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Segment Reporting (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Schedule of assets, revenue, and net income (loss)

	As of
	March 31,			December 31,
	2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Total assets:
DISH (1)	$	8,822,873		$	11,104,003
Blockbuster	450,804			453,661
Wireless Spectrum (1)	3,858,905			—
Eliminations	(723,070		)	(87,433		)
Total assets	$	12,409,512		$	11,470,231

	For the Three Months
	Ended March 31,
	2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Revenue:
DISH	$	3,252,922		$	3,224,131
Blockbuster (2)	333,991			—
Wireless Spectrum	33			—
Eliminations	(5,077		)	—
Total revenue	$	3,581,869		$	3,224,131

Operating income (loss):
DISH	$	566,545		$	983,353
Blockbuster (2)	13,957			—
Wireless Spectrum	(8,091		)	—
Total operating income (loss)	$	572,411		$	983,353

(1) The decrease in DISH total assets resulted from the reclassification of assets to the wireless spectrum segment.

(2) Our Blockbuster operations are included in our financial results beginning April 26, 2011.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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