EX-23 5 ex1231201923.htm EXHIBIT 23 Exhibit


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 (the Company) of our report dated February 20, 2020, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of EchoStar Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows, for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes and financial statement schedule II, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, which report appears in the December 31, 2019 annual report on Form 10-K of EchoStar Corporation. Our audit report refers to the Company's adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases, in 2019 and the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01, Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, in 2018.
 
Form
 
Registration Statement No.
 
Description
S-8
 
333-218658
 
Additional shares for Amended and Restated EchoStar Corporation 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
S-8
 
333-218657
 
EchoStar Corporation 2017 Stock Incentive Plan
 
 
 
 
EchoStar Corporation 2017 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan
S-8
 
333-162339
 
Additional shares for EchoStar Corporation 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
S-8
 
333-148416
 
EchoStar Corporation (f/k/a EchoStar Holding Corporation) 2008 Stock Incentive Plan
 
 
 
 
EchoStar Corporation (f/k/a EchoStar Holding Corporation) 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 
 
 
 
EchoStar Corporation (f/k/a EchoStar Holding Corporation) 2008 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan
 
 
 
 
EchoStar Corporation (f/k/a EchoStar Holding Corporation) 2008 Class B CEO Stock Option Plans
 
 
 
/s/ KPMG LLP
 
 
Denver, Colorado
 
February 20, 2020