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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of stockholders' equity (deficit), net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity, attributable to both the parent and noncontrolling interests. Amount excludes temporary equity. Alternate caption for the concept is permanent equity.

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Long-Term Debt - Narratives (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt - Narratives (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 17, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 86.08
Stockholders equity	$ 5,156,038,000		$ 4,611,323,000
Class A common stock
Debt Instrument
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01		$ 0.01
4 5/8% Senior Notes due 2017 \| DISH DBS Corporation ("DDBS")
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.625%		4.625%
4 1/4% Senior Notes due 2018 \| DISH DBS Corporation ("DDBS")
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.25%		4.25%
7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2019 \| DISH DBS Corporation ("DDBS")
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.875%		7.875%
5 1/8% Senior Notes due 2020 \| DISH DBS Corporation ("DDBS")
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.125%		5.125%
6 3/4% Senior Notes due 2021 \| DISH DBS Corporation ("DDBS")
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)	6.75%		6.75%
5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2022 \| DISH DBS Corporation ("DDBS")
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.875%		5.875%
2 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2024
Debt Instrument
Aggregate principal amount		$ 1,000,000,000
Term of debt instrument	7 years
Effective Interest rate (as a percent)	7.00%
Redemption percent of principal amount	100.00%
2 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2024 \| Class A common stock
Debt Instrument
Aggregate principal amount	$ 1,000
Convertible notes converted rate, shares	12.1630
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 82.22
2 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2024 \| DISH DBS Corporation ("DDBS")
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)	2.375%		2.375%
5% Senior Notes due 2023 \| DISH DBS Corporation ("DDBS")
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.00%		5.00%
5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2024 \| DISH DBS Corporation ("DDBS")
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.875%		5.875%
7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2026 \| DISH DBS Corporation ("DDBS")
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.75%		7.75%
3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)	3.375%		3.375%