EX-23 3 dish-20181231xex23.htm EX-23 dish_EX_23

EXHIBIT 23

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Directors
DISH Network Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements of DISH Network Corporation of our report dated February 13, 2019, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of DISH Network Corporation as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the years in the three‑year period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively, the “consolidated financial statements”), and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, which report appears in the December 31, 2018 annual report on Form 10‑K of DISH Network Corporation. Our report includes explanatory paragraphs as the Company has changed its method of accounting for revenue transactions with customers due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, as amended, and for the retrospective revision of the 2016 consolidated financial statements for the effects of consolidating entities acquired under common control.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Form

 

Registration

Statement no.

 

Description

S‑8

 

333‑159461

 

2009 Stock Incentive Plan

 

 

 

 

Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan

S‑8

 

333‑146962

 

2004 Sling Media, Inc. Stock Plan

S‑8

 

333‑136603

 

Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan;

 

 

 

 

Amended and Restated 2001 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan

S‑8

 

333‑106423

 

1999 Stock Incentive Plan

S‑8

 

333‑66490

 

2001 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan

S‑8

 

333‑36791

 

1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

S‑8

 

333‑05575

 

1995 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan

S‑8

 

033‑80527

 

1995 Stock Incentive Plan

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

 

Denver, Colorado

 

February 13, 2019