Property and Equipment (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Property and Equipment

Schedule of property and equipment

	Depreciable	As of
	Life	March 31,			December 31,
	(In Years)	2014			2013
		(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	2-5	$	3,634,781		$	3,596,310
EchoStar I (1)	12	—			201,607
EchoStar VII (1)	15	—			177,000
EchoStar X (1)	15	—			177,192
EchoStar XI (1)	15	—			200,198
EchoStar XIV (1)	15	—			316,541
EchoStar XV	15	277,658			277,658
D1	15	150,000			150,000
T1	15	401,721			401,721
Satellites acquired under capital lease agreements	10-15	499,819			499,819
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	1-10	726,380			720,570
Buildings and improvements	1-40	84,125			83,531
Land	—	5,504			5,692
Construction in progress	—	580,357			515,447
Total property and equipment		6,360,345			7,323,286
Accumulated depreciation (1)		(2,656,499		)	(3,225,575		)
Property and equipment, net		$	3,703,846		$	4,097,711

(1) The decrease in property and equipment and accumulated depreciation resulted from the Satellite and Tracking Stock Transaction.  See Note 1 and Note 12 for further discussion.

Schedule of Construction in progress

	As of
	March 31,		December 31,
	2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Pay-TV Satellites	$	165,369	$	143,839
T2	40,000		40,000
Wireless ground equipment, including capitalized interest	328,609		290,642
Software related projects	16,690		15,049
Other	29,689		25,917
Construction in progress	$	580,357	$	515,447

Schedule of depreciation and amortization expense

	For the Three Months
	Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	$	195,214	$	167,212
Satellites	29,896		33,866
Buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	24,110		29,092
Total depreciation and amortization	$	249,220	$	230,170

Schedule of pay-TV satellite fleet

		Degree	Estimated
	Launch	Orbital	Useful Life
Satellites	Date	Location	(Years)
Owned:
EchoStar XV (1)	July 2010	45	15
Leased from EchoStar:
EchoStar I (1)(2)(3)(4)	December 1995	77	NA
EchoStar VII (1)(2)(3)(4)	February 2002	119	NA
EchoStar VIII (1)(2)	August 2002	77	NA
EchoStar IX (1)(2)	August 2003	121	NA
EchoStar X (1)(2)(3)(4)	February 2006	110	NA
EchoStar XI (1)(2)(3)(4)	July 2008	110	NA
EchoStar XII (1)(2)(3)	July 2003	61.5	NA
EchoStar XIV (1)(2)(3)(4)	March 2010	119	NA
EchoStar XVI (1)	November 2012	61.5	NA
Nimiq 5 (1)(2)	September 2009	72.7	NA
QuetzSat-1 (1)(2)	September 2011	77	NA
Leased from Other Third Party:
Anik F3	April 2007	118.7	NA
Ciel II	December 2008	129	NA
Under Construction:
EchoStar XVIII	2015	110	15

(1) See Note 12 for further discussion of our Related Party Transactions with EchoStar.

(2) We lease a portion of the capacity on these satellites.

(3) We generally have the option to renew each lease on a year-to-year basis through the end of the respective satellite’s useful life.

(4) On February 20, 2014, we entered into the Satellite and Tracking Stock Transaction with EchoStar pursuant to which, among other things, we transferred these satellites to EchoStar and lease back certain satellite capacity on these satellites.  See Note 1 for further discussion.