Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 02, 2012 Dish Network	Oct. 02, 2012 Dish Network	Dec. 31, 2012 Dish Network	Sep. 30, 2013 Dish Network	Sep. 30, 2013 Dish Network	Dec. 02, 2012 Dish Network Class A common stock	Dec. 02, 2012 Dish Network Class B common stock	Sep. 30, 2013 Blockbuster, Inc.	Sep. 30, 2012 Blockbuster, Inc.	Sep. 30, 2013 Blockbuster, Inc.	Sep. 30, 2012 Blockbuster, Inc.
Related Party Transactions with DISH Network
Distribution to DOC of the assets and liabilities associated with satellite broadband business						$ 66,000,000
Net satellite broadband assets distributed to DISH Network						9,000,000
Deemed dividend						57,000,000
Dividend declared (in dollars per share)										$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Aggregate dividend declared					453,000,000
Dividend paid to DOC							850,000,000
Subscriber-related expenses	1,938,142,000	1,808,833,000	5,718,781,000	5,396,828,000								3,000,000	6,000,000	11,000,000	16,000,000
Subscriber-related revenue	$ 3,408,510,000	$ 3,261,324,000	$ 10,131,098,000	$ 9,769,646,000				$ 5,000,000	$ 11,000,000