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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Current Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents $ 6,762,140us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 4,294,475us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Marketable investment securities 1,401,145us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent 4,117,326us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent
Trade accounts receivable - other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $23,520 and $15,981, respectively 870,795us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent 859,986us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Trade accounts receivable - EchoStar, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of zero 31,391us-gaap_AccountsReceivableRelatedPartiesCurrent 52,602us-gaap_AccountsReceivableRelatedPartiesCurrent
Inventory 493,546us-gaap_InventoryNet 512,646us-gaap_InventoryNet
Deferred tax assets 37,018us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNetCurrent 65,457us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNetCurrent
Other current assets 130,038us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent 143,564us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent
Total current assets 9,726,073us-gaap_AssetsCurrent 10,046,056us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Noncurrent Assets:    
Restricted cash and marketable investment securities 86,984us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndInvestmentsNoncurrent 82,780us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndInvestmentsNoncurrent
Property and equipment, net 2,437,004us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 2,979,323us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
FCC authorizations 635,794us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedLicenseAgreements 635,794us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedLicenseAgreements
Other noncurrent assets, net 571,562us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent 239,556us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total noncurrent assets 3,731,344us-gaap_AssetsNoncurrent 3,937,453us-gaap_AssetsNoncurrent
Total assets 13,457,417us-gaap_Assets 13,983,509us-gaap_Assets
Current Liabilities:    
Trade accounts payable - other 152,076us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent 257,950us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Trade accounts payable - EchoStar 236,122us-gaap_AccountsPayableRelatedPartiesCurrent 338,788us-gaap_AccountsPayableRelatedPartiesCurrent
Deferred revenue and other 865,210us-gaap_DeferredRevenueAndCreditsCurrent 824,478us-gaap_DeferredRevenueAndCreditsCurrent
Accrued programming 1,374,710us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 1,238,610us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Accrued interest 227,158us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrent 232,732us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrent
Other accrued expenses 441,693us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 457,775us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations 679,149us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent 1,032,607us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent
Total current liabilities 3,976,118us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent 4,382,940us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Long-Term Obligations, Net of Current Portion:    
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion 13,765,003us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations 12,577,410us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
Deferred tax liabilities 1,225,417us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent 1,247,375us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Long-term deferred revenue, distribution and carriage payments and other long-term liabilities 188,067us-gaap_DeferredLongTermLiabilityCharges 159,684us-gaap_DeferredLongTermLiabilityCharges
Total long-term obligations, net of current portion 15,178,487us-gaap_LiabilitiesNoncurrent 13,984,469us-gaap_LiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total liabilities 19,154,605us-gaap_Liabilities 18,367,409us-gaap_Liabilities
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 11)      
Redeemable noncontrolling interest (Note 2) 19,913us-gaap_RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount  
Stockholder's Equity (Deficit):    
Common stock, $.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 1,015 shares issued and outstanding      
Additional paid-in capital 1,276,201us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock 1,300,101us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 28,383us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax 11,189us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Accumulated earnings (deficit) (7,022,887)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit (5,697,772)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Total DISH DBS stockholder's equity (deficit) (5,718,303)us-gaap_StockholdersEquity (4,386,482)us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Noncontrolling interest 1,202us-gaap_MinorityInterest 2,582us-gaap_MinorityInterest
Total stockholder's equity (deficit) (5,717,101)us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (4,383,900)us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity (deficit) $ 13,457,417us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity $ 13,983,509us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity