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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) (USD $)
Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
401(k) Employee Savings Plan      
Employer matching contribution as a percentage of voluntary employee contributions under 401(k) plan 50.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercentOfMatch    
Employer maximum annual contribution per employee under 401(k) plan $ 2,500us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanMaximumAnnualContributionsPerEmployeeAmount    
Expense recognized related to 401(k) plan      
Matching contributions, net of forfeitures, under 401(k) plan 5,994,000ddbs_DefinedContributionPlanMatchingContributionNetOfForfeiture 2,750,000ddbs_DefinedContributionPlanMatchingContributionNetOfForfeiture 1,521,000ddbs_DefinedContributionPlanMatchingContributionNetOfForfeiture
Discretionary stock contributions, net of forfeitures, under 401(k) plan 26,096,000ddbs_DefinedContributionPlanDiscretionaryStockContributionNetOfForfeiture 23,772,000ddbs_DefinedContributionPlanDiscretionaryStockContributionNetOfForfeiture 22,331,000ddbs_DefinedContributionPlanDiscretionaryStockContributionNetOfForfeiture
Employee Stock Purchase Plan      
Employee Stock Purchase Plan      
Minimum number of calendar quarters to be employed for full-time employees to be eligible to participate in the ESPP 3 months    
Maximum fair value of capital stock permitted to be purchased by employees in any one year under ESPP $ 25,000ddbs_EmployeeStockPurchasePlanMaximumFairValueOfCommonStockPermittedToBePurchasedPerAnnum
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Employee Stock Purchase Plan | Class A common stock      
Employee Stock Purchase Plan      
Number of shares authorized to be issued under Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) 2.8us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
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Shares of common stock available for future grant under stock incentive plans 1.1us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
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Purchase price as percentage of closing market price on the last business day of each calendar quarter under ESPP 85.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardPurchasePriceOfCommonStockPercent
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Number of shares of common stock purchased under ESPP 0.1us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesEmployeeStockPurchasePlans
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