Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Operating segment data and reconciliation of EBITDA to reported "Income before income taxes"

					EchoStar		All
Year Ended December 31,	EchoStar				Satellite		Other and			Consolidated
2012	Technologies		Hughes		Services		Eliminations			Total
	(In thousands)
Total revenue	$	1,660,029	$	1,158,714	$	277,985	$	24,976		$	3,121,704
Capital expenditures	$	69,809	$	292,222	$	118,998	$	31,976		$	513,005
EBITDA	$	110,933	$	265,756	$	212,549	$	204,660		$	793,898

2011
Total revenue	$	1,780,642	$	676,222	$	278,125	$	26,442		$	2,761,431
Capital expenditures	$	81,420	$	156,768	$	119,004	$	19,980		$	377,172
EBITDA	$	144,753	$	167,100	$	197,848	$	(26,895	)	$	482,806

2010
Total revenue	$	2,070,672	$	—	$	262,022	$	17,675		$	2,350,369
Capital expenditures	$	66,755	$	—	$	120,450	$	9,531		$	196,736
EBITDA	$	159,713	$	—	$	183,549	$	174,510		$	517,772

	For the Years Ended
	December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
	(In thousands)
EBITDA	$	793,898		$	482,806		$	517,772
Interest expense, net	(141,853		)	(71,772		)	(88		)
Depreciation and amortization	(457,326		)	(385,894		)	(228,911		)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(35		)	635			—
Income before income taxes	$	194,684		$	25,775		$	288,773

Summary of total long-lived assets and revenue attributed to the North American and other foreign locations

	As of December 31,
Long-lived assets:	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
North America:
United States	$	3,921,385	$	3,888,283
Other	40		3
All other	108,991		34,540
Total	$	4,030,416	$	3,922,826

	For the Years Ended December 31,
Revenue:	2012		2011		2010
	(In thousands)
North America:
United States	$	2,403,976	$	2,229,498	$	2,010,679
Other	360,590		316,060		292,222
All other	357,138		215,873		47,468
Total	$	3,121,704	$	2,761,431	$	2,350,369

Summary of sales to major customer and its percentage of total revenue

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
	(In thousands)
Total revenue:
DISH Network:
EchoStar Technologies segment	$	1,277,038		$	1,413,940		$	1,713,983
Hughes segment	34,017			1,854			—
EchoStar Satellite Services segment	201,300			215,741			208,201
All Other and Eliminations	31,409			23,394			16,388
Total DISH Network	1,543,764			1,654,929			1,938,572
Bell TV (EchoStar Technologies segment)	222,038			218,329			202,424
All other	1,355,902			888,173			209,373
Total revenue	$	3,121,704		$	2,761,431		$	2,350,369

Percentage of total revenue:
DISH Network	49.5		%	59.9		%	82.5		%
Bell TV	7.1		%	7.9		%	8.6		%
All other	43.4		%	32.2		%	8.9		%

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