Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets

Schedule of property and equipment

	Depreciable
	Life			As of December 31,
	(In Years)			2017		2016
				(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	2	-	5	$	2,323,100	$	2,720,695
EchoStar XV		15			277,658		277,658
EchoStar XVIII		15			411,255		411,255
D1		N/A			55,000		55,000
T1		14.25			100,000		401,721
Satellites acquired under capital lease agreements	10	-	15		499,819		499,819
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other	1	-	10		1,779,109		1,639,051
Buildings and improvements	1	-	40		293,571		288,992
Land			—		14,057		14,057
Construction in progress			—		103,176		88,235
Total property and equipment					5,856,745		6,396,483
Accumulated depreciation					(3,673,084)		(3,742,212)
Property and equipment, net				$	2,183,661	$	2,654,271

Schedule of depreciation and amortization expense

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
	(In thousands)
Equipment leased to customers	$	554,272	$	674,445	$	721,033
Satellites		114,821		96,965		87,827
Buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other		148,471		149,792		154,497
Total depreciation and amortization	$	817,564	$	921,202	$	963,357

Schedule of pay-TV satellite fleet

			Estimated
			Useful Life
		Degree	(Years)/Lease
	Launch	Orbital	Termination
Satellites	Date	Location	Date
Owned:
EchoStar XV	July 2010	61.5	15
EchoStar XVIII	June 2016	61.5	15
Leased from EchoStar (1):
EchoStar VII (2)	February 2002	119	June 2018
EchoStar IX	August 2003	121	Month to month
EchoStar X (2)	February 2006	110	February 2021
EchoStar XI (2)	July 2008	110	September 2021
EchoStar XIV (2)	March 2010	119	February 2023
EchoStar XVI (3)	November 2012	61.5	January 2023
Nimiq 5	September 2009	72.7	September 2019
QuetzSat-1	September 2011	77	November 2021
Leased from Other Third Party:
Anik F3	April 2007	118.7	April 2022
Ciel II	December 2008	129	January 2019

Schedule of AWS-4 Satellites

		Degree	Estimated
	Launch	Orbital	Useful Life
Satellites	Date	Location	(Years)
Owned:
T1	July 2009	111.1	14.25
D1	April 2008	92.85	N/A

Schedule of identifiable intangibles subject to amortization

	As of
	December 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
	Intangible		Accumulated		Intangible		Accumulated
	Assets		Amortization		Assets		Amortization
		(In thousands)
Technology-based	$	63,077	$	(48,416)	$	60,634	$	(44,331)
Trademarks		37,010		(24,517)		48,140		(31,717)
Contract-based		13,149		(13,149)		13,149		(13,149)
Customer relationships		26,533		(26,533)		26,533		(26,533)
Total	$	139,769	$	(112,615)	$	148,456	$	(115,730)

Schedule of estimated future amortization of identifiable intangible assets

Estimated future amortization of our identifiable intangible assets as of December 31, 2017 is as follows (in thousands):

For the Years Ended December 31,
2018	$	9,698
2019		7,402
2020		3,816
2021		1,288
2022		666
Thereafter		4,284
Total	$	27,154

Schedule of FCC authorizations

	As of  December 31,
	2017		2016
		(In thousands)
DBS Licenses	$	611,794	$	611,794
700 MHz Licenses		711,871		711,871
MVDDS Licenses		24,000		24,000
AWS-4 Licenses		1,949,000		1,949,000
H-Block Licenses		1,671,506		1,671,506
AWS-3 Licenses		9,890,389		9,890,389
600 MHz Licenses		6,211,154		—
Capitalized Interest		2,656,075		1,640,173
Total	$	23,725,789	$	16,498,733