Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions [Abstract]

Composition of certain Balance Sheet Captions

	As of September 30, 2011			As of Apri 1, 2011
	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable, net:
Billed	$	97,979		$	100,863
Unbilled		101,415			91,519
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(906	)		(493	)
	$	198,488		$	191,889
Inventories:
Raw materials	$	49,905		$	46,651
Work in process		20,658			18,713
Finished goods		51,780			33,191
	$	122,343		$	98,555
Prepaid expenses and other current assets:
Prepaid expenses	$	27,380		$	18,235
Income tax receivable		155			26
Other		17,033			2,880
	$	44,568		$	21,141
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		329,053			276,418
		624,033			571,398
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(53,080	)		(38,398	)
	$	570,953		$	533,000
Property and equipment, net:
Machinery and equipment (estimated useful life of 2-5 years)	$	140,351		$	122,113
Computer equipment and software (estimated useful life of 2-7 years)		98,402			66,768
CPE leased equipment (estimated useful life of 3-5 years)		68,477			61,610
Furniture and fixtures (estimated useful life of 7 years)		13,330			13,053
Leasehold improvements (estimated useful life of 1-15 years)		25,106			24,550
Building (estimated useful life of 24 years)		8,923			8,923
Land		4,384			4,384
Construction in progress		83,150			80,976
		442,123			382,377
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(178,176	)		(149,238	)
	$	263,947		$	233,139
Other acquired intangible assets, net:
Technology (weighted average useful life of 6 years)	$	54,088		$	54,344
Contracts and customer relationships (weighted average useful life of 7 years)		88,773			88,834
Non-compete agreements (weighted average useful life of 4 years)		9,331			9,332
Satellite co-location rights (weighted average useful life of 9 years)		8,600			8,600
Trade name (weighted average useful life of 3 years)		5,680			5,680
Other (weighted average useful life of 6 years)		9,332			9,331
		175,804			176,121
Less accumulated amortization		(103,725	)		(94,232	)
	$	72,079		$	81,889
Accrued liabilities:
Warranty reserve, current portion	$	7,493		$	8,014
Accrued vacation		15,931			15,600
Accrued employee compensation		13,243			18,804
Collections in excess of revenues and deferred revenues		59,834			61,916
Other		20,808			26,249
	$	117,309		$	130,583
Other liabilities:
Unrecognized tax position liabilities	$	2,217		$	2,217
Deferred rent, long-term portion		6,962			6,363
Deferred revenue, long-term portion		7,047			6,960
Deferred income taxes, long-term portion		3,297			3,374
Warranty reserve, long-term portion		4,899			4,928
	$	24,422		$	23,842