Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2011

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions [Abstract]

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

Note 2 — Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

	April 1,			April 2,
	2011			2010
	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable, net:
Billed	$	100,863		$	93,737
Unbilled		91,519			83,153
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(493	)		(539	)
	$	191,889		$	176,351
Inventories:
Raw materials	$	46,651		$	36,255
Work in process		18,713			21,345
Finished goods		33,191			25,362
	$	98,555		$	82,962
Prepaid expenses and other current assets:
Prepaid expenses	$	18,235		$	13,239
Income tax receivable		26			9,022
Other		2,880			6,596
	$	21,141		$	28,857
Satellites, net:
Satellite — WildBlue-1 (estimated useful life of 10 years)	$	195,890		$	195,890
Capital lease of satellite capacity — Anik F2 (estimated useful life of 10 years)		99,090			99,090
Satellite under construction		276,418			209,432
		571,398			504,412
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(38,398	)		(8,723	)
	$	533,000		$	495,689
Property and equipment, net:
Machinery and equipment (estimated useful life of 2-5 years)	$	122,113		$	96,484
Computer equipment and software (estimated useful life of 2-7 years)		66,768			55,384
CPE leased equipment (estimated useful life of 3-5 years)		61,610			41,469
Furniture and fixtures (estimated useful life of 7 years)		13,053			10,760
Leasehold improvements (estimated useful life of 2-11 years)		24,550			20,119
Building (estimated useful life of 24 years)		8,923			8,923
Land		4,384			4,384
Construction in progress		80,976			18,578
		382,377			256,101
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(149,238	)		(100,297	)
	$	233,139		$	155,804
Other assets:
Capitalized software costs, net	$	24,472		$	8,683
Patents, orbital slots and other licenses, net		8,639			7,954
Deferred income taxes		47,017			44,910
Other		23,180			20,952
	$	103,308		$	82,499
Accrued liabilities:
Warranty reserve, current portion	$	8,014		$	6,410
Accrued vacation		15,600			13,437
Accrued employee compensation		18,804			17,268
Collections in excess of revenues and deferred revenues		61,916			46,180
Other		26,249			18,956
	$	130,583		$	102,251
Other liabilities:
Warranty reserve, long-term portion	$	4,928		$	4,798
Deferred rent, long-term portion		6,267			6,127
Deferred revenue, long-term portion		6,960			4,584
Deferred income taxes, long-term portion		3,374			—
Unrecognized tax position liabilities		2,217			2,644
Other		96			6,242
	$	23,842		$	24,395