Stock-Based Compensation - Stock Option Activity (Details) - Employee Stock Option [Member] - DISH Network Awards - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2021
Stock option activity
Total options outstanding, beginning of period (in shares)	3,877,308
Granted (in shares)	355,652
Forfeited and cancelled (in shares)	(944,927)
Total options outstanding, end of period (in shares)	3,288,033
Exercisable at the end of the period (in shares)	1,326,093	6.24
Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Total options outstanding, beginning of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 72.53
Granted (in dollars per share)	34.42
Forfeited and cancelled (in dollars per share)	81.57
Total options outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share)	65.81
Exercisable, Weighted-Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share)	$ 59.06
Long-Term Performance Based Plans
Stock option activity
Total options outstanding, end of period (in shares)	815,370
Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Total options outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 96.55