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Financial Information for Subsidiary Guarantors	12 Months Ended
Financial Information for Subsidiary Guarantors	Dec. 31, 2017
Financial Information for Subsidiary Guarantors
Financial Information for Subsidiary Guarantors	12.Financial Information for Subsidiary Guarantors Our senior notes are fully, unconditionally and jointly and severally guaranteed by all of our subsidiaries other than minor subsidiaries and the stand-alone entity DISH DBS has no independent assets or operations. Therefore, supplemental financial information on a condensed consolidating basis of the guarantor subsidiaries is not required. There are no restrictions on our ability to obtain cash dividends or other distributions of funds from the guarantor subsidiaries, except those imposed by applicable law.