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Related Party Transactions (Details 5) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Apr. 29, 2011
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Dec. 31, 2011
Jan. 31, 2012
Sep. 30, 2013
Sep. 30, 2010
Related Party Transactions                
Cost of sales - equipment, services and other $ 106,037,000us-gaap_OtherCostOfOperatingRevenue $ 85,627,000us-gaap_OtherCostOfOperatingRevenue $ 96,240,000us-gaap_OtherCostOfOperatingRevenue          
Receiver Agreement                
Related Party Transactions                
Notice period to exercise option to extend agreement 1 year              
Notice period required to extend the agreement term 180 days              
EchoStar | TiVo v. Dish Network and EchoStar Corporation                
Related Party Transactions                
Settlement amount       500,000,000us-gaap_LitigationSettlementAmount
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ddbs_TiVovsDishNetworkAndEchoStarCorporationMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember		        
Initial settlement amount paid       300,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePayments
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ddbs_TiVovsDishNetworkAndEchoStarCorporationMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember		        
Aggregate of six annual installment amounts between 2012 and 2017, net of contribution from related party       200,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ddbs_TiVovsDishNetworkAndEchoStarCorporationMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember		        
Litigation settlement number of annual installments       6ddbs_LitigationSettlementNumberOfAnnualInstallments
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ddbs_TiVovsDishNetworkAndEchoStarCorporationMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember		        
Contribution from related party       10,000,000ddbs_ContributionFromRelatedPartyForInitialSettlement
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ddbs_TiVovsDishNetworkAndEchoStarCorporationMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember		        
Percentage of litigation settlement amount to be made by related party annually       95.00%ddbs_LossContingencySettlementAgreementConsiderationPercentageToBeMadeByRelatedParty
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ddbs_TiVovsDishNetworkAndEchoStarCorporationMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember		        
EchoStar | Receiver Agreement                
Related Party Transactions                
Purchased set-top boxes and other equipment from EchoStar 1,114,000,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionPurchasesFromRelatedParty
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember
/ us-gaap_TypeOfArrangementAxis
= ddbs_ReceiverAgreementMember		 1,242,000,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionPurchasesFromRelatedParty
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember
/ us-gaap_TypeOfArrangementAxis
= ddbs_ReceiverAgreementMember		 1,005,000,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionPurchasesFromRelatedParty
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember
/ us-gaap_TypeOfArrangementAxis
= ddbs_ReceiverAgreementMember		          
EchoStar | Tax Sharing Agreement | Dish Network                
Related Party Transactions                
Net amount of the allocated tax attributes payable             83,000,000us-gaap_DueToRelatedPartiesNoncurrent
/ ddbs_RelatedPartyTransactionPrimaryRelatedPartyAxis
= us-gaap_MajorityShareholderMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember
/ us-gaap_TypeOfArrangementAxis
= ddbs_TaxSharingAgreementMember		  
EchoStar | RUS Implementation Agreement                
Related Party Transactions                
Maximum grants receivable               14,000,000us-gaap_GrantsReceivable
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember
/ us-gaap_TypeOfArrangementAxis
= ddbs_RuralUtilitiesServiceImplementationAgreementMember
Cost of sales - equipment, services and other   3,000,000us-gaap_OtherCostOfOperatingRevenue
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember
/ us-gaap_TypeOfArrangementAxis
= ddbs_RuralUtilitiesServiceImplementationAgreementMember		 7,000,000us-gaap_OtherCostOfOperatingRevenue
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember
/ us-gaap_TypeOfArrangementAxis
= ddbs_RuralUtilitiesServiceImplementationAgreementMember		          
EchoStar | Patent Cross-License Agreements | Maximum                
Related Party Transactions                
Payments to third party by related party         10,000,000ddbs_RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesFromTransactionsWithRelatedPartyLessThan
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember
/ us-gaap_TypeOfArrangementAxis
= ddbs_PatentCrossLicenseAgreementsMember		      
Payments to third party by related party under extension option $ 3,000,000ddbs_RelatedPartyTransactionAggregatePaymentsToThirdPartyByRelatedPartiesUnderExtensionOptionLessThan
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ddbs_EchoStarMember
/ us-gaap_TypeOfArrangementAxis
= ddbs_PatentCrossLicenseAgreementsMember		              
EchoStar | Prior Receiver Agreement                
Related Party Transactions                
Required notice period for termination by the reporting entity           60 days