Property and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets

Schedule of property and equipment

	Depreciable			As of
	Life			December 31,		December 31,
	(In Years)			2016		2015
				(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	2	-	5	$	3,104,669	$	3,549,701
EchoStar XV			15		277,658		277,658
EchoStar XVIII			15		411,255		—
D1		N/A			55,000		55,000
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		805,526		775,834
Buildings and improvements	1	-	40		93,605		86,928
Land			—		5,205		5,504
Construction in progress			—		68,187		382,464
Total property and equipment					5,722,645		6,034,629
Accumulated depreciation					(3,165,263)		(3,110,449)
Property and equipment, net				$	2,557,382	$	2,924,180

Schedule of Construction in progress

	As of
	December 31,		December 31,
	2016		2015
	(In thousands)
EchoStar XVIII, including capitalized interest	$	—	$	346,417
Other		68,187		36,047
Total construction in progress	$	68,187	$	382,464

Schedule of depreciation and amortization expense

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2016		2015		2014
	(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	$	768,283	$	824,799	$	854,759
Satellites		96,965		87,827		95,766
Buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other		87,898		87,422		127,411
Total depreciation and amortization	$	953,146	$	1,000,048	$	1,077,936

Schedule of pay-TV satellite fleet

			Estimated
			Useful Life
		Degree	(Years)/Lease
	Launch	Orbital	Termination
Satellites	Date	Location	Date
Owned:
EchoStar XV	July 2010	61.5	15
EchoStar XVIII	June 2016	61.5	15
Leased from EchoStar (1):
EchoStar VII (2)	February 2002	119	June 2018
EchoStar IX	August 2003	121	Month to month
EchoStar X (2)	February 2006	110	February 2021
EchoStar XI (2)	July 2008	110	September 2021
EchoStar XII (2)	July 2003	61.5	September 2017
EchoStar XIV (2)	March 2010	119	February 2023
EchoStar XVI (3)	November 2012	61.5	January 2018
Nimiq 5	September 2009	72.7	September 2019
QuetzSat-1	September 2011	77	November 2021
Leased from Other Third Party:
Anik F3	April 2007	118.7	April 2022
Ciel II	December 2008	129	January 2019

Schedule of AWS-4 Satellites

		Degree	Estimated
	Launch	Orbital	Useful Life
Satellites	Date	Location	(Years)
Owned:
T1	July 2009	111.1	15
D1	April 2008	92.85	N/A

Schedule of identifiable intangibles subject to amortization

	As of
	December 31, 2016				December 31, 2015
	Intangible		Accumulated		Intangible		Accumulated
	Assets		Amortization		Assets		Amortization
		(In thousands)
Technology-based	$	9,773	$	(994)	$	14,510	$	(6,297)
Trademarks		22,499		(6,271)		16,257		(2,512)
Contract-based		8,650		(8,650)		8,650		(8,650)
Customer relationships		2,900		(2,900)		2,900		(2,900)
Total	$	43,822	$	(18,815)	$	42,317	$	(20,359)

Schedule of estimated future amortization of identifiable intangible assets

Estimated future amortization of our identifiable intangible assets as of December 31, 2016 is as follows (in thousands):

For the Years Ended December 31,
2017	$	5,082
2018		5,082
2019		4,950
2020		3,742
2021		1,214
Thereafter		4,937
Total	$	25,007

Schedule of FCC authorizations

	As of  December 31,
	2016		2015
		(In thousands)
DBS Licenses	$	611,794	$	611,794
700 MHz Licenses		711,871		711,871
MVDDS Licenses		24,000		24,000
AWS-4 Licenses		1,949,000		1,949,000
H-Block Licenses		1,671,506		1,671,506
AWS-3 Licenses		9,890,389		9,890,389
Capitalized Interest (1)		1,640,173		809,044
Total	$	16,498,733	$	15,667,604