EX-23 3 dex23.htm CONSENT OF KPMG LLP, INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

EXHIBIT 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

EchoStar Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following registration statements of EchoStar Corporation of our report dated February 24, 2011, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of EchoStar Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, which report appears in the December 31, 2010 annual report on Form 10-K of EchoStar Corporation.

Our report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, contains an explanatory paragraph that states that the aggregate amount of total assets and revenue of Move Networks that are excluded from management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010 are $45 million and $0, respectively. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of this entity.

 

Form

    

Registration Statement No.

    

Description

S-8      333-162339      Additional shares for 2008 Employee Purchase Plan
S-8      333-148416      2008 Stock Incentive Plan
          2008 Employee Purchase Plan
          2008 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan
          2008 Class B CEO Stock Option Plan

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Denver, Colorado

February 24, 2011