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Marketable Investment Securities and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents (Details 2) (USD $)
 3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Sep. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Accumulated net unrealized gains (losses)        
Accumulated net unrealized gains, before tax, in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)     $ 15,000,000ddbs_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentBeforeTax $ 7,000,000ddbs_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentBeforeTax
Accumulated net unrealized gains, net of tax, in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)   25,000,000us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax 11,000,000us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax 6,000,000us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax
Components of available-for-sale investments        
Debt securities   3,748,839,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent 4,117,326,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent 2,269,670,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent
Total marketable investment securities   3,823,033,000us-gaap_MarketableSecurities 4,181,228,000us-gaap_MarketableSecurities 2,318,714,000us-gaap_MarketableSecurities
Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Marketable Investment Securities        
Unrealized Gains     18,733,000ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainAccumulatedInInvestments 7,741,000ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainAccumulatedInInvestments
Unrealized Losses     (3,355,000)ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLossAccumulatedInInvestments (1,144,000)ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLossAccumulatedInInvestments
Unrealized Gains Losses, Net     15,378,000ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainLossAccumulatedInInvestments 6,597,000ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainLossAccumulatedInInvestments
Contractual maturities of restricted and non-restricted marketable investment securities        
Debt securities with contractual maturities within one year   2,487,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecuritiesCurrent 3,819,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecuritiesCurrent  
Debt securities with contractual maturities extending longer than one year through and including five years   1,270,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue 314,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue  
Debt securities with contractual maturities extending longer than five years through and including ten years     1,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue  
Debt securities with contractual maturities longer than ten years   23,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue 21,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue  
VRDNs        
Components of available-for-sale investments        
Debt securities   20,538,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_VariableRateDemandObligationMember		 105,854,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_VariableRateDemandObligationMember		 124,007,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_VariableRateDemandObligationMember
Other (including restricted)        
Components of available-for-sale investments        
Debt security   3,759,837,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= ddbs_OtherDebtSecuritiesNonrestrictedAndRestrictedMember		 4,048,851,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= ddbs_OtherDebtSecuritiesNonrestrictedAndRestrictedMember		 2,181,064,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= ddbs_OtherDebtSecuritiesNonrestrictedAndRestrictedMember
Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Marketable Investment Securities        
Unrealized Gains     5,447,000ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainAccumulatedInInvestments
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= ddbs_OtherDebtSecuritiesNonrestrictedAndRestrictedMember		 7,335,000ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainAccumulatedInInvestments
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= ddbs_OtherDebtSecuritiesNonrestrictedAndRestrictedMember
Unrealized Losses     (3,355,000)ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLossAccumulatedInInvestments
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= ddbs_OtherDebtSecuritiesNonrestrictedAndRestrictedMember		 (1,144,000)ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLossAccumulatedInInvestments
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= ddbs_OtherDebtSecuritiesNonrestrictedAndRestrictedMember
Unrealized Gains Losses, Net     2,092,000ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainLossAccumulatedInInvestments
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= ddbs_OtherDebtSecuritiesNonrestrictedAndRestrictedMember		 6,191,000ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainLossAccumulatedInInvestments
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= ddbs_OtherDebtSecuritiesNonrestrictedAndRestrictedMember
Equity Securities        
Components of available-for-sale investments        
Equity securities   42,658,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember		 26,523,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember		 13,643,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember
Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Marketable Investment Securities        
Unrealized Gains     13,286,000ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainAccumulatedInInvestments
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember		 406,000ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainAccumulatedInInvestments
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember
Unrealized Gains Losses, Net     13,286,000ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainLossAccumulatedInInvestments
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember		 406,000ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGainLossAccumulatedInInvestments
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember
Additional disclosures        
Amount of cash consideration for receiving shares of common stock from a single issuer $ 0ddbs_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCashConsiderationForReceivingSharesOfCommonStock
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember