.15% 12.40% 13.07% 11.08% 6.15% 7.81% 7.57% 2.28% 4.77% 5.52% 4.27% 11.16% -3.69% 13.14% 14.22% 11.56% 8.37% 11.72% 9.87% 11.92% 14.33% 11.04% 11.86% 10.59% 11.62% 11.65% 11.89% 10.17% 10.30% 10.51% 7.24% 4.82% 0.73% 3.01% 0.08% 3.12% 5.70% 3.85% 0.23% 2.58% 7.84% 2.26% 6.17% 6.36% 5.19% 6.50% -0.80% -0.49% -131.73% 0.34% -0.49% 2.46%  
      other income:
                                                                         
      interest income
    44,648,000 53,187,000 65,369,000 65,529,000 61,034,000 11,200,000 13,929,000 30,462,000 129,043,000 26,209,000 23,526,000 28,596,000 21,223,000 14,183,000 9,072,000 6,422,000 5,887,000 5,725,000 5,240,000 5,949,000 6,275,000 7,364,000 10,760,000 15,583,000 17,535,000 17,175,000 23,213,000 24,429,000 24,038,000 21,349,000 19,253,000 15,635,000 14,277,000 12,012,000 10,039,000 8,291,000 7,520,000 6,260,000 3,503,000 3,966,000 2,533,000 2,562,000 2,723,000 2,611,000 2,270,000 2,147,000 2,598,000 2,982,000 1,982,000 1,977,000 2,312,000 2,697,000 3,288,000 2,879,000 3,615,000 2,394,000 2,135,000 2,677,000 5,258,000 3,525,000 3,843,000 1,846,000 5,489,000 9,289,000 20,865,000 21,436,000 19,444,000 21,369,000  
      interest expense, net of amounts capitalized
    -579,354,000 -377,072,000 -279,232,000 -286,055,000 -219,545,000 -81,503,000 -81,166,000 -99,408,000 -51,181,000 -12,650,000 -13,240,000 -13,286,000 -14,045,000 -13,845,000 -14,307,000 -14,973,000 -15,664,000 -16,313,000 -28,868,000 -34,667,000 -35,469,000 -37,967,000 -38,258,000 -36,233,000 -94,203,000 -49,865,000 -60,163,000 -59,882,000 -62,197,000 -62,086,000 -61,534,000 -62,751,000 -60,742,000 -55,646,000 -55,456,000 -45,396,000 -43,135,000 -37,358,000 -19,927,000 -23,210,000                  462,000 -3,833,000 11,074,000 -10,206,000  -7,229,000 -7,286,000      
      other
    17,332,000 28,953,000 35,137,000 41,390,000 658,998,000 52,107,000 -91,498,000 -26,110,000 -1,768,484,000 -11,750,000 9,372,000 70,000 1,012,000 -319,000 2,673,000 -156,000 488,000 775,000 -12,767,000 -930,000 574,000 291,000 -391,000 -279,000 15,862,000 -16,587,000 1,760,000 -685,000 452,000 -5,069,000 -336,000 204,000 -1,629,000 4,686,000 2,453,000 1,072,000 -4,150,000 645,000 -2,131,000 7,386,000  2,115,000     636,000 295,000  5,481,000 24,287,000 7,900,000 22,811,000 4,533,000    6,991,000 5,931,000 1,439,000 -6,559,000  -2,460,000 -2,585,000 85,148,000 -155,618,000 64,486,000 -3,285,000  
      total other income
    -517,374,000 -294,932,000 -178,726,000 -179,136,000 500,487,000 -18,196,000 -158,735,000 -95,056,000 -1,635,292,000 -13,001,000 -16,515,000 11,033,000 11,252,000 -14,289,000 -30,043,000 76,659,000 -113,147,000 -12,632,000 -9,141,000 46,257,000 -14,945,000 -10,767,000 -38,764,000 -75,832,000 -71,988,000 -44,191,000 -27,088,000  -86,643,000 -40,697,000 20,721,000     -20,888,000 -36,048,000 -25,059,000 -6,088,000 -10,359,000           10,505,000   96,786,000    14,099,000 154,131,000 -5,143,000 -56,411,000 53,871,000 101,586,000 7,628,000 -148,127,000 -304,970,000 56,009,000 -2,998,000  
      income before income taxes
    -1,297,105,000 -16,936,807,000 -392,134,000 -267,268,000 437,797,000 -178,963,000 -224,104,000 -110,300,000 -2,007,901,000 9,079,000 27,858,000 39,280,000 62,888,000 32,745,000 15,863,000 121,727,000 51,462,750 49,965,000 56,167,000 99,719,000       -4,138,000 23,188,000         70,018,000 56,922,000 83,798,000 76,106,000 68,762,000 56,935,000 49,876,000 45,999,000 64,545,000 48,525,000 15,187,000    11,168,000 21,860,000 35,460,000 126,196,000 -22,341,000  28,152,000 24,947,000 185,774,000 33,460,000 -25,098,000 94,637,000 98,536,000 5,280,000 -802,074,000 -302,889,000 53,620,000 10,663,000  
      income tax benefit
    81,639,000 4,155,459,000 85,290,000 63,987,000 -102,678,000 35,162,000 16,646,000 1,925,000 335,640,000 -8,547,000 -18,773,000 -11,460,000 -15,308,000 -13,195,000 -5,390,000 -32,782,000 -2,579,000 -19,748,000 -21,152,000 -22,147,000 -17,760,000 -2,950,000 -10,851,000 7,492,000 -7,881,000 -5,016,000  -8,180,000    5,403,000    12,000            5,689,000 15,882,000 5,646,000 15,625,000 409,000  305,000     -16,836,000 -28,309,000 -16,379,000  2,536,000 -5,925,000 112,478,000 -5,041,000 -5,796,000 -4,962,000  
      net income
    -1,215,466,000 -12,781,348,000 -306,844,000 -203,281,000 335,119,000 -143,801,000 -207,458,000 -108,375,000 -1,672,261,000 532,000 9,085,000 27,820,000 47,580,000 19,550,000 10,473,000 88,945,000 -80,083,000 30,217,000 35,015,000 77,572,000 -2,597,000 23,273,000 -14,843,000 -57,737,000 -63,094,000 -21,106,000 -5,060,000 15,008,000 -111,648,000 16,502,000 77,684,000 -21,171,000 313,814,000 35,201,000 7,122,000 37,352,000 38,930,000 37,410,000 55,909,000 48,443,000 62,402,000 28,358,000 31,013,000 27,598,000 58,437,000 29,614,000 12,030,000 4,637,000 -9,583 3,498,000 26,793,000 22,269,000 35,450,000 126,501,000 -12,612,000 -18,847,000 18,574,000 17,159,000 168,938,000 5,151,000 -41,477,000 71,746,000 101,072,000 -645,000 -689,596,000 -307,930,000 47,824,000 5,701,000  
      yoy
    -462.70% 8788.22% 47.91% 87.57% -120.04% -27130.26% -2383.52% -489.56% -3614.63% -97.28% -13.25% -68.72% -159.41% -35.30% -70.09% 14.66% 2983.67% 29.84% -335.90% -234.35% -95.88% -210.27% 193.34% -484.71% -43.49% -227.90% -106.51% -170.89% -135.58% -53.12% 990.76% -156.68% 706.10% -5.90% -87.26% -22.89% -37.61% 31.92% 80.28% 75.53% 6.79% -4.24% 157.80% 495.17% -609898.60% 746.60% -55.10% -79.18% -100.03% -97.23% -312.44% -218.16% 90.86% 637.23% -107.47% -465.89% -144.78% -76.08% 67.15% -898.60% -93.99% -123.30% 111.34% -111.31%      
      qoq
    -90.49% 4065.42% 50.95% -160.66% -333.04% -30.68% 91.43% -93.52% -314434.77% -94.14% -67.34% -41.53% 143.38% 86.67% -88.23% -211.07% -365.03% -13.70% -54.86% -3086.98% -111.16% -256.79% -74.29% -8.49% 198.94% 317.11% -133.72% -113.44% -776.57% -78.76% -466.94% -106.75% 791.49% 394.26% -80.93% -4.05% 4.06% -33.09% 15.41% -22.37% 120.05% -8.56% 12.37% -52.77% 97.33% 146.17% 159.43% -48487.77% -100.27% -86.94% 20.32% -37.18% -71.98% -1103.02% -33.08% -201.47% 8.25% -89.84% 3179.71% -112.42% -157.81% -29.01% -15770.08% -99.91% 123.95% -743.88% 738.87%   
      net income margin %
    -32.02% -353.64% -8.24% -5.25% 8.45% -3.70% -5.25% -2.70% -10.64% 0.13% 2.01% 6.33% 9.52% 3.93% 2.10% 17.73% -16.06% 5.99% 7.01% 16.07% -0.53% 4.92% -3.23% -12.40% -12.64% -4.47% -0.94% 2.83% -21.04% 3.10% 14.77% -4.22% 62.01% 7.31% 1.53% 8.62% 5.26% 5.04% 7.38% 5.93% 7.89% 3.73% 3.91% 3.46% 6.52% 3.37% 1.46% 0.55% -0.00% 0.44% 3.41% 2.91% 4.40% 16.54% -1.51% -2.18% 3.18% 3.58% 32.92% 0.85% -6.88% 11.44% 26.38% -0.13% -138.91% -49.97% 9.89% 1.03%  
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax
    -8,283,000 -152,000 -712,000 -612,000 -114,000 -1,989,000 -1,867,000 -999,000                                                              
      net income attributable to echostar
    -1,207,183,000 -12,781,196,000 -306,132,000 -202,669,000 335,233,000 -141,812,000 -205,591,000 -107,376,000                         313,237,000 34,669,000 6,940,000 37,715,000 38,188,000 36,801,000 55,786,000 49,155,000 63,374,000 28,835,000 31,750,000 29,398,000 60,168,000 30,805,000 12,055,000 4,320,000 -9,759,000 3,458,000 26,224,000 22,554,000 35,682,000 126,588,000                
      weighted-average common shares outstanding - class a and b common stock:
                                                                         
      basic
    287,589,000 288,051,000 287,505,000 286,513,000 274,079,000 271,736,000 271,592,000 271,519,000 270,842,000                       95,888,000 95,425,000 95,656,000 95,537,000 94,745,000 93,795,000 93,898,000 93,751,000 93,331,000 92,397,000 92,500,000 92,283,000 91,969,000 91,358,000 91,097,000 90,689,000 89,868,000 88,179,000 88,178,000 87,150,000 87,279,000 87,127,000 86,684,000 86,223,000 86,507,000 86,314,000 85,466,000 85,084,000 85,158,000 85,102,000 84,855,000 86,539,000       
      diluted
    287,589,000 288,051,000 287,505,000 286,513,000 274,079,000 271,736,000 271,592,000 271,519,000 270,842,000                       95,888,000 96,741,000 96,890,000 96,785,000 95,893,000 94,410,000 94,401,000 94,330,000 93,852,000 93,466,000 93,493,000 93,514,000 93,357,000 92,971,000 92,714,000 92,336,000 91,266,000 88,179,000 89,600,000 87,959,000 87,998,000 87,814,000 87,326,000 87,089,000 86,507,000 87,697,000 92,331,000 85,203,000 85,250,000 85,102,000 84,933,000 86,609,000       
      earnings per share - class a and b common stock:
                                                                         
      basic net income per share attributable to echostar
    -4.16 -44.37 -1.06 -0.71 1.23 -0.52 -0.76 -0.4                                           0.53 0.26 0.41 1.46                
      diluted net income per share attributable to echostar
    -4.16 -44.37 -1.06 -0.71 1.23 -0.52 -0.76 -0.4                                           0.528 0.26 0.41 1.45                
      comprehensive income:
                                                                         
      other comprehensive income:
                                                                         
      foreign currency translation adjustments
    -5,347 3,902 6,221 9,264 -21,925 1,686 -17,695 -5,591                             -25,084 2,483 -338 11,624   2,994   3,208    1,950  2,868  5,092     643,000 882,000 -208,000  1,420,000 -257,000      
      unrealized holding gains on available-for-sale debt securities
    -126 1,330 -236 -1,046 52 66 -20 1,452                                                              
      recognition of previously unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities included in net income
    -185 -13 -129 1,257 -15  -1,528                                                   -23,000 -95,000 3,000   -1,323,000      
      deferred income tax benefit
    299 -706 -15 173 518 76 -29                                                        -15,395,000 -45,014,000      
      total other comprehensive income, net of tax
    -5,359 4,513 5,841 9,648 -21,352 1,813 -17,744 -5,667                             4,470 12,653 -5,653 10,880   7,468                           
      comprehensive income
    -1,220,825 -12,776,835 -301,003 -193,633 313,767 -141,988 -225,202 -114,042                             13,294 50,063 50,256 59,323 57,170  38,481 2,407 32,700 29,564  803   -14,690 12,585 19,167 47,027   34,227,000 23,073,000 201,829,000 37,821,000 -21,455,000 98,025,000 125,723,000 79,481,000      
      less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax
    -9,233 -41 445 1,190 -3,519 -1,538 -5,089 -2,118                                                              
      comprehensive income attributable to echostar
    -1,211,592 -12,776,794 -301,448 -194,823 317,286 -140,450 -220,113 -111,924                             12,552 49,454 50,319 60,035 58,142 -9,587 39,218 4,207 34,635 30,741  839 -33,205 -3,615 -14,984 12,393 19,765 46,856                
      impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill
                                                                         
      services and other revenue
            277,096,500 359,349,000 371,510,000 377,527,000 389,041,000 401,382,000 414,697,000 418,811,000 420,932,000 432,739,000 431,279,000 430,337,000 430,372,000 426,532,000 417,043,000 408,357,000                               86,409,250 247,337,000 77,716,000             
      equipment revenue
            49,348,500 53,725,000 81,599,000 62,070,000 110,815,000 96,005,000 84,619,000 82,723,000 77,712,000 71,921,000 68,555,000 52,245,000 58,901,000 46,970,000 42,423,000 57,309,000 91,726,000 65,725,000 57,645,000 51,714,000 55,276,000 56,846,000 50,341,000 42,947,000                       81,298,000 151,613,000 107,670,000             
      costs and expenses:
                                                                         
      cost of sales - services and other
            100,357,750 133,335,000 132,724,000 135,372,000 139,202,000 145,189,000 144,235,000 141,129,000 141,164,000 138,179,000 139,547,000 132,789,000 145,095,000 146,577,000 141,019,000 145,252,000 131,484,000 143,842,000 153,198,000 153,571,000 152,392,000 152,011,000 151,157,000 143,793,000 141,879,000 138,641,000 134,024,000 131,783,000 226,227,000 213,621,000 207,488,000 197,162,000 210,374,000 219,686,000 217,765,000 208,240,000 212,298,000 204,269,000 210,093,000 203,268,000 189,330,000 179,294,000 178,714,000 175,346,000 170,032,000 167,830,000 164,474,000 173,973,000 92,795,000 61,460,000 56,208,000 62,295,000 60,420,000 57,433,000        
      cost of sales - equipment
            37,751,000 43,180,000 56,162,000 51,662,000 78,821,000 74,329,000 70,054,000 69,114,000 69,993,000 62,328,000 54,503,000 45,151,000 50,906,000 37,079,000 32,542,000 45,908,000 83,258,000 51,188,000 46,549,000 45,007,000 49,346,000 46,318,000 41,865,000 44,023,000 58,316,000 52,051,000 57,865,000 43,938,000 180,384,000 200,986,000 222,875,000 286,863,000 241,820,000 207,989,000 238,623,000 260,223,000 340,159,000 337,376,000 320,670,000 378,665,000 365,037,000 353,855,000 351,089,000 342,230,000 367,027,000 337,166,000 388,329,000 415,784,000 317,294,000 293,384,000 324,923,000 401,998,000 404,000,000 422,208,000        
      research and development expenses
            5,390,000 6,463,000 6,842,000 8,255,000 7,248,000 9,181,000 8,764,000 7,617,000 8,817,000 7,974,000 7,441,000 7,545,000 8,070,000 7,676,000 7,448,000 6,254,000 6,328,000 6,136,000 6,388,000 6,888,000 7,242,000 6,544,000 6,647,000 7,137,000 8,301,000 8,302,000 7,437,000 7,705,000 14,263,000 20,587,000 20,732,000 20,442,000 20,855,000 19,875,000 19,685,000 17,872,000 15,685,000 14,574,000 14,582,000 17,030,000 16,354,000 17,494,000 19,233,000 17,448,000 15,618,000 17,350,000 16,464,000 14,561,000 11,082,000 8,859,000 9,823,000 11,645,000 12,391,000 12,234,000 11,222,000 10,970,000      
      impairment of long-lived assets
            785,500   3,142,000   711,000    15,000 230,000                                                  
      gains on investments
            -5,834,250 -10,743,000 -5,485,000 -7,109,000 -964,000 -10,077,000 -22,538,000 80,686,000 -43,450,000 3,748,000 30,633,000 78,600,000 6,458,000 14,998,000 -6,090,000 -46,672,000 825,000 8,295,000 12,856,000 6,418,000   65,396,000 -36,663,000 22,789,000 20,090,000 1,837,000 12,035,000                                  
      equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
            -768,750 -1,978,000 -546,000 -551,000 -1,262,000 -1,426,000 -1,301,000 -1,714,000 -2,574,000 74,000 -4,044,000 1,374,000 -1,401,000 -2,134,000 -6,345,000 2,613,000 -417,000 -3,209,000   -3,303,000 416,000 -2,058,000 -1,009,000 1,353,000 4,381,000 4,831,000                                   
      other-than-temporary impairment losses on equity method investments
            -8,350,000  -33,400,000                                                           
      foreign currency transaction gains
            1,120,500 -2,089,000 3,258,000 3,313,000 5,288,000 -2,805,000 -3,642,000 6,394,000 -2,568,000 -6,641,000 665,000 -4,069,000 8,618,000 6,681,000 1,560,000 -10,844,000                                              
      less: net loss attributable to non-controlling interests
            1,501,250 2,712,000 2,072,000 1,221,000 1,767,000 2,853,000 3,395,000 2,488,000 3,735,000 3,192,000 2,280,000 947,000 2,714,000 2,167,000 3,431,000 3,442,000                                              
      net income attributable to echostar corporation common stock
            10,860,500 3,244,000 11,157,000 29,041,000 49,347,000 22,403,000 13,868,000 91,433,000 -76,348,000 33,409,000 37,295,000 78,519,000 117,000 25,440,000 -11,412,000 -54,295,000 -53,118,000 -18,309,000 -5,692,000 14,202,000 -112,198,000 16,052,000 77,222,000 -21,551,000                                      
      earnings per share - class a and b common stock:
                                                                         
      basic
            0.13 0.04 0.13 0.35 0.59 0.27 0.16 1.07   0.41                  0.41 0.39 0.6 0.54 0.71 0.33 0.37 0.36 0.7 0.37 0.14 0.05 -0.11 0.04                    
      diluted
            0.13 0.04 0.13 0.35 0.59 0.27 0.16 1.06   0.41                  0.4 0.39 0.6 0.54 0.71 0.32 0.36 0.36 0.69 0.36 0.14 0.05 -0.11 0.04                    
      basic and diluted earnings per share
                    0.41 0.38  0.84                                                  
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                        15,163,000 26,223,000 -3,992,000 -65,229,000 -48,191,000 -18,145,000   -106,210,000 29,338,000 95,486,000 -26,574,000 18,400,000 41,937,000 9,594,000 30,763,000                                  
      net income from continuing operations
                        -2,597,000 23,273,000 -14,843,000 -57,737,000 -56,072,000 -23,161,000   -111,648,000 16,502,000 77,684,000 -21,171,000 311,759,000 35,855,000 6,591,000 30,775,000                                  
      net income from discontinued operations
                            -7,022,000 2,055,000       2,055,000 -654,000 531,000 6,577,000                                  
      basic and diluted earnings from continuing operations per share
                         0.26 -0.12 -0.56                                              
      total basic and diluted earnings per share
                         0.26 -0.12 -0.56                                              
      services and other revenue - dish network
                            10,633,000 13,232,000 85,057,000 85,888,000 86,859,000 87,859,000 100,171,000 103,805,000 105,874,000 111,135,000 113,734,000 114,955,000 232,810,000 221,867,000 220,199,000 213,727,000 222,943,000 236,601,000 235,953,000 222,804,000 215,935,000 209,053,000 184,564,000 163,067,000 154,063,000 139,925,000 127,697,000 129,842,000 130,979,000 126,658,000 122,270,000 124,941,000 128,218,000 121,207,000 114,502,000 120,031,000 118,806,000 115,060,000        
      services and other revenue - other
                            292,364,750 393,305,000 394,422,000 393,480,000 388,526,000 388,248,000 375,445,000 355,040,000 334,504,000 310,973,000 285,053,000 269,791,000 283,167,000 278,009,000 275,879,000 272,542,000 279,798,000 277,640,000 273,736,000 272,754,000 278,928,000 273,008,000 266,847,000 248,013,000 251,072,000 244,564,000 244,166,000 234,180,000 234,689,000 243,410,000    20,584,000 18,305,000 16,717,000 14,541,000 14,469,000        
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                            -339,750 -2,797,000 632,000 806,000 550,000 450,000                  317,000 176,000 40,000                    
      basic loss from continuing operations per share
                            -0.145 -0.21                                            
      total basic earnings per share
                            -0.55 -0.19   -1.17 0.17 0.8 -0.22 3.29 0.36 0.07 0.41                                  
      diluted loss from continuing operations per share
                            -0.145 -0.21                                            
      total diluted earnings per share
                            -0.55 -0.19   -1.16 0.17 0.8 -0.22 3.24 0.36 0.07 0.41                                  
      equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates
                              -4,754,000 -6,353,000            -963,000                              
      income tax provision
                              -922,000  -6,308,750 -12,836,000 -17,802,000  -2,268,250 -6,082,000 -3,003,000  -31,088,000 -19,512,000 -27,889,000 -27,663,000                              
      basic earnings per share
                              -0.06 0.15                                          
      diluted earnings per share
                              -0.06 0.15                                          
      total other expense
                               -36,073,000    -84,584,000 -23,952,000 -14,477,000 -36,296,000                                   
      gains and losses on investments
                                8,356,500 4,693,000                                        
      net income attributable to echostar corporation
                                -112,198,000 16,052,000 77,222,000 -21,551,000                                      
      less: net loss attributable to hughes retail preferred tracking stock
                                                                         
      basic earnings from continuing operations per share
                                -1.17 0.17 0.8                                       
      diluted earnings from continuing operations per share
                                -1.16 0.17 0.8                                       
      less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest in hss tracking stock
                                                                         
      less: net income attributable to other noncontrolling interests
                                  462,000 380,000 577,000 532,000 182,000 292,000 760,000 524,000 311,000 111,000 611,000 209,000 428,000 369,000 375,000 428,000 299,000                       
      other-than-temporary impairment loss on available-for-sale securities
                                       -3,298,000                                  
      amounts attributable to echostar corporation common stock:
                                                                         
      basic:
                                                                         
      continuing operations
                                   -0.22 3.26 0.37 0.07 0.34                                  
      discontinued operations
                                    0.03 -0.01  0.07                                  
      diluted:
                                                                         
      equipment revenue - dish network
                                    115,000 126,000 18,000 31,000 120,301,000 156,227,000 185,148,000 249,613,000 185,907,000 157,184,000 196,134,000 223,959,000 299,050,000 302,734,000 305,682,000 360,744,000 333,993,000 308,875,000 279,938,000 256,935,000 254,350,000 237,365,000 276,266,000 339,272,000 270,629,000 272,126,000 308,665,000 392,821,000 382,839,000 385,848,000        
      equipment revenue - other
                                    65,555,000 58,999,000 66,271,000 48,374,000 104,115,000 86,246,000 76,403,000 80,477,000 101,939,000 89,454,000 87,772,000 79,136,000 101,927,000 95,033,000 68,930,000 77,084,000 90,875,000 102,090,000 134,398,000 143,764,000 185,986,000 157,347,000    65,909,000 71,728,000 77,471,000 86,863,000 111,703,000        
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest in hss tracking stock
                                    -163,750   -655,000 -18,000 85,000 -188,000 -823,000                              
      less: net income attributable to hughes retail preferred tracking stock
                                    -302,250   -1,209,000 -34,000 157,000 -347,000 -1,519,000                              
      net income attributable to echostar common stock
                                    313,237,000 34,669,000 6,940,000 38,924,000 38,222,000 36,644,000 56,133,000 50,674,000 66,296,000 30,102,000 33,900,000 33,402,000 64,055,000 33,794,000 12,653,000                       
      amounts attributable to echostar common stock:
                                                                         
      equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates
                                       6,408,000 2,795,250 5,164,000 6,980,000      13,198,000   726,000                      
      income from partial redemption of debt
                                                                         
      gains on marketable investment securities
                                        1,588,000 230,000 5,487,000 2,462,000                              
      other comprehensive income, net of tax:
                                                                         
      recognition of foreign currency translation loss in net income
                                                                         
      unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities and other
                                        -546 10,180  1,503                              
      recognition of other-than-temporary loss on available-for-sale securities in net income
                                            1,473 1,243                            
      recognition of realized gains on available-for-sale securities in net income
                                        -6 -10 -3,327 -2,247                              
      less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest in hss tracking stock
                                        -231.5 85                                
      less: comprehensive income attributable to other noncontrolling interests
                                        760 524 125 111 611  428 369 171 442                        
      unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities and other
                                          -1,988                               
      less: comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest in hss tracking stock
                                          -188 -823                              
      recognition of realized (gains) losses on available-for-sale securities in net income
                                                                         
      total other comprehensive loss, net of tax
                                                                         
      other income
                                                                         
      recognition of previously unrealized foreign currency translation loss in net income
                                              1,889                           
      unrealized (gains) losses on available-for-sale securities and other
                                                                         
      unrealized other-than-temporary loss on available-for-sale securities
                                              4,649                           
      recognition of previously unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities in net income
                                                                         
      realized gains on marketable investment securities and other investments (includes reclassification of realized gains on available-for-sale (“afs”) securities out of accumulated other comprehensive loss of 9 and 28, respectively)
                                               9,000                          
      unrealized gains on afs securities and other
                                               1,218     7,135                     
      recognition of previously unrealized gains on afs securities in net income
                                                                         
      impairment of long-lived asset
                                                    34,664,000                     
      realized gains on marketable investment securities and other investments (includes reclassification of realized (gains) losses on available-for-sale (“afs”) securities out of accumulated other comprehensive loss of 27, (1,754), and (36,252), respectively)
                                                                         
      recognition of previously unrealized (gains) losses on afs securities in net income.
                                                27                         
      realized gains on marketable investment securities and other investments (includes reclassification of realized gains on available-for-sale (“afs”) securities out of accumulated other comprehensive loss of 6, 17,968, 34 and 34,498, respectively)
                                                 6,000                        
      realized gains on marketable investment securities and other investments (includes reclassification of realized gains on available-for-sale (“afs”) securities out of accumulated other comprehensive loss of 28 and 16,530, respectively)
                                                  28,000                       
      less: net income attributable to echostar preferred tracking stock
                                                                         
      general and administrative expenses - dish network
                                                   228,000 277,000 268,000 422,000 1,168,000 1,283,000 1,955,000 2,304,000 5,669,000 3,239,000 3,489,000 2,534,000 3,942,000 4,554,000 4,159,000        
      realized gains on marketable investment securities and other investments (includes reclassification of realized gains on available-for-sale (“afs”) securities out of aoci of 1,754, 19,088, 36,252, and 147,093, respectively)
                                                   1,754,000                      
      other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
                                                                         
      less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                     62  192  171                
      realized gains on marketable investment securities and other investments
                                                    17,967,000  28,115,000 21,216,000 232,000                 
      less: comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                                         
      realized gains on marketable investment securities and other investments (includes reclassification of realized gains on available-for-sale (“afs”) securities out of aoci of 16,530 and 127,995, respectively
                                                     19,463,000                    
      unrealized holding gains on afs securities and other
                                                     7,529                    
      unrealized/realized gains on investments accounted for at fair value
                                                                         
      hughes acquisition costs
                                                       7,000                  
      unrealized holding gains on available-for-sale securities
                                                      10,579.5 6,536  43,429   17,689,000 6,771,000 62,382,000 31,883,000 20,227,000 26,669,000 39,809,000 126,720,000      
      recognition of previously unrealized (gains) losses on available-for-sale securities in net income
                                                                         
      unrealized and realized gains on marketable investment securities and other investments
                                                         127,995,000 -209,000 4,169,000 9,041,000 665,000 25,022,000 -94,000 -21,468,000  -4,277,000 1,323,000      
      unrealized gains on investments accounted for at fair value
                                                          5,590,000 2,483,000 4,494,000 3,304,000 121,753,000 -21,087,000 -22,021,000 65,828,000 110,063,000 6,887,000      
      recognition of previously unrealized (gains) losses on available-for-sale securities included in net income
                                                                  -1,183,000       
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                          89,250 270,000 92,000      -742,000       
      net income attributable to echostar common shareholders
                                                          4,132,250 -19,117,000 18,482,000 17,164,000 8,855,000 5,151,000 -41,477,000  101,814,000       
      less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                          89,250 270,000 92,000      -742,000       
      comprehensive income attributable to echostar common shareholders
                                                          -11,268,250 -102,286,000 34,135,000 23,078,000 28,597,750 37,821,000 -21,455,000  126,465,000       
      basic net income per share attributable to echostar common shareholders
                                                          0.048 -0.22 0.21 0.2 0.105 0.06 -0.49  1.18       
      diluted net income per share attributable to echostar common shareholders
                                                          0.048 -0.22 0.21 0.19 0.105 0.06 -0.49  1.18       
      basic net income per share
                                                                 0.85  -0.01      
      diluted net income per share
                                                                 0.84  -0.01      
      equipment revenue — dish network
                                                                  204,284,000 320,319,000      
      equipment revenue — other
                                                                  70,077,000 56,911,000      
      services and other revenue — dish network
                                                                  99,484,000 91,885,000      
      services and other revenue — other
                                                                  9,303,000 10,432,000      
      cost of sales — equipment
                                                                  231,637,000 327,017,000 347,763,000 446,970,000 317,483,000 382,425,000  
      cost of sales — services and other
                                                                  48,267,000 52,784,000      
      general and administrative expenses — dish network
                                                                  8,498,000 4,758,000 5,866,000 6,192,000 6,942,000 6,354,000  
      impairments of goodwill, indefinite-lived and long-lived assets
                                                                         
      weighted-average common shares outstanding — class a and b common stock:
                                                                         
      basic
    287,589,000 288,051,000 287,505,000 286,513,000 274,079,000 271,736,000 271,592,000 271,519,000 270,842,000                       95,888,000 95,425,000 95,656,000 95,537,000 94,745,000 93,795,000 93,898,000 93,751,000 93,331,000 92,397,000 92,500,000 92,283,000 91,969,000 91,358,000 91,097,000 90,689,000 89,868,000 88,179,000 88,178,000 87,150,000 87,279,000 87,127,000 86,684,000 86,223,000 86,507,000 86,314,000 85,466,000 85,084,000 85,158,000 85,102,000 84,855,000 86,539,000       
      diluted
    287,589,000 288,051,000 287,505,000 286,513,000 274,079,000 271,736,000 271,592,000 271,519,000 270,842,000                       95,888,000 96,741,000 96,890,000 96,785,000 95,893,000 94,410,000 94,401,000 94,330,000 93,852,000 93,466,000 93,493,000 93,514,000 93,357,000 92,971,000 92,714,000 92,336,000 91,266,000 88,179,000 89,600,000 87,959,000 87,998,000 87,814,000 87,326,000 87,089,000 86,507,000 87,697,000 92,331,000 85,203,000 85,250,000 85,102,000 84,933,000 86,609,000       
      earnings per share — class a and b common stock:
                                                                         
      denominator for basic and diluted net income per share — class a and b common stock:
                                                                         
      denominator for basic net income per share — weighted-average common shares outstanding
                                                                   86,471  89,884 89,863 89,727  
      denominator for diluted net income per share — weighted-average common shares outstanding
                                                                   86,471  89,884 90,261 91,313  
      net income per share
                                                                         
      equipment sales — dish network
                                                                    357,148,000 461,675,000 301,039,000 371,694,000  
      equipment sales — other
                                                                    39,772,000 55,110,000 76,951,000 74,822,000  
      satellite services, digital broadcast operations and other services — dish network
                                                                    91,013,000 91,388,000 93,019,000   
      satellite and other services — other
                                                                    8,503,000 8,000,000 12,331,000   
      satellite services, digital broadcast operations and other cost of sales
                                                                    57,932,000 52,670,000 57,699,000   
      research and development expense
                                                                    9,448,000 10,227,000 13,899,000 13,666,000  
      interest expense
                                                                    -6,100,000 -7,839,000 -8,278,000 -8,283,000  
      casualty loss expense
                                                                    -3,199,750   -12,799,000  
      unrealized gains due to changes in the fair value of certain debt and equity investments
                                                                    -45,648,000 -162,949,000 -19,643,000   
      basic net income
                                                                    -0.708 -3.43 0.53 0.06  
      diluted net income
                                                                    -0.708 -3.43 0.53 0.06  
      fss, digital broadcast operations and other services — dish network
                                                                       92,470,000  
      fss and other services — other
                                                                       15,585,000  
      fss, digital broadcast operations and other cost of sales
                                                                       52,516,000  
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        assets
                                                                           
        current assets:
                                                                           
        cash and cash equivalents
      1,883,074,000 2,431,742,000 2,345,085,000 2,529,878,000 4,305,393,000 622,608,000 419,246,000 613,702,000 1,821,376,000 1,094,531,000 702,055,000 920,105,000 704,541,000 901,269,000 991,595,000 889,199,000 535,894,000 429,656,000 716,522,000 1,583,747,000 896,005,000 555,550,000 1,948,464,000 1,599,025,000 1,519,431,000 1,547,162,000 1,298,005,000 1,349,724,000 928,306,000 1,597,295,000 1,793,053,000 2,239,591,000 2,431,456,000 2,798,359,000 2,985,062,000 2,799,545,000 2,571,143,000 2,215,708,000 761,840,000 898,816,000 924,240,000 779,105,000 502,010,000 591,506,000 760,391,000 708,257,000 702,007,000 821,356,000 700,134,000 737,410,000 731,614,000 694,464,000 633,385,000 629,094,000 614,035,000 640,806,000 330,163,000 121,596,000 141,814,000 116,704,000 122,318,000 163,615,000 63,457,000 147,517,000 24,467,000 329,794,000 802,149,000 665,059,000 41,082,000 
        current restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable investment securities
      175,838,000 169,575,000 184,012,000                                                                   
        marketable investment securities
      1,100,891,000 1,482,828,000 1,988,001,000 2,529,217,000 1,242,036,000 51,792,000 101,331,000 152,649,000 623,044,000 894,744,000 1,211,407,000 755,169,000 973,915,000 666,904,000 529,854,000 634,593,000 1,010,496,000 1,127,048,000 841,521,000 735,418,000 1,638,271,000 1,950,804,000 509,980,000 790,361,000 940,623,000                   1,124,087,000 1,019,247,000 980,303,000 1,006,258,000 887,628,000 903,330,000 789,564,000 815,951,000 862,230,000 960,939,000 1,053,650,000 1,082,407,000 795,669,000 679,050,000 1,018,140,000 989,086,000 849,987,000 797,235,000 760,321,000 886,738,000 782,888,000 804,194,000 633,307,000 260,164,000 677,527,000 491,185,000 
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of 79,590 and 82,628, respectively
      1,273,849,000                                                                     
        inventory
      380,647,000 416,068,000 375,118,000 413,365,000 455,197,000 441,683,000 557,257,000 632,952,000 665,169,000                 83,397,000 73,345,000 76,114,000 75,379,000 70,061,000 81,388,000 85,995,000 83,595,000 91,232,000 91,265,000 79,422,000 72,444,000 73,789,000 72,392,000 70,136,000 67,010,000 73,956,000 70,568,000 71,069,000 68,582,000 63,958,000 64,622,000 73,567,000 77,390,000 87,554,000 84,348,000 74,122,000 76,654,000 97,621,000 68,707,000 99,655,000 95,324,000 30,063,000 30,433,000 43,646,000 38,049,000 55,355,000        
        prepaids and other assets
      284,194,000 384,301,000 771,171,000 724,393,000 655,233,000 649,802,000 642,158,000 677,982,000 644,005,000                                                             
        other current assets
      34,678,000 20,675,000 94,247,000 94,630,000 88,255,000 87,458,000 15,019,000 16,165,000 16,081,000 248,241,000 244,347,000 252,596,000 210,446,000 229,214,000 211,877,000 209,905,000 198,444,000 195,993,000 194,095,000 190,958,000 189,821,000 192,724,000 185,699,000 189,887,000 179,531,000 17,382,000 19,857,000 24,508,000 18,539,000 17,222,000 15,889,000 13,163,000 91,574,000 12,746,000 12,035,000 12,495,000 10,862,000 54,993,000 10,429,000 12,501,000 16,723,000 12,623,000 8,717,000 7,542,000 9,838,000 11,255,000 11,277,000 70,552,000 75,491,000 71,822,000 66,201,000 106,652,000 67,507,000 67,673,000 76,284,000 118,492,000 106,302,000 117,503,000 92,890,000 27,855,000 33,887,000 20,577,000 36,482,000 27,282,000 17,230,000 30,252,000 46,354,000 30,831,000 23,290,000 
        total current assets
      5,133,171,000 6,032,290,000 6,916,226,000 7,648,209,000 8,095,743,000 5,000,377,000 2,787,866,000 3,116,539,000 4,891,814,000 2,472,937,000 2,396,776,000 2,179,741,000 2,125,381,000 2,041,070,000 1,957,342,000 1,933,003,000 1,926,897,000 1,954,448,000 1,939,083,000 2,697,403,000 2,908,086,000 2,890,028,000 2,827,522,000 2,767,192,000 2,836,214,000 2,934,086,000 2,875,608,000 3,677,641,000 3,580,849,000 3,812,191,000 3,803,105,000 3,682,276,000 3,715,551,000 3,685,952,000 3,708,506,000 3,751,416,000 3,723,287,000 3,717,489,000 2,145,858,000 2,149,344,000 2,133,659,000 2,257,653,000 2,179,477,000 2,370,140,000 2,471,965,000 2,383,046,000 2,449,236,000 2,375,105,000 2,283,335,000 2,220,033,000 2,214,649,000 2,267,260,000 2,277,567,000 2,411,271,000 2,307,737,000 2,183,415,000 1,713,812,000 1,580,688,000 1,535,467,000 1,484,751,000 1,395,737,000 1,412,764,000 1,304,936,000 1,353,384,000 1,228,713,000 1,583,626,000 1,501,225,000 1,987,236,000 610,754,000 
        noncurrent assets:
                                                                           
        restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable investment securities
      176,203,000 174,352,000 176,004,000 172,357,000 169,627,000 156,323,000 143,429,000 120,979,000 118,065,000                                                             
        property and equipment
      2,243,515,000 3,084,793,000 8,773,656,000 8,980,928,000 9,187,132,000 9,287,726,000 9,427,192,000 9,589,433,000 9,561,834,000 2,144,707,000 2,168,376,000 2,175,861,000 2,237,617,000 2,251,258,000 2,312,526,000 2,376,143,000 2,338,285,000 2,374,080,000 2,431,653,000 2,420,917,000 2,390,313,000 2,372,594,000 2,399,711,000 2,428,543,000 2,528,738,000 2,444,157,000 3,329,794,000 3,363,404,000 3,414,908,000 3,442,537,000 3,396,616,000 3,461,004,000 3,465,471,000 3,530,459,000 3,451,362,000 3,425,548,000 3,669,303,000 3,628,379,000 3,569,168,000 3,527,450,000 3,412,990,000 3,320,222,000 3,304,870,000 3,249,081,000 3,080,911,000 3,027,697,000 3,004,534,000 2,529,575,000 2,525,031,000 2,586,173,000 2,612,284,000 2,571,130,000 2,539,804,000 2,509,702,000 2,453,546,000 2,305,073,000 2,247,150,000 1,276,352,000 1,263,303,000 1,265,276,000 1,251,554,000 1,229,016,000 1,183,822,000 1,163,764,000 1,182,048,000 1,455,957,000 1,477,537,000 1,494,993,000 213,837,000 
        regulatory authorizations
      34,548,952,000 34,924,214,000 40,029,923,000 39,739,466,000 39,442,166,000 39,156,029,000 39,053,041,000 38,809,600,000 38,572,980,000 459,463,000 460,310,000 461,556,000 462,531,000 460,084,000 464,523,000 470,329,000 469,766,000 471,010,000 474,770,000 476,092,000 478,762,000 475,824,000 474,463,000 471,164,000 478,598,000 426,189,000 493,661,000 494,253,000 495,654,000 525,595,000 528,346,000 536,548,000 536,936,000 545,557,000 544,310,000 545,620,000 544,633,000 548,211,000 548,272,000 546,411,000 543,812,000 544,343,000 554,736,000 553,858,000 573,337,000 584,168,000 584,641,000 536,770,000 537,193,000 563,760,000 562,712,000                   
        other investments
      194,046,000 193,272,000 191,792,000 202,166,000 202,327,000 216,139,000 243,191,000 309,189,000 314,370,000 136,455,000 193,432,000 364,954,000 356,705,000 352,778,000 352,078,000 350,318,000 297,747,000 351,884,000 340,688,000 347,615,000 284,937,000 284,238,000 275,873,000 298,147,000 325,405,000                  226,668,000 158,213,000 167,518,000 159,600,000 165,523,000 168,894,000 175,697,000                     
        operating lease assets
      214,549,000 291,846,000 3,218,062,000 3,242,450,000 3,260,768,000 3,158,548,000 3,137,306,000 3,092,070,000 3,065,448,000                                                             
        intangible assets
      54,413,000 62,949,000 66,903,000 70,906,000 74,939,000 79,078,000 86,992,000 127,670,000 172,892,000                                             443,146,000 466,452,000 518,625,000 563,899,000 160,579,000 165,451,000 126,832,000 135,170,000 143,476,000 168,487,000 176,824,000 185,143,000 189,882,000 197,926,000 206,220,000 71,646,000 
        other noncurrent assets
      451,506,000 507,650,000 509,831,000 515,045,000 505,985,000 493,157,000 376,176,000 390,937,000 411,491,000                 264,465,000 274,028,000 259,506,000 263,892,000 262,866,000 258,237,000 255,582,000 214,814,000 207,221,000 189,511,000 181,899,000 171,821,000 167,980,000 162,854,000 162,171,000 185,786,000 184,278,000 183,263,000 185,578,000 184,551,000 185,100,000 181,419,000 247,837,000 151,296,000 144,891,000 142,912,000 163,361,000 175,169,000 155,558,000 148,449,000 147,680,000 139,777,000 64,330,000 64,975,000 56,583,000 71,115,000 57,812,000 54,149,000 52,086,000 70,662,000 55,546,000 66,757,000 45,080,000 14,212,000 
        total noncurrent assets
      37,883,184,000 39,239,076,000 52,966,171,000 52,923,318,000 52,842,944,000 52,547,000,000 52,467,327,000 52,439,878,000 52,217,080,000                 4,103,664,000 5,074,483,000 5,101,250,000 5,080,445,000 5,038,255,000 4,988,880,000 5,079,468,000 5,034,463,000 5,121,204,000 5,035,165,000 4,995,610,000 5,285,572,000 5,259,848,000 5,215,535,000 5,186,891,000 5,107,103,000 5,031,490,000 5,053,656,000 4,946,491,000 4,840,716,000 4,789,092,000 4,789,356,000 4,289,354,000 4,222,992,000 4,329,919,000 4,385,584,000 4,389,405,000 4,360,541,000 4,276,198,000 4,236,000,000 4,279,703,000 4,804,992,000 2,341,333,000 2,306,553,000 2,149,070,000 2,156,075,000 2,174,049,000 1,803,487,000 1,648,126,000 1,675,273,000     
        total assets
      43,016,355,000 45,271,366,000 59,882,397,000 60,571,527,000 60,938,687,000 57,547,377,000 55,255,193,000 55,556,417,000 57,108,894,000 6,230,458,000 6,237,044,000 6,193,788,000 6,199,003,000 6,125,305,000 6,118,523,000 6,169,753,000 6,045,204,000 6,182,358,000 6,209,606,000 6,951,809,000 7,073,352,000 7,025,536,000 6,976,190,000 6,959,621,000 7,154,298,000 7,037,750,000 7,950,091,000 8,778,891,000 8,661,294,000 8,850,446,000 8,791,985,000 8,761,744,000 8,750,014,000 8,807,156,000 8,743,671,000 8,747,026,000 9,008,859,000 8,977,337,000 7,361,393,000 7,336,235,000 7,240,762,000 7,289,143,000 7,233,133,000 7,316,631,000 7,312,681,000 7,172,138,000 7,238,592,000 6,664,459,000 6,506,327,000 6,549,952,000 6,600,233,000 6,656,665,000 6,638,108,000 6,687,469,000 6,543,737,000 6,463,118,000 6,518,804,000 3,922,021,000 3,842,020,000 3,633,821,000 3,551,812,000 3,586,813,000 3,108,423,000 3,001,510,000 2,903,986,000 3,925,754,000 4,074,281,000 4,264,626,000 1,260,910,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                           
        current liabilities:
                                                                           
        trade accounts payable
      541,706,000 668,186,000 745,587,000 690,482,000 740,984,000 707,476,000 655,455,000 573,299,000 774,011,000 82,291,000 91,118,000 85,772,000 101,239,000 95,019,000 103,680,000 109,390,000 109,338,000 111,047,000 121,635,000 106,500,000 122,366,000 111,099,000 112,748,000 107,245,000 124,080,000 122,319,000 105,929,000 115,752,000 121,437,000 119,235,000 100,235,000 103,785,000 108,406,000 120,436,000 118,563,000 134,461,000 189,815,000 225,234,000 206,132,000 231,873,000 213,671,000 211,905,000 197,425,000 219,296,000 231,832,000 211,334,000 207,339,000 242,022,000 232,108,000 219,055,000 284,728,000 229,247,000 229,119,000 305,172,000 250,366,000 254,521,000 271,953,000             
        deferred revenue and other
      639,173,000 652,398,000 638,989,000 664,924,000 650,940,000 645,719,000 670,439,000 712,783,000 754,658,000                                       47,279,000 42,112,000 48,473,000 47,652,000 42,684,000 45,211,000 49,778,000 54,090,000 68,766,000          6,913,000 2,107,000 2,174,000  
        accrued programming
      1,224,222,000 1,222,607,000 1,251,114,000 1,284,309,000 1,339,072,000 1,499,375,000 1,546,377,000 1,485,798,000 1,427,762,000                                                             
        accrued interest
      309,462,000 631,933,000 308,917,000 667,674,000 352,499,000 406,619,000 289,302,000 408,134,000 297,678,000                 37,039,000 42,835,000 55,552,000 47,416,000 57,589,000 45,857,000 57,297,000 47,616,000 57,837,000 46,280,000 57,012,000 46,504,000 57,159,000  41,645,000  41,790,000  44,065,000 43,783,000  44,440,000 42,500,000  42,138,000  41,407,000 6,567,000 41,522,000  46,731,000              
        other accrued expenses and liabilities
      2,327,587,000 2,267,668,000 1,675,958,000 1,743,545,000 1,804,516,000 1,699,434,000 1,732,389,000 1,734,288,000 1,717,826,000                                                             
        current portion of debt, finance lease and other obligations
      7,321,269,000 4,519,619,000 1,053,230,000 1,004,626,000 943,029,000 2,520,297,000                                                                
        total current liabilities
      12,363,419,000 9,962,411,000 5,673,795,000 6,055,560,000 5,831,040,000 7,478,920,000 6,976,881,000 7,004,963,000 8,018,589,000 396,679,000 398,181,000 378,173,000 422,831,000 406,216,000 434,363,000 423,674,000 460,123,000 487,297,000 547,104,000 1,331,783,000 1,425,171,000 1,374,727,000 1,361,909,000 446,217,000 496,019,000 461,741,000 471,662,000 1,346,005,000 1,345,137,000 1,412,944,000 1,374,906,000 409,777,000 413,890,000 428,031,000 407,170,000 423,745,000 531,438,000 548,235,000 499,430,000 2,409,456,000 526,831,000 542,865,000 506,224,000 555,270,000 616,720,000 523,175,000 634,482,000 578,462,000 509,349,000 520,493,000 587,325,000 588,754,000 600,330,000 657,130,000 583,722,000 696,393,000 668,065,000 399,121,000 358,817,000 376,348,000 349,982,000 383,393,000 352,848,000 375,436,000 369,332,000 549,005,000 354,632,000 549,511,000 50,397,000 
        long-term obligations, net of current portion:
                                                                           
        long-term debt, finance lease and other obligations, net of current portion
      18,658,602,000 21,791,251,000 25,401,688,000 25,328,132,000 25,660,288,000 21,557,251,000                                                                
        deferred tax liabilities
      598,590,000 680,784,000 4,809,572,000 4,917,006,000 4,988,653,000 4,926,162,000 4,975,164,000 4,998,855,000 5,014,309,000 433,370,000 432,877,000 430,957,000 424,621,000 434,043,000 428,600,000 430,808,000 403,684,000 407,650,000 394,155,000 378,271,000 359,896,000 352,948,000 349,973,000 339,006,000 351,692,000 331,498,000 472,872,000 475,464,000 465,933,000 471,259,000 456,401,000 433,174,000 436,023,000 745,965,000 736,100,000 736,186,000 754,020,000 724,839,000 705,376,000 676,799,000 650,392,000 745,959,000 718,563,000 684,709,000 658,184,000 640,851,000 631,570,000 440,388,000 352,558,000 366,815,000 373,447,000 382,055,000 375,112,000 378,218,000  54,212,000 55,623,000 63,890,000 64,121,000 65,851,000 49,659,000 25,358,000 51,014,000 33,644,000  86,298,000 144,628,000 133,593,000 651,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      4,137,269,000 4,266,240,000 3,178,737,000 3,195,552,000 3,211,407,000 3,125,819,000 3,115,265,000 3,157,720,000 3,121,307,000 127,829,000 128,374,000 131,881,000 135,932,000 133,197,000 137,446,000 136,723,000 134,897,000 127,424,000 118,779,000 118,569,000 114,886,000 115,376,000 110,899,000 105,482,000 96,941,000 94,332,000 94,979,000 95,215,000                                          
        long-term deferred revenue and other long-term liabilities
      1,446,477,000 1,563,809,000 1,027,111,000 1,012,587,000 1,002,074,000 958,931,000 877,224,000 856,926,000 849,131,000                                       89,697,000 89,157,000 89,042,000 68,441,000 94,667,000 64,914,000 67,924,000 65,975,000 76,175,000 67,184,000             
        total long-term obligations, net of current portion
      24,840,938,000 28,302,084,000 34,417,108,000 34,453,277,000 34,862,422,000 30,568,163,000 28,646,361,000 28,710,304,000 28,702,013,000                                            2,897,863,000 2,923,285,000 2,908,389,000 2,745,939,000 2,734,452,000 468,881,000 470,013,000 459,621,000 447,724,000 435,772,000 337,250,000 331,226,000 308,881,000 395,592,000 469,058,000 469,111,000 2,995,000 
        total liabilities
      37,204,357,000 38,264,495,000 40,090,903,000 40,508,837,000 40,693,462,000 38,047,083,000 35,623,242,000 35,715,267,000 36,720,602,000 2,564,670,000 2,565,918,000 2,550,526,000 2,599,948,000 2,589,753,000 2,618,967,000 2,611,840,000 2,631,124,000 2,653,913,000 2,624,701,000 3,393,944,000 3,466,102,000 3,412,400,000 3,391,922,000 3,354,046,000 3,408,745,000 3,353,835,000 3,707,140,000 4,599,355,000 4,505,820,000 4,591,716,000 4,547,733,000 4,556,229,000 4,572,629,000 4,911,337,000 4,886,947,000 4,901,316,000 5,002,054,000 4,998,662,000 3,442,042,000 3,474,567,000 3,459,120,000 3,585,576,000 3,529,877,000 3,664,818,000 3,714,268,000 3,613,475,000 3,724,453,000 3,472,668,000 3,331,236,000 3,373,892,000 3,450,006,000 3,497,370,000 3,498,193,000 3,580,415,000 3,492,111,000 3,442,332,000 3,402,517,000 868,002,000 828,830,000 835,969,000 797,706,000 819,165,000 690,098,000 706,662,000 678,213,000 944,597,000 823,690,000 1,018,622,000 53,392,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                           
        stockholders’ equity
                                                                           
        class a common stock, 0.001 par value...
      159,000 159,000 156,000 155,000 155,000 140,000 140,000 140,000 140,000                 56,000 56,000 54,000 54,000                                         
        class b common stock, 0.001 par value...
      131,000 131,000 131,000 131,000 131,000 131,000 131,000 131,000 131,000                                                             
        additional paid-in capital
      8,875,937,000 8,849,985,000 8,809,264,000 8,779,458,000 8,768,360,000 8,337,211,000 8,326,880,000 8,310,877,000 8,301,979,000                 3,251,808,000 3,777,499,000 3,713,777,000 3,702,522,000 3,694,682,000 3,689,180,000 3,685,577,000 3,669,461,000 3,660,696,000 3,654,139,000 3,644,370,000 3,828,677,000 3,813,841,000 3,804,580,000 3,797,153,000 3,776,451,000 3,755,547,000 3,744,852,000 3,731,890,000 3,707,487,000 3,700,437,000 3,685,477,000 3,473,099,000 3,457,203,000 3,424,498,000 3,394,646,000 3,389,024,000 3,382,228,000 3,368,534,000 3,360,301,000 3,354,676,000 3,346,453,000 3,329,160,000 3,311,405,000 3,297,896,000 3,291,971,000 3,283,453,000 3,257,363,000 3,252,108,000 3,248,327,000 3,249,848,000 3,242,701,000 3,232,260,000  
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      -183,188,000 -178,779,000 -183,181,000 -187,865,000 -195,711,000 -177,764,000 -179,126,000 -164,604,000 -160,056,000                                         11,679,000 18,752,000 59,960,000 70,122,000 86,039,000 165,771,000 127,380,000 210,549,000 194,896,000 188,982,000 156,091,000 123,421,000 103,399,000 94,179,000 69,528,000 -10,598,000 409,000 -45,725,000 7,953,000 66,696,000 
        accumulated earnings
      -2,878,743,000 -1,671,560,000 11,109,636,000 11,415,768,000 11,618,437,000 11,283,204,000 11,425,016,000 11,630,607,000 11,737,983,000                 685,927,000 704,236,000 709,928,000 694,129,000 808,330,000 792,278,000 714,423,000 721,316,000 408,079,000 373,410,000 366,470,000 314,247,000 276,059,000 239,258,000 183,472,000 134,317,000 70,943,000 42,108,000 10,358,000               -389,126,000 -558,064,000 -563,215,000  -857,019,000 -958,833,000 -944,001,000 -254,405,000 53,525,000 5,701,000  
        treasury stock
      -48,512,000 -48,512,000                        -131,454,000 -131,454,000 -131,454,000 -131,454,000 -98,162,000 -98,162,000 -98,162,000 -98,162,000 -98,162,000 -98,162,000 -98,162,000 -98,162,000 -98,162,000 -98,162,000 -98,162,000                   -98,162,000 -98,162,000 -98,162,000  -75,547,000 -68,045,000 -68,045,000 -14,785,000    
        total echostar stockholders’ equity
      5,765,784,000 6,951,424,000 19,736,006,000 20,007,647,000 20,191,372,000 19,442,922,000 19,573,041,000 19,777,151,000 19,880,177,000                        4,162,563,000 3,881,983,000 3,843,420,000 3,832,588,000 3,920,065,000 3,892,677,000 3,833,962,000 3,776,216,000 3,695,478,000 3,616,431,000 3,615,323,000 3,563,143,000 3,505,283,000 3,463,597,000 3,417,897,000 3,183,365,000 3,166,629,000 3,167,128,000 3,140,890,000 3,150,252,000 3,131,064,000 3,097,605,000 3,042,516,000 3,011,389,000 3,105,452,000 3,054,024,000     2,419,067,000       
        noncontrolling interests
      46,214,000 55,447,000 55,488,000 55,043,000 53,853,000 57,372,000 58,910,000 63,999,000 69,733,000                 9,194,000 12,066,000                     8,426,000 8,462,000 8,932,000 9,337,000 9,043,000 8,851,000 9,449,000 9,110,000               
        total stockholders’ equity
      5,811,998,000 7,006,871,000 19,791,494,000 20,062,690,000 20,245,225,000 19,500,294,000 19,631,951,000 19,841,150,000 19,949,910,000                 3,683,915,000 4,242,951,000 4,179,536,000 4,155,474,000 4,258,730,000 4,244,252,000 4,205,515,000 4,177,385,000 3,895,819,000 3,856,724,000 3,845,710,000 4,006,805,000 3,978,675,000 3,919,351,000 3,861,668,000 3,781,642,000 3,703,567,000 3,703,256,000 3,651,813,000 3,598,413,000 3,558,663,000 3,514,139,000 3,191,791,000 3,175,091,000 3,176,060,000 3,150,227,000 3,159,295,000 3,139,915,000 3,107,054,000 3,051,626,000 3,020,786,000 3,116,287,000 3,054,019,000 3,013,190,000 2,797,852,000 2,754,106,000 2,767,648,000 2,418,325,000 2,294,848,000 2,225,773,000 2,981,157,000 3,250,591,000 3,246,004,000  
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      43,016,355,000 45,271,366,000 59,882,397,000 60,571,527,000 60,938,687,000 57,547,377,000 55,255,193,000 55,556,417,000 57,108,894,000                 7,037,750,000 7,950,091,000 8,778,891,000 8,661,294,000 8,850,446,000 8,791,985,000 8,761,744,000 8,750,014,000 8,807,156,000 8,743,671,000 8,747,026,000 9,008,859,000 8,977,337,000 7,361,393,000 7,336,235,000 7,240,762,000 7,289,143,000 7,233,133,000 7,316,631,000 7,312,681,000 7,172,138,000 7,238,592,000 6,664,459,000 6,506,327,000 6,549,952,000 6,600,233,000 6,656,665,000 6,638,108,000 6,687,469,000 6,543,737,000 6,463,118,000 6,518,804,000 3,922,021,000 3,842,020,000 3,633,821,000 3,551,812,000 3,586,813,000 3,108,423,000 3,001,510,000 2,903,986,000 3,925,754,000 4,074,281,000 4,264,626,000  
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of 91,384 and 82,628, respectively
       1,127,101,000                                                                    
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of 98,231 and 82,628, respectively
        1,158,592,000                                                                   
        current restricted cash and cash equivalents
         172,856,000 150,898,000 2,047,489,000                                                                
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of 80,641 and 82,628, respectively
         1,183,870,000                                                                  
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of 82,628 and 74,390, respectively
          1,198,731,000                                                                 
        redeemable noncontrolling interests
              438,382,000                                                             
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of 82,427 and 74,390, respectively
           1,099,545,000                                                                
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of 107,498 and 74,390, respectively
            1,052,855,000                                                               
        current portion of long-term debt and finance lease obligations
            2,082,919,000 2,090,661,000 3,046,654,000                486,000 407,000 42,682,000 953,636,000                                          
        long-term debt and finance lease obligations, net of current portion
            19,678,708,000 19,696,803,000 19,717,266,000                2,389,733,000                                             
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of 84,906 and 74,390, respectively
             1,023,089,000                                                              
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of 74,390 and 59,790, respectively
              1,122,139,000                                                             
        trade accounts receivable and contract assets
               235,421,000 238,967,000 251,871,000 236,479,000 243,683,000 224,016,000 199,306,000 182,063,000 201,751,000 186,945,000 187,280,000 183,989,000 190,950,000 183,379,000 187,919,000 196,629,000 200,779,000 201,561,000 216,558,000 201,096,000 217,524,000 186,962,000 166,182,000                                      
        non-current assets:
                                                                           
        operating lease right-of-use assets
               143,726,000 144,055,000 147,707,000 151,518,000 147,811,000 151,967,000 150,980,000 149,198,000 140,739,000 131,931,000 131,601,000 128,303,000 129,073,000 125,996,000 119,794,000 114,042,000 112,263,000 113,643,000 115,647,000                                          
        goodwill
               532,710,000 533,295,000 532,858,000 532,491,000 532,570,000 533,505,000 535,394,000 511,086,000 511,266,000 511,886,000 510,945,000 511,597,000 508,660,000 509,054,000 509,315,000 506,953,000 504,173,000 504,173,000 504,173,000 504,173,000 504,173,000 504,173,000 504,173,000 504,173,000 504,173,000 504,173,000 504,173,000 510,630,000 510,630,000 510,630,000 510,630,000 510,630,000 510,630,000 510,630,000 510,630,000 510,630,000 504,173,000 504,173,000 507,924,000 507,924,000 507,924,000 507,924,000 514,536,000 520,994,000 526,680,000 533,018,000 539,955,000 530,529,000         247,053,000 247,856,000 247,856,000 248,428,000 
        other intangible assets
               13,975,000 14,582,000 15,151,000 15,698,000 16,323,000 17,018,000 17,792,000 13,984,000 14,378,000 14,773,000 16,316,000 18,433,000 20,550,000 22,667,000 25,826,000 29,507,000 33,188,000 36,869,000 40,550,000 44,231,000 47,912,000  55,273,000 58,955,000 62,635,000 66,316,000 73,006,000 88,454,000 98,366,000 108,521,000 118,650,000 132,653,000 147,535,000 162,417,000 178,691,000 214,042,000 218,819,000 239,879,000 283,403,000 304,768,000 326,132,000 347,496,000 369,562,000 419,123,000                 
        other non-current assets
               326,485,000 326,218,000 315,960,000 317,062,000 323,411,000 329,564,000 335,794,000 338,241,000 364,553,000 364,822,000 350,920,000 352,921,000 344,569,000 340,904,000 339,640,000 334,841,000                                             
        total non-current assets
               3,757,521,000 3,840,268,000 4,014,047,000 4,073,622,000 4,084,235,000 4,161,181,000 4,236,750,000 4,118,307,000 4,227,910,000 4,270,523,000 4,254,406,000 4,165,266,000 4,135,508,000 4,148,668,000 4,192,429,000 4,318,084,000                                             
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                                           
        contract liabilities
               122,288,000 107,977,000 129,292,000 121,739,000 127,584,000 134,856,000 138,201,000 141,343,000 134,635,000 127,820,000 112,507,000 104,569,000 89,622,000 89,831,000 99,266,000 101,060,000 109,557,000 106,308,000 90,180,000 72,284,000 74,135,000 72,776,000 65,333,000                                      
        accrued expenses and other current liabilities
               192,100,000 199,086,000 163,109,000 199,853,000 183,613,000 195,827,000 176,083,000 209,442,000 241,615,000 297,649,000 304,018,000 299,999,000 276,703,000 262,944,000 239,706,000 270,393,000                                             
        non-current liabilities:
                                                                           
        long-term debt
               1,497,396,000 1,497,187,000 1,496,981,000 1,496,777,000 1,496,578,000 1,496,379,000 1,496,185,000 1,495,994,000 1,495,805,000 1,495,619,000 1,495,436,000 1,495,256,000 1,495,078,000 1,494,902,000 2,390,218,000                                             2,344,000 
        other non-current liabilities
               109,396,000 109,299,000 112,534,000 119,787,000 119,719,000 122,179,000 124,450,000 136,426,000 135,737,000 69,044,000 69,885,000 70,893,000 74,271,000 74,239,000 73,123,000 74,360,000                                             
        total non-current liabilities
               2,167,991,000 2,167,737,000 2,172,353,000 2,177,117,000 2,183,537,000 2,184,604,000 2,188,166,000 2,171,001,000 2,166,616,000 2,077,597,000 2,062,161,000 2,040,931,000 2,037,673,000 2,030,013,000 2,907,829,000 2,912,726,000                                             
        current portion of long-term debt
                         808,758,000 898,237,000 897,303,000 896,386,000                                              1,365,000 
        current assets of discontinued operations
                               5,866,000       97,000 145,000 37,814,000 213,191,000                                  
        non-current assets of discontinued operations
                                                                           
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
                               4,565,000       542,000 542,000 3,071,000 311,000                                  
        non-current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                           
        marketable investment securities, at fair value
                               1,000,165,000 1,203,308,000 1,925,108,000 2,282,152,000 1,842,875,000 1,640,776,000 1,060,733,000 814,161,000 485,035,000 280,402,000 383,015,000 522,516,000 803,309,000 745,844,000 603,346,000 612,338,000 807,662,000 1,009,478,000                           
        trade accounts receivable - dish network
                               16,125,000 13,943,000 19,510,000 14,200,000 11,065,000 26,126,000 56,861,000                                      
        prepaids and deposits
                               63,210,000 65,589,000 66,119,000 61,177,000 56,149,000 58,911,000 59,751,000 54,533,000 53,536,000 52,857,000 45,604,000 57,919,000 61,489,000 58,334,000 60,287,000                              
        investments in unconsolidated entities
                               225,908,000 225,582,000 227,828,000 262,473,000 160,669,000 156,022,000 173,601,000 161,427,000 165,290,000 174,067,000 165,992,000 197,219,000 202,272,000 202,023,000 208,744,000 209,264,000 214,431,000                            
        other receivables - dish network
                               93,321,000 96,733,000 95,889,000 95,114,000 94,503,000 93,893,000 93,287,000                                      
        noncurrent assets of discontinued operations
                                                                           
        trade accounts payable - dish network
                               714,000 1,113,000 2,826,000 1,698,000 1,411,000 1,393,000 3,742,000 4,753,000 6,556,000 961,000 3,691,000 5,032,000 1,520,000 18,829,000 25,694,000 24,682,000 23,247,000 32,652,000 36,283,000 45,717,000 19,789,000 83,920,000 32,907,000 23,648,000 9,784,000 26,960,000 16,149,000 16,140,000 19,002,000 16,374,000 17,966,000 23,826,000 21,854,000 14,155,000 19,999,000 11,498,000 30,049,000        
        accrued compensation
                               42,810,000 44,829,000 35,161,000 54,242,000 41,341,000 42,612,000 32,905,000 47,756,000 37,096,000 37,978,000 30,013,000 58,106,000 37,083,000 39,945,000 27,886,000 29,767,000 31,658,000 30,227,000 32,913,000 32,764,000 31,601,000 34,070,000 31,409,000 27,364,000                     
        accrued taxes
                               17,465,000 16,221,000 17,455,000 16,013,000 16,681,000 15,719,000                                       
        accrued expenses and other
                               126,865,000 111,745,000 75,443,000 72,470,000 72,464,000 68,195,000 105,291,000 98,227,000 110,872,000 106,366,000 106,391,000 108,519,000 104,638,000 104,880,000 100,937,000 138,601,000 110,492,000 111,472,000 103,882,000 121,293,000 113,892,000 122,326,000 93,294,000 98,980,000 118,676,000 142,245,000 177,616,000 152,072,000 155,625,000 174,063,000 195,874,000 238,813,000 73,295,000 62,079,000 86,082,000 88,321,000 96,402,000 91,196,000 94,447,000 89,324,000 151,552,000 66,576,000 80,845,000 22,191,000 
        noncurrent liabilities:
                                                                           
        long-term debt and finance lease obligations
                               2,388,931,000 2,553,352,000 2,563,429,000                                          
        other noncurrent liabilities
                               77,333,000 114,275,000 119,242,000 121,546,000 124,694,000 124,252,000 127,306,000 128,503,000 131,626,000 131,931,000 121,341,000 93,717,000 95,615,000 92,757,000 97,742,000 93,954,000 100,767,000 102,753,000 104,761,000 106,634,000 110,111,000 113,202,000                       
        noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                           
        total noncurrent liabilities
                               2,892,094,000 3,235,478,000 3,253,350,000 3,160,683,000 3,178,772,000 3,172,827,000 4,146,452,000 4,158,739,000 4,483,306,000 4,479,777,000 4,477,571,000 4,470,616,000 4,450,427,000 2,942,612,000 1,065,111,000 2,932,289,000 3,042,711,000 3,023,653,000 3,109,548,000 3,097,548,000 3,090,300,000 3,089,971,000 2,894,206,000 2,821,887,000 2,853,399,000 2,862,681,000 2,908,616,000                  
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                           
        preferred stock, 0.001 par value...
                                                                           
        common stock, 0.001 par value...
                                                                           
        class b convertible common stock, 0.001 par value...
                               48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000                                         
        class c convertible common stock, 0.001 par value...
                                                                           
        class d common stock, 0.001 par value...
                                                                           
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                               -131,664,000 -119,500,000 -124,251,000 -125,100,000 -160,947,000 -154,011,000 -111,413,000 -130,154,000 -88,732,000 -86,068,000 -80,191,000 -124,803,000 -99,167,000 -111,820,000 -106,353,000                              
        total echostar corporation stockholders’ equity
                               3,674,721,000 4,230,885,000 4,168,102,000 4,140,199,000 4,244,005,000 4,229,387,000 4,190,527,000                                      
        other noncontrolling interests
                                 11,434,000 15,275,000 14,725,000 14,865,000 14,988,000 14,822,000 13,836,000 13,304,000 13,122,000 12,830,000 12,070,000 11,546,000 11,421,000 11,310,000 10,699,000 10,810,000 10,382,000 10,008,000 9,838,000 9,395,000                       
        current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations
                                  959,577,000 1,030,088,000 1,028,119,000 41,424,000 40,631,000 38,407,000 39,229,000 37,270,000 37,307,000 37,717,000 38,494,000  35,698,000 32,228,000 31,666,000 31,475,000 44,539,000 51,080,000 61,404,000 68,662,000 65,473,000 65,136,000 67,706,000 65,450,000 66,096,000 68,541,000 65,239,000 58,323,000 58,854,000 54,675,000 53,060,000 46,953,000 39,909,000         
        long-term debt and capital lease obligations
                                  2,573,204,000 2,582,819,000 2,592,174,000 3,585,972,000                                      
        preferred stock, .001 par value...
                                                                           
        common stock, .001 par value...
                                                                           
        class a common stock, .001 par value...
                                   54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 53,000 53,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 51,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 49,000 49,000 49,000 48,000 47,000 46,000 45,000 45,000 45,000 45,000 45,000 44,000 44,000 44,000 43,000 43,000 43,000 43,000 43,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000 42,000  
        class b convertible common stock, .001 par value...
                                   48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000                                     
        class c convertible common stock, .001 par value...
                                                                           
        class d common stock, .001 par value...
                                                                           
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 309,690 and 302,345, respectively
                                    51,593,000                                       
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 12,027 and 12,956, respectively
                                      196,840,000                                     
        trade accounts receivable - dish network, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of zero
                                      43,295,000 52,512,000 56,825,000 50,284,000 278,615,000 330,300,000 340,955,000 340,532,000 277,159,000 247,453,000 245,338,000 275,209,000 303,391,000 318,351,000 379,470,000 336,164,000 321,711,000 309,927,000 281,845,000 264,664,000 255,829,000 284,407,000 229,852,000 308,763,000 272,434,000 250,050,000 238,997,000 392,404,000 339,146,000 348,098,000        
        other receivable - dish network
                                      92,687,000 92,133,000 91,579,000 91,029,000 90,586,000 90,359,000 91,376,000 91,171,000 90,966,000 90,793,000 90,620,000 90,449,000 90,632,000 90,356,000 90,083,000                       
        deferred revenue and prepayments
                                      65,959,000 56,285,000 54,722,000 54,596,000 62,956,000 62,197,000 67,516,000 62,579,000 61,881,000 69,239,000 75,906,000 64,673,000 73,431,000 67,189,000 58,252,000                       
        long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of unamortized debt issuance costs
                                      3,594,213,000 3,605,715,000 3,611,746,000 3,620,044,000 3,622,879,000 3,629,973,000 2,144,479,000 290,570,000                              
        hughes retail preferred tracking stock, .001 par value...
                                          6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000                       
        noncontrolling interest in hss tracking stock
                                          73,910,000 73,928,000 73,843,000 74,031,000 74,854,000 76,437,000 77,123,000 78,288,000 83,122,000 85,228,000 86,847,000                       
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 13,211 and 12,956, respectively
                                       192,387,000                                    
        restricted cash and marketable investment securities
                                       13,736,000 13,847,000 8,343,000 12,926,000 13,651,000 22,691,000 21,664,000 21,002,000 19,258,000 20,452,000 19,991,000 19,095,000 19,179,000 19,104,000 14,951,000 21,083,000 21,468,000 29,045,000 26,868,000 23,656,000 23,987,000 24,286,000 20,616,000 22,563,000 17,426,000 17,426,000 17,216,000 17,216,000 18,003,000 11,846,000 2,846,000 2,846,000 2,846,000 2,586,000 3,150,000  
        class b common stock, .001 par value...
                                       48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000 48,000  
        class c common stock, .001 par value...
                                                                           
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 12,541 and 12,956, respectively
                                        192,246,000                                   
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 11,371 and 12,956, respectively
                                         167,860,000                                  
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 13,400 and 12,485, respectively
                                          209,788,000                                 
        accrued royalties
                                          23,199,000 22,687,000 23,634,000 22,609,000 22,531,000 22,306,000 26,876,000 22,683,000 23,361,000 28,290,000 22,731,000 20,389,000 19,664,000 17,231,000 18,034,000 16,201,000 20,474,000 17,490,000 23,590,000  18,996,000 16,334,000 20,199,000 18,581,000 21,979,000 18,591,000        
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 13,817 and 12,485, respectively
                                           177,901,000                                
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 13,030 and 12,485, respectively
                                            156,064,000                               
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 13,772 and 12,485, respectively
                                             163,726,000                              
        current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of unamortized debt issuance costs
                                             1,896,233,000                              
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 12,485 and 14,188, respectively
                                              179,240,000                             
        prepaid expenses
                                              56,949,000 63,776,000 63,566,000 68,814,000 56,898,000 57,506,000 60,149,000                       
        deferred tax assets
                                               95,525,000 96,245,000 78,503,000 70,150,000 69,603,000 69,735,000 20,583,000 25,757,000 25,824,000 23,317,000 37,992,000 38,175,000 38,340,000 23,492,000     5,451,000 7,091,000 7,698,000 12,123,000 14,002,000 9,484,000     
        long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion
                                              2,187,943,000 2,195,985,000 2,202,337,000 2,320,078,000 2,332,730,000 2,339,338,000 2,345,199,000 2,364,121,000 2,380,172,000 2,397,542,000 2,420,793,000 2,431,894,000 2,457,837,000 2,477,143,000 2,469,023,000 2,339,316,000 2,346,752,000 354,534,000 359,825,000 364,674,000 382,357,000         
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 13,543 and 14,188, respectively
                                               177,553,000                            
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 13,239 and 14,188, respectively
                                                183,555,000                           
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 13,796 and 14,188, respectively
                                                 153,410,000                          
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 14,649 and 13,237, respectively
                                                  183,468,000                         
        accumulated deficit
                                                                           
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 14,766 and 13,237, respectively
                                                   173,813,000                        
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 14,368 and 13,237, respectively
                                                    155,718,000                       
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 14,806 and 16,894, respectively
                                                     165,255,000                      
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 15,403 and 16,894, respectively
                                                      179,522,000                     
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 16,051 and 16,894, respectively
                                                       197,932,000                    
        other investment securities
                                                       179,571,000 183,211,000                   
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 16,894 and 18,484, respectively
                                                        211,373,000                   
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 15,530 and 18,484, respectively
                                                         227,136,000                  
        orbital rights
                                                         565,727,000 541,246,000                 
        marketable and other investment securities
                                                         178,221,000 140,549,000 147,315,000 140,439,000 277,944,000 831,264,000 752,836,000 725,588,000 613,353,000 611,210,000 655,932,000 315,373,000 182,796,000 156,717,000     
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 18,258 and 18,484, respectively
                                                          245,078,000                 
        acquisition of orbital right
                                                          64,651,000                 
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 18,893 and 18,484, respectively
                                                           240,486,000                
        fcc authorizations
                                                           469,810,000 469,810,000 469,810,000 469,810,000 69,810,000 69,810,000 69,810,000 69,810,000 69,810,000 69,810,000 69,810,000 69,810,000 69,810,000 108,531,000 165,994,000  
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 18,484 and 7,644, respectively
                                                            212,960,000               
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 11,846 and 7,644, respectively
                                                             220,030,000              
        noncontrolling interest
                                                             9,397,000 10,835,000      -742,000       
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,116 and 7,644, respectively
                                                              230,539,000             
        trade accounts receivable - other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,988 and 7,644, respectively
                                                               43,336,000            
        trade accounts payable - other
                                                               169,073,000 145,203,000 204,733,000 188,275,000 186,672,000        
        other long-term liabilities
                                                               35,316,000 34,348,000 29,096,000 15,708,000 15,454,000 16,200,000 15,307,000 15,220,000 839,000 840,000 839,000  
        trade accounts receivable - other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,644 and 5,605, respectively
                                                                42,247,000           
        trade accounts receivable - other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,997 and 5,605, respectively
                                                                 48,704,000          
        trade accounts receivable - other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,038 and 5,605, respectively
                                                                  58,011,000         
        trade accounts receivable - other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 4,102 and 5,605, respectively
                                                                   57,100,000        
        current portion of capital lease obligations, mortgages and other notes payable
                                                                   51,679,000 51,894,000 51,027,000 52,778,000 51,513,000 49,724,000 52,220,000  
        capital lease obligations, mortgages and other notes payable, net of current portion
                                                                   394,960,000 270,036,000 282,275,000 293,661,000 308,455,000 323,590,000 334,679,000  
        trade accounts receivable — dish network, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of zero
                                                                    222,779,000 315,992,000      
        trade accounts receivable — other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 3,402 and 7,182, respectively
                                                                    35,362,000       
        inventories
                                                                    47,995,000 39,615,000 46,493,000 51,048,000 59,496,000 36,417,000 21,043,000 
        trade accounts payable — other
                                                                    189,302,000 205,488,000 205,660,000 265,901,000 184,125,000 127,231,000  
        trade accounts payable — dish network
                                                                    20,456,000 24,474,000 21,570,000 72,160,000 51,134,000 280,735,000  
        trade accounts receivable — other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 4,819 and 7,182, respectively
                                                                     26,088,000      
        trade accounts receivable — dish network, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of zero and zero, respectively
                                                                      297,629,000     
        trade accounts receivable — other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,182 and 51, respectively
                                                                      29,216,000     
        owner’s net investment
                                                                           
        trade accounts receivable — dish network
                                                                       491,886,000 278,478,000 478,299,000  
        trade accounts receivable — other, net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 343 and 51, respectively
                                                                       47,339,000    
        marketable and non-marketable investment securities
                                                                       321,034,000 471,863,000   
        accrued expenses — dish network
                                                                       966,000 966,000   
        trade accounts receivable — other, net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 34 and 51, respectively
                                                                        54,584,000   
        trade accounts receivable — other, net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 43 and 51, respectively
                                                                         58,353,000  
        insurance receivable
                                                                         40,750,000  
        non-marketable investment securities
                                                                         114,097,000  
        deferred revenue and other — dish network
                                                                         6,306,000  
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 51 and 823, respectively
                                                                          34,154,000 
        fcc authorizations.
                                                                          42,873,000 
        investment in affiliates
                                                                          59,160,000 
        liabilities and owner's equity
                                                                           
        trade accounts payable.
                                                                          22,786,000 
        deferred revenue
                                                                          4,055,000 
        net investment in echostar
                                                                           
        preferred stock of echostar, .001 par value...
                                                                           
        echostar class a common stock, .001 par value...
                                                                           
        echostar class b common stock, .001 par value...
                                                                           
        echostar class c common stock, .001 par value...
                                                                           
        echostar class d common stock, .001 par value...
                                                                           
        owner's net investment
                                                                          1,140,822,000 
        total net investment in echostar
                                                                          1,207,518,000 
        total liabilities and net investment in echostar
                                                                          1,260,910,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2012-12-31 2011-12-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 
                                                       
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                       
          net income
        -1,215,466,000 -12,781,348,000 -306,844,000 -203,281,000 335,119,000 -143,801,000 -207,458,000 -108,375,000 -1,672,261,000 532,000 9,085,000 27,820,000 47,580,000 19,550,000 10,473,000 88,945,000 -80,083,000 30,217,000 35,015,000 77,572,000 -2,597,000 23,273,000 -14,843,000 -57,737,000 -63,094,000 -21,106,000 -5,060,000 15,008,000 -111,648,000 16,502,000 77,684,000 -21,171,000 313,814,000 35,201,000 7,122,000 37,352,000 38,930,000 37,410,000 55,909,000 48,443,000 62,402,000 26,793,000 -12,612,000 168,938,000 5,151,000 -645,000 -689,596,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
                                                       
          depreciation and amortization
        212,870,000 391,291,000 493,055,000 488,333,000 459,834,000 477,434,000 507,525,000 485,400,000 1,286,449,000 103,028,000 105,588,000 102,858,000 110,397,000 110,233,000 116,555,000 120,436,000 122,465,000 120,596,000 118,982,000 129,286,000 132,934,000 129,822,000 129,887,000 132,368,000 129,146,000 149,423,000 155,410,000 154,221,000 153,620,000 150,555,000 148,449,000 145,554,000 142,251,000 134,822,000 130,034,000 126,742,000 124,196,000 123,633,000 120,505,000 126,734,000 129,611,000 117,854,000 129,701,000 56,045,000 58,191,000 61,949,000 70,430,000 
          impairments and other
        1,150,543,000                                               
          realized and unrealized losses and impairments on investments and other
        27,322,000                                               
          realized and unrealized losses on derivatives
                                                       
          asset sales and other losses
        -40,554,000                                               
          echostar exchange offers debt extinguishment losses
                                                       
          non-cash, stock-based compensation
        8,278,000 11,871,000 8,514,000 7,609,000 8,085,000 8,605,000 10,635,000 9,058,000                                  224,000 4,506,000 3,004,000 3,241,000 3,454,000  
          interest expense paid in kind on long-term debt
                                                      
          deferred tax expense
        -84,345,000 -4,153,838,000 -105,817,000 -68,902,000 113,581,000 -50,000,000 -23,612,000 -11,688,000                                    73,576,000 15,242,000 -8,351,000 -110,377,000 
          changes in allowance for credit losses
        -11,794,000 -6,847,000 17,590,000 -1,987,000 201,000 -25,071,000 22,592,000 10,516,000                                        
          change in long-term deferred revenue and other long-term liabilities
        -87,331,000 36,257,000 3,192,000 -2,772,000 -3,441,000 7,857,000 12,010,000 -3,871,000                                        
          other
        28,286,000 -83,292,000 63,738,000 51,627,000 46,075,000 -55,010,000 127,796,000 64,914,000 173,017,000 15,864,000 1,580,000 -24,078,000 -39,320,000 8,212,000 29,925,000 -2,528,000 3,049,000 10,493,000 -5,353,000 11,551,000 -3,356,000 -1,850,000 -2,396,000 -4,899,000 -17,821,000 21,969,000 -765,000 2,914,000 51,000 6,221,000 2,982,000 2,840,000 4,706,000 -168,000 3,430,000 2,308,000 10,015,000 4,329,000 6,608,000 3,899,000 6,986,000 4,670,000 -792,000 861,000 -7,485,000 -5,705,000 -25,254,000 
          changes in operating assets and operating liabilities:
                                                       
          trade accounts receivable
                                 -5,606,000 19,398,000 -19,231,000 17,969,000 -32,750,000                  
          prepaid and accrued income taxes
                                                       
          inventory
                                 -10,775,000 3,150,000 -1,036,000 -5,017,000 10,429,000                  
          other operating assets and operating liabilities
                                                       
          trade accounts payable
                26,925,000 -6,046,000 -2,974,000 -13,797,000 8,168,000 -1,136,000 -5,253,000 7,046,000 -213,000 -5,755,000 8,744,000 -18,375,000 5,485,000 -6,123,000 -2,142,000 -9,559,000 -5,031,000 18,405,000 -9,056,000 8,831,000 7,026,000 172,000                  
          deferred revenue and other
                                                       
          accrued programming and other accrued expenses
                                                       
          net cash flows from operating activities
        -425,322,000 111,681,000 7,512,000 206,755,000 45,553,000 276,160,000 479,725,000 451,259,000             168,986,000 120,122,000 173,985,000 71,295,000 123,262,000 152,286,000 204,828,000 175,946,000 190,610,000 190,373,000 218,264,000 135,275,000 134,956,000 209,057,000 241,524,000 141,355,000 228,634,000 219,075,000 162,785,000 192,849,000 168,528,000 154,808,000 194,595,000 208,182,000 77,879,000 35,977,000 79,750,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                       
          purchases of marketable investment securities
        -301,159,000 -520,255,000 -439,945,000 -1,807,779,000 -1,224,377,000 -7,319,000 -2,712,000 -19,135,000 -1,391,896,000 -115,090,000 -661,975,000 -238,585,000 -527,014,000 -356,918,000 -94,951,000 -88,578,000 -198,626,000 -513,727,000 -550,184,000 -389,071,000 -565,167,000 -1,679,304,000 -4,476,000 -550,891,000 -338,104,000 -151,001,000 -178,707,000 -325,557,000 -650,164,000 -690,160,000 -1,070,319,000 -562,611,000 -535,805,000 -273,379,000 -628,000 -45,905,000 -37,959,000 -241,930,000 -319,466,000 -321,892,000    -617,540,000 -482,193,000 -243,088,000 -628,799,000 
          sales and maturities of marketable investment securities
        679,064,000 1,022,984,000 992,433,000 533,812,000 9,610,000 61,909,000 42,720,000 458,792,000 2,559,861,000 486,810,000 206,097,000 457,776,000 219,517,000 247,477,000 176,788,000 492,812,000 221,745,000 275,483,000 462,700,000 1,361,632,000 878,546,000 254,258,000 289,953,000 687,579,000 403,142,000 366,597,000 908,815,000 712,666,000 167,238,000 489,587,000 543,042,000 298,596,000 201,403,000 84,704,000 86,648,000 205,296,000 357,301,000 143,090,000 176,886,000 323,889,000 387,641,000  231,919,000 533,673,000 463,820,000 386,662,000 403,489,000 
          purchases of property and equipment
        -158,098,000 -256,032,000 -293,173,000 -258,427,000 -344,271,000 -333,684,000 -347,310,000 -519,612,000                              -156,813,000 -141,633,000 -235,223,000    -39,705,000 -53,333,000 -34,689,000 -82,602,000 
          refunds and other receipts of purchases of property and equipment
                                                       
          capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations
        -102,526,000 -453,728,000 -120,057,000 -308,758,000 -161,182,000 -323,723,000 -158,084,000                                        
          proceeds from other debt investments
                                                       
          purchases of regulatory authorizations, including deposits
            -1,104,000                                        
          sale of assets to conx
                                                     
          liberty puerto rico asset sale
                                                      
          sale of fiber business
                                                     
          net cash flows from investing activities
        245,436,000 149,679,000 -143,002,000 -1,656,719,000 -1,870,952,000 -329,233,000 -610,020,000 -238,145,000             188,791,000 -1,531,770,000 182,578,000 17,946,000 -169,411,000 108,921,000 614,901,000 267,547,000 -744,885,000 -376,729,000 -654,721,000 -322,145,000 -493,601,000 -389,023,000 -53,838,000 68,460,000 127,552,000 -252,305,000 -293,214,000 -214,300,000    -176,531,000 -79,013,000 101,261,000 -322,108,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                       
          repayment of debt, finance lease and other obligations
                                                       
          redemption and repurchases of debt
                                                       
          proceeds from issuance of debt
                                                       
          debt issuance costs and debt (discount) premium
                                                     
          proceeds from issuance of pipe shares
                                                       
          early debt redemption gains
                                                       
          class a common stock repurchases
                                                   -53,260,000 
          net proceeds from class a common stock options exercised and stock issued under the employee stock purchase plan
        13,353,000 28,852,000 4,460,000 2,534,000 -155,000 2,515,000 1,992,000 -160,000                             11,275,000 5,652,000 4,170,000 6,335,000 18,836,000       
          purchase of snr management's ownership interest in snr holdco
            -441,998,000                                        
          purchase of northstar manager, llc's ownership interest in northstar spectrum
                                                       
          net cash flows from financing activities
        -347,441,000 -196,875,000 -34,150,000 -331,847,000 3,613,988,000 2,313,681,000 -23,641,000 -1,420,451,000             -32,168,000 7,473,000 8,093,000 982,000 4,704,000 -4,303,000 -863,563,000 -22,149,000 -115,520,000 -7,903,000 -8,381,000 -4,759,000 -8,595,000 -6,784,000 -2,421,000 17,872,000 -205,000 1,487,142,000 -6,739,000 -4,509,000   -14,657,000 -6,541,000 -4,480,000 -14,188,000 -62,969,000 
          effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
        -347,000 26,000 1,251,000 1,714,000 -2,263,000 243,000 -2,852,000 -849,000 1,382,000 -1,861,000 1,824,000 1,659,000 817,000 -2,395,000 -4,208,000 3,480,000 -635,000 -2,671,000 1,365,000 -1,808,000 6,958,000 10,884,000 -14,423,000 -4,809,000 -164,000 -532,000 254,000 -133,000 1,216,000 -1,508,000 -1,699,000 -242,000 337,000 47,000 252,000 715,000 -546,000 -44,000 192,000 536,000  2,750,000      
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents
        -527,674,000 64,511,000 -168,389,000 -1,780,097,000 1,786,326,000 2,260,851,000 -156,788,000 -1,208,186,000                                        
          cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
        4,593,804,000 1,911,601,000                                        
          cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, end of period
        -527,674,000 64,511,000 -168,389,000 2,813,707,000 1,786,326,000 2,260,851,000 -156,788,000 703,415,000                                        
          changes in operating assets and operating liabilities
         144,526,000 -136,854,000 -28,103,000                                            
          repayment of long-term debt, finance lease and other obligations
         -13,760,000 -21,601,000 -24,671,000 -7,764,000                                           
          redemption and repurchases of term loans, convertible and senior notes
         -166,667,000 -166,666,000 -289,383,000                                            
          proceeds from issuance of convertible and senior notes
                                                      
          proceeds from new dish dbs financing
                                                      
          debt issuance costs and debt (discount) premium from new dish dbs financing
            1,698,000                                           
          early debt extinguishment gains of convertible and senior notes
         11,465,000                                            
          realized and unrealized losses on investments, impairments and other
          -29,062,000 -35,769,000 31,288,000 -7,383,000 25,419,000 23,893,000                                        
          impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill
                                                       
          liberty puerto rico asset sale losses
                                                      
          equity in losses of affiliates
            -1,008,000                                        -257,000 1,667,000  
          changes in current assets and current liabilities:
                                                       
          other current assets
                5,926,000 -4,329,000 -14,734,000 -27,153,000 19,946,000 -20,289,000 -2,773,000 -3,340,000 538,000 -6,721,000 616,000 -1,736,000 8,106,000 -9,448,000 4,485,000 -16,127,000 -35,474,000 -1,216,000 1,524,000 -4,024,000 -10,692,000 -139,000                  
          redemption and repurchases of convertible and senior notes
            -1,982,544,000 -2,000 -951,168,000                                        
          treasury share repurchase
                    -12,208,000 -43,788,000 -33,307,000 -32,053,000 -65,561,000 -55,960,000 -107,862,000                            
          changes in current assets and current liabilities
             39,488,000 4,818,000 -18,588,000                        -13,313,000  57,372,000 101,162,000 -13,857,000  26,903,000 -55,732,000 -18,184,000     -30,811,000 -6,496,000  
          proceeds from issuance of senior notes
                                                       
          repayment of long-term debt and finance lease obligations
              -25,633,000 -27,125,000                                        
          proceeds from accrued interest in conjunction with the issuance of senior notes
                                                       
          refund of regulatory authorizations deposit
                                                       
          redemption and repurchases of senior notes
                                                       
          repurchases of convertible notes
                                                       
          early debt extinguishment gains
                                                       
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows from operating activities:
                                                       
          impairment of long-lived assets
                 3,142,000   15,000 230,000                            
          losses on investments
                 10,743,000 5,485,000 7,109,000 964,000 10,077,000 22,538,000 -80,686,000 43,450,000 -3,748,000 -30,633,000 -78,600,000 -6,458,000   46,672,000 -825,000 -8,296,000 -13,373,000 -6,418,000                    
          equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates
                 1,978,000 546,000 551,000 1,262,000 1,426,000 1,301,000 1,714,000 2,574,000 -74,000 4,044,000 -1,374,000 1,401,000   -2,613,000 417,000 3,210,000 4,754,000 6,353,000  -416,000 2,058,000 1,009,000        963,000        
          foreign currency transaction losses
                 2,089,000 -3,258,000 -3,313,000 -5,288,000 2,805,000 3,642,000 -6,394,000 2,568,000 6,641,000 -665,000 4,069,000 -8,618,000   10,844,000                        
          deferred tax provision
                 216,000 1,351,000 6,521,000 -7,471,000 4,489,000 -1,126,000 25,538,000 -8,286,000 11,926,000 15,654,000 18,370,000 13,673,000   -10,064,000 9,593,000 15,935,000 559,000 6,455,000 3,970,000 12,126,000 17,267,000 -7,036,000 -296,501,000 7,251,000 330,000 343,000 26,726,000 18,331,000 27,407,000 25,684,000 -7,289,000       
          stock-based compensation
                 2,864,000 2,783,000 2,592,000 3,145,000 3,354,000 3,187,000 1,860,000 1,786,000 2,088,000 1,814,000 2,011,000 2,000,000 2,378,000 2,125,000 2,384,000 2,233,000 2,287,000 2,205,000 2,628,000 2,219,000 2,661,000 2,345,000 2,765,000 2,934,000 3,261,000 2,952,000 956,000 3,281,000 3,625,000 3,944,000 4,384,000 5,635,000       
          amortization of debt issuance costs
                 209,000 206,000 204,000 200,000 197,000 195,000 191,000 189,000 184,000 890,000 1,118,000 1,112,000 1,092,000 1,070,000 1,050,000 1,030,000 1,010,000 1,862,000 2,010,000 2,013,000 2,005,000 1,969,000 1,936,000                
          gain on repayment of other debt securities
                                                      
          other-than-temporary impairment losses on equity method investments
                                                      
          (accretion of discounts) and amortization of premiums on debt investments
                                                       
          changes in assets and liabilities, net:
                                                       
          trade accounts receivable and contract assets
                 1,965,000 15,016,000 -14,041,000 12,604,000 -24,292,000 -30,791,000 -8,480,000 18,560,000 -17,531,000 2,727,000 -6,090,000 11,394,000 -3,895,000 2,402,000 -7,664,000                        
          contract liabilities
                 14,311,000 -21,315,000 7,553,000 -5,845,000 -7,272,000 -3,345,000 -3,142,000 6,708,000 6,815,000 15,313,000 7,938,000 14,947,000 -209,000 -8,017,000 -3,212,000                        
          accrued expenses and other current liabilities
                 -3,905,000 31,673,000 -28,257,000 23,355,000 -16,885,000 16,914,000 -27,033,000 18,836,000 -104,078,000 28,068,000 -27,447,000 13,667,000 2,105,000 31,972,000 -4,922,000                        
          non-current assets and non-current liabilities
                 -8,114,000 -12,294,000 -1,286,000 16,591,000 1,216,000 -14,874,000 -9,774,000 16,957,000 68,169,000 -3,478,000 -1,636,000 -16,389,000 -4,404,000 10,955,000 -5,226,000                        
          net cash from operating activities
                 110,065,000 144,533,000 46,425,000 186,288,000 91,685,000 147,279,000 104,353,000 204,364,000 119,222,000 191,753,000 116,887,000                            
          capital expenditures
                 -82,404,000 -65,387,000 -59,071,000 -76,517,000 -61,457,000 -75,779,000 -112,138,000 -86,427,000 -89,537,000 -83,231,000 -179,235,000                            
          free cash flows
                 27,661,000 79,146,000 -12,646,000 109,771,000 30,228,000 71,500,000 -7,785,000 117,937,000 29,685,000 108,522,000 -62,348,000                            
          expenditures for property and equipment
                 -82,404,000 -65,387,000 -59,071,000 -76,517,000 -61,457,000 -75,779,000 -112,138,000 -86,427,000 -89,537,000 -83,231,000 -179,235,000 -113,757,000 -98,137,000 -92,300,000 -104,604,000 -103,723,000 -95,421,000 -107,478,000 -111,962,000 -139,888,000 -167,155,000 -119,592,000 -128,506,000 -160,550,000 -192,131,000 -128,067,000 -102,463,000            
          refunds and other receipts related to capital expenditures
                 3,240,000 16,371,000 15,000,000                    77,524,000     24,087,000       
          expenditures for externally marketed software
                 -7,120,000 -8,291,000 -6,962,000 -6,179,000 -4,959,000 -6,874,000 -5,093,000 -7,909,000 -8,799,000 -8,989,000 -7,846,000 -10,831,000 -8,587,000 -10,599,000 -8,638,000 -7,946,000 -6,035,000 -7,729,000 -7,600,000 -7,071,000 -9,568,000 -7,852,000 -7,148,000 -5,884,000 -8,328,000 -6,287,000 -10,832,000 -5,261,000 -5,692,000 -6,340,000 -5,959,000        
          proceeds from repayment of other debt investment
                                                      
          india jv formation
                    -7,892,000                                
          dividend received from unconsolidated affiliate
                                                     
          sale of unconsolidated affiliate
                                                      
          sales of other investments
                       435,000 9,016,000 1,500,000                            
          net cash from investing activities
                 285,436,000 -364,737,000 168,158,000 -390,193,000 -165,287,000 1,184,000 279,111,000 -71,217,000 -336,145,000 -170,688,000 736,980,000                            
          payment of finance lease obligations
                    -6,000 -29,000 -85,000 -92,000 -102,000 -147,000 -329,000  -185,000 -206,000 -215,000                        
          payment of in-orbit incentive obligations
                 -684,000 -626,000 -1,834,000 -566,000 -514,000 -464,000 -1,444,000 -414,000 -369,000 -327,000 -1,104,000 -286,000 -247,000 -220,000 -801,000                        
          proceeds from class a common stock issued under the employee stock purchase plan
                 810,000 1,045,000 1,098,000 2,133,000 2,127,000 2,679,000 2,367,000 2,183,000                               
          payment of equity registration fees
                                                       
          net cash from financing activities
                 -1,201,000 419,000 -736,000 1,561,000 -10,595,000 -41,602,000 -32,469,000 -29,968,000 -63,559,000 -889,529,000 -164,289,000                            
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                 392,439,000 -217,961,000 215,506,000 -201,527,000 -86,592,000 102,653,000 354,475,000 102,544,000 -283,153,000 -867,099,000 687,770,000 332,567,000 -1,393,291,000 350,233,000 85,414,000         -366,903,000 -186,703,000 185,517,000 228,402,000 355,435,000 1,453,868,000 -136,976,000 -25,424,000 145,135,000 37,150,000 -26,771,000 25,110,000 -5,614,000 123,050,000 -305,327,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, including restricted amounts, beginning of period
                 -1,000 705,883,000 536,874,000 896,812,000 1,521,889,000 929,495,000 2,432,249,000                
          cash and cash equivalents, including restricted amounts, end of period
                 392,438,000 -217,961,000 921,389,000 -201,527,000 -86,592,000 102,653,000 891,349,000 102,544,000 -283,153,000 -867,099,000 1,584,582,000 332,567,000 -1,393,291,000 350,233,000 1,607,303,000 -41,609,000 256,372,000 -43,580,000 1,350,706,000 -668,579,000 -195,767,000 -446,537,000 2,240,378,000                
          purchase of other investments
                        -50,000,000 -5,500,000                        
          repurchase and maturity of the 2021 senior unsecured notes
                                                     
          proceeds from class a common stock options exercised
                                                       
          contribution by non-controlling interest holder
                        4,480,000 5,400,000 3,973,000 4,268,000 6,000,000 4,000,000                        
          dividends received from unconsolidated affiliates
                                                       
          investments in unconsolidated affiliates
                                                       
          purchases of regulatory authorizations
                                                       
          repurchase and maturity of the 2019 senior secured notes
                                                       
          purchase of non-controlling interest
                                                       
          net proceeds from class a common stock options exercised
                            -128,000 547,000 286,000 150,000 3,194,000 2,640,000 59,456,000 2,047,000 360,000 583,000 3,481,000 2,380,000 1,164,000 5,667,000 26,325,000            
          net proceeds from class a common stock issued under the employee stock purchase plan
                          2,329,000 2,486,000 2,043,000 2,766,000 2,376,000 2,924,000 2,055,000 2,650,000 2,325,000 2,749,000 1,940,000 2,542,000 2,250,000 2,636,000 1,820,000 2,398,000 2,131,000 2,409,000            
          repurchase of the 2021 senior unsecured notes
                           -62,588,000                            
          changes in assets and current liabilities, net:
                                                       
          refunds and other receipts related to property and equipment
                                                     
          sale of investment in unconsolidated affiliates
                                                       
          repayment of other long-term debt and finance lease obligations
                                                       
          treasury share purchase
                            -37,565,000 -5,893,000                        
          losses (gains) on investments
                                                       
          equity in losses (earnings) of unconsolidated affiliates
                                           -5,249,000  -5,164,000          
          foreign currency transaction losses (gains)
                                                       
          deferred tax benefit
                                                       
          repurchase of the 2019 senior secured notes
                                                       
          proceeds from sale of trading securities
                                                   
          changes in current assets and current liabilities, net:
                                                       
          changes in non-current assets and non-current liabilities
                                                       
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                                                       
          cash paid for interest
                                       55,172,000 76,181,000 53,220,000 76,178,000 54,053,000 75,663,000 9,831,000 76,737,000 10,476,000 76,779,000 82,480,000 88,464,000 9,863,000 9,962,000 7,169,000 7,303,000 
          cash paid for income taxes
                                1,456,000 902,000 445,000 772,000 1,840,000 795,000 1,735,000 839,000 962,000 702,000 8,334,000 1,035,000 2,513,000 2,988,000 3,613,000 2,586,000 1,209,000 2,422,000 -1,464,000 639,000 5,411,000 3,814,000 24,713,000 
          dividend received from unconsolidated entity
                                                       
          trade accounts receivable - dish network
                                 -29,036,000 5,567,000 -5,310,000 -3,135,000 15,061,000                  
          trade accounts payable - dish network
                                 -399,000 -1,713,000 1,128,000 287,000 18,000                  
          accrued expenses and other
                                 13,836,000 44,555,000 6,854,000 3,655,000 11,701,000                  
          changes in noncurrent assets and noncurrent liabilities
                                 -71,000 -4,189,000 5,563,000 11,053,000 1,077,000 -3,218,000 -13,982,000 -13,501,000 -11,711,000 -5,760,000 -6,003,000 1,362,000 5,238,000 -529,000 3,388,000 -1,841,000       
          investment in unconsolidated entities
                                                       
          sale of investment in unconsolidated entity
                                       17,781,000            
          repayment of debt and finance lease obligations
                                 -7,955,000 -11,298,000 -9,882,000                    
          repurchase and maturity of debt
                                                      
          purchase of noncontrolling interest
                                                      
          repayment of in-orbit incentive obligations
                                 -1,491,000 -2,205,000 -1,573,000 -749,000 -1,329,000                  
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents, including restricted amounts
                                 256,372,000 -43,580,000 421,211,000  -195,767,000 -446,537,000 -191,871,000                
          cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized
                                 41,141,000 66,053,000 54,572,000 70,293,000 48,286,000                  
          repurchase of debt
                                   -8,046,000                    
          noncontrolling interest purchase
                                   -7,313,000                    
          equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
                                        -1,353,000 -4,381,000              
          gains and losses on investments
                                    45,633,000                   
          dividends received from unconsolidated entities
                                        4,000,000              
          investments in unconsolidated entities
                                                     
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
                                                1,324,000     
          payments of debt issuance costs
                                           -822,000           
          purchase of treasury shares
                                                       
          repayment of debt and capital lease obligations
                                    -13,255,000 -9,347,000 -9,049,000 -9,368,000 -11,276,000 -8,676,000 -8,982,000 -8,736,000            
          cash exchanged for tracking stock
                                        -651,000            
          dividends received from unconsolidated entity
                                          7,500,000            
          losses and impairments on investments
                                                       
          loss and impairment on investments
                                       36,673,000                
          capitalized interest
                                       4,099,000 6,519,000 11,728,000 11,944,000 21,824,000 24,009,000 23,293,000 25,072,000 22,021,000 19,473,000 5,860,000 10,966,000 13,246,000    
          employee benefits paid in class a common stock
                                       7,605,000 1,000 11,199,000 11,126,000 42,000   
          property and equipment financed under capital lease obligations
                                       38,000 61,000 234,000 704,000 7,485,000 480,000 315,000          
          increase in capital expenditures included in accounts payable
                                       585,000 -337,000 -90,000 2,911,000 -6,315,000 -18,897,000 13,713,000 4,568,000 3,670,000 -17,420,000       
          capitalized in-orbit incentive obligations
                                        12,890,000 31,000,000            
          non-cash net assets exchanged for tracking stock
                                                       
          losses and impairment on marketable investment securities
                                                       
          loss from partial redemption of debt
                                                       
          repayment of 6 1/2% senior secured notes due 2019 and related premium
                                                       
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
                                        2,571,143,000 924,240,000 24,467,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                                        -366,903,000 -186,703,000 185,517,000 2,799,545,000 355,435,000 1,453,868,000 -136,976,000 898,816,000 145,135,000 37,150,000 -26,771,000 25,110,000 -5,614,000 147,517,000 -305,327,000 
          transfer of echostar 105/ses-11 payloads to ses in exchange for receivable
                                                       
          noncash net assets exchanged for tracking stock
                                        463,000 299,425,000            
          gain and impairment on investments
                                         -20,090,000 -1,837,000 -8,737,000            
          changes in restricted cash and marketable investment securities
                                         111,000 -5,504,000 4,583,000 725,000 9,040,000 -1,027,000 -662,000        
          income from partial redemption of debt
                                                      
          losses (gains) and impairment on marketable investment securities
                                                       
          acquisition of regulatory authorization
                                                       
          net proceeds from issuance of tracking stock
                                                       
          excess tax benefit from stock option exercises
                                                       
          noncash assets contributed to smardtv
                                                       
          net noncash assets transferred from dish network in exchange for tracking stock
                                                       
          noncash assets received from sling tv holding
                                                       
          reduction of capital lease obligation for amc-15 and amc-16 satellites
                                                       
          gain and impairment on marketable investment securities
                                             -230,000          
          repayment of other debt and capital lease obligations
                                             -10,182,000 -9,891,000 -10,542,000        
          gains on marketable investment securities
                                               -2,462,000        
          satellites and other assets financed under capital lease obligations
                                               2,351,000 3,053,000 54,000 171,189,000 8,924,000 382,000   
          losses (gains) and other-than-temporary impairment on marketable investment securities
                                                6,261,000       
          allowance for doubtful accounts
                                                       
          proceeds from asset transfers to dish network
                                                       
          capital contribution to sling tv holding
                                                       
          repayment of other long-term debt and capital lease obligations
                                                       
          reduction of capital lease obligation for amc-15 and amc-16
                                                       
          liabilities assumed in regulatory authorization acquisition
                                                       
          repayment of 6 1/2% senior notes due 2019 and related premium
                                                       
          assets received from sling tv holding
                                                       
          loss (gains) and impairment on marketable investment securities
                                                       
          other non-current investments
                                                       
          repayment of long-term debt and capital lease obligations
                                                   -7,656,000 -5,216,000   
          realized gains on marketable investment securities and other investments
                                                       
          purchase of strategic investments
                                                       
          equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated affiliates
                                                       
          impairment of long-lived asset
                                                       
          capital contribution to dish digital
                                                       
          transfer of regulatory authorization to dish network
                                                       
          reduction of capital lease obligation for amc-16
                                                       
          net assets transferred from dish network in exchange for tracking stock
                                                       
          assets received from dish digital
                                                       
          transfer of regulatory authorization to dish network included in accounts receivable
                                                       
          changes in capital expenditures included in accounts payable
                                                       
          acquisition of regulatory authorizations
                                                       
          purchase of strategic investments included in other investment securities
                                                       
          cash received for interest
                                                 7,837,000 4,065,000 7,331,000 3,794,000 9,067,000 5,833,000 
          cash received for income taxes
                                                       
          regulatory authorization included in accrued liabilities
                                                       
          purchase of strategic investments included in marketable and other investment securities
                                                   -22,683,000 -8,338,000 -8,979,000  
          net proceeds from class a common stock options exercised and issued under the employee stock purchase plan
                                                 5,376,000  1,115,000 736,000   
          in-orbit incentive obligation for echostar xvi
                                                       
          capital expenditures included in accounts payable
                                                  3,725,000     
          change in noncurrent assets and noncurrent liabilities
                                                       
          sales of marketable investment securities
                                                       
          change in restricted cash and marketable investment securities
                                                   -210,000   
          gains on investments accounted for at fair value
                                                       
          impairments of assets
                                                       
          launch service assigned to dish network
                                                       
          acquisition of hughes communications, net of cash acquired of 98,900
                                                       
          distribution received from investment in affiliates
                                                       
          investment in move networks
                                                       
          proceeds from sale of strategic investments
                                                  145,632,000     
          debt issuance costs
                                                       
          in-orbit incentive obligation for echostar xvii
                                                      
          reduction of capital lease obligations and associated asset value
                                                       
          reduction of capital lease obligations for amc-16
                                                      
          contribution of assets to dish digital
                                                       
          equity in losses (earnings) of affiliates
                                                       
          realized losses (gains) on marketable investment securities and other investments
                                                       
          unrealized/realized losses (gains) on investments accounted for at fair value
                                                       
          change in noncurrent assets
                                                   4,015,000 13,426,000 -1,686,000 380,000 
          acquisition of orbital rights
                                                       
          orbital rights obligation included in accrued liabilities
                                                       
          acquisition of hughes, net of cash acquired of 98,900
                                                       
          unrealized and realized (gains) losses on marketable investment securities and other investments
                                                       
          unrealized (gains) losses on investments accounted for at fair value
                                                       
          reduction of capital lease obligations and associated asset value for amc-15
                                                       
          reduction of capital lease obligations and associated asset value for amc-16
                                                   4,749,000   
          acquisition of hughes, net of cash acquired of 84,768
                                                       
          deferred debt issuance costs
                                                       
          impairments of goodwill, indefinite-lived and long-lived assets
                                                       
          trade accounts receivable - other
                                                       
          trade accounts payable - other
                                                       
          proceeds from insurance settlement
                                                      
          contribution of cash and cash equivalents from dish network in connection with the spin-off
                                                      
          non-cash investing activities
                                                      
          non-cash proceeds from the sale of a company which held certain fcc authorizations
                                                      
          net assets contributed in connection with the spin-off, excluding cash and cash equivalents
                                                      -8,197,000 
          unrealized and realized losses on marketable investment securities and other investments
                                                    94,000 -1,323,000  
          unrealized losses on investments accounted for at fair value
                                                    21,087,000 -6,887,000  
          capital transaction with dish network in connection with the launch service
                                                      
          capital transaction with dish network in connection with the launch contract
                                                       
          repayment of capital lease obligations, mortgages and other notes payable
                                                     -14,679,000 -10,201,000 
          repurchases of class a common stock
                                                       
          net proceeds from class a common stock options exercised and class a common stock issued under the employee stock purchase plan
                                                     491,000 492,000 
          vendor financing
                                                     1,542,000 1,359,000 
          unrealized and realized gains on marketable investment securities and other investments
                                                       
          unrealized gains on investments accounted for at fair value
                                                       
          non-cash, stock-based compensation recognized
                                                       
          trade accounts receivable — other
                                                       
          trade accounts receivable — dish network
                                                       
          inventories
                                                       
          trade accounts payable — other
                                                       
          trade accounts payable — dish network
                                                       
          purchase of strategic investments, included in marketable and other investment securities
                                                       
          investment in sling media, net of in-process research and development and cash acquired
                                                       
          changes in advances from owner
                                                       
          realized and unrealized losses (gains) on investments
                                                       
          impairment on fcc authorizations
                                                       
          purchase of strategic investments and other, included in marketable and non-marketable investment securities
                                                       
          purchase of strategic investments included in noncurrent assets and other
                                                       
          net assets contributed in connection with the spin-off
                                                       
          realized and unrealized losses on investments
                                                       
          change in noncurrent assets.
                                                       
          trade accounts receivable.
                                                       
          accrued expenses and other.
                                                       
          change in restricted cash
                                                       
          purchase of technology-based intangibles
                                                       
          changes in investments in affiliates
                                                       
          repayment of mortgage and notes payable
                                                       
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents .
                                                       
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period.
                                                       
          cash paid for interest.
                                                       
          cash received for interest.
                                                       
          cash paid for income taxes.