Property and Equipment and FCC Authorizations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Property and Equipment and FCC Authorizations

Schedule of property and equipment

	Depreciable	As of
	Life	September 30,			December 31,
	(In Years)	2014			2013
		(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	2-5	$	3,526,090		$	3,496,994
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
Satellites acquired under capital lease agreements	10-15	499,819			499,819
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	1-10	661,321			600,439
Buildings and improvements	1-40	83,258			80,439
Land	—	5,504			5,504
Construction in progress	—	19,006			39,043
Total property and equipment		5,072,656			6,072,434
Accumulated depreciation (1)		(2,591,343		)	(3,093,111		)
Property and equipment, net		$	2,481,313		$	2,979,323

(1) Property and equipment and accumulated depreciation decreased $1.073 billion and $633 million, respectively, as a result of the Satellite and Tracking Stock Transaction.  See Note 4 and Note 10 for further discussion

Schedule of depreciation and amortization expense

	For the Three Months				For the Nine Months
	Ended September 30,				Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	$	208,208	$	188,524	$	607,584	$	538,457
Satellites	15,261		27,171		53,723		81,512
Buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	22,671		14,054		58,181		43,441
Total depreciation and amortization	$	246,140	$	229,749	$	719,488	$	663,410

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 (1):
EchoStar I (2)(3)	December 1995	77	NA
EchoStar VII (2)(3)	February 2002	119	NA
EchoStar VIII	August 2002	77	NA
EchoStar IX	August 2003	121	NA
EchoStar X (2)(3)	February 2006	110	NA
EchoStar XI (2)(3)	July 2008	110	NA
EchoStar XII (2)	July 2003	61.5	NA
EchoStar XIV (2)(3)	March 2010	119	NA
EchoStar XVI	November 2012	61.5	NA
Nimiq 5	September 2009	72.7	NA
QuetzSat-1	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 10 for further discussion of our Related Party Transactions with EchoStar.

(2) 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.

(3) 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 4 for further discussion.