Revenue Recognition (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Schedule of Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability

The following is a summary for our contract balances:

	As of
	December 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
Trade accounts receivable and contract assets, net:
Sales and services	$	152,632		$	154,415
Leasing	4,016			7,990
Total trade accounts receivable	156,648			162,405
Contract assets	63,758			55,295
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(23,777		)	(16,604		)
Total trade accounts receivable and contract assets, net	$	196,629		$	201,096
Contract liabilities:
Current	$	101,060		$	72,284
Non-current	10,572			10,133
Total contract liabilities	$	111,632		$	82,417

Schedule of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Activity

A summary of our allowance for doubtful accounts activity is as follows:

	Balance at Beginning of Year	Bad Debt Expense	Deductions		Balance at End of Year
For the years ended:
December 31, 2019	16,604	30,027	(22,854	)	23,777
December 31, 2018	12,027	24,984	(20,407	)	16,604
December 31, 2017	12,955	9,551	(10,479	)	12,027

Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue

The following is our revenue from customer contracts disaggregated by primary geographic market and by segment:

	Hughes		ESS		Corporate and Other			Consolidated Total
For the year ended December 31, 2019
North America	$	1,527,823	$	16,257	$	16,526		$	1,560,606
South and Central America	125,458		—		448			125,906
All other	199,461		—		108			199,569
Total revenue	$	1,852,742	$	16,257	$	17,082		$	1,886,081
For the year ended December 31, 2018
North America	$	1,444,628	$	27,231	$	18,495		$	1,490,354
South and Central America	101,632		—		384			102,016
All other	170,268		—		—			170,268
Total revenue	$	1,716,528	$	27,231	$	18,879		$	1,762,638
For the year ended December 31, 2017
North America	$	1,204,750	$	30,417	$	16,829		$	1,251,996
South and Central America	90,000		—		—			90,000
All other	183,168		—		(9		)	183,159
Total revenue	$	1,477,918	$	30,417	$	16,820		$	1,525,155

The following is our revenue disaggregated by the nature of products and services and by segment:

	Hughes		ESS		Corporate and Other		Consolidated Total
For the year ended December 31, 2019
Services and other revenue:
Services	$	1,535,966	$	10,464	$	6,493	$	1,552,924
Lease revenue	50,073		5,793		10,481		66,347
Total services and other revenue	1,586,039		16,257		16,974		1,619,271
Equipment revenue:
Equipment	115,052		—		107		115,159
Design, development and construction services	145,646		—		—		145,646
Lease revenue	6,005		—		—		6,005
Total equipment revenue	266,703		—		107		266,810
Total revenue	$	1,852,742	$	16,257	$	17,082	$	1,886,081
For the year ended December 31, 2018
Services and other revenue:
Services	$	1,313,059	$	21,044	$	5,821	$	1,339,924
Lease revenue	198,059		6,187		13,058		217,304
Total services and other revenue	1,511,118		27,231		18,879		1,557,228
Equipment revenue:
Equipment	119,657		—		—		119,657
Design, development and construction services	85,753		—		—		85,753
Total equipment revenue	205,410		—		—		205,410
Total revenue	$	1,716,528	$	27,231	$	18,879	$	1,762,638

Schedule of Operating Lease Revenue

The following is our lease revenue by type of lease:

	For the year ended December 31, 2019
Sales-type lease revenue:
Revenue at lease commencement	$	6,005
Interest income	784
Total sales-type lease revenue	6,789
Operating lease revenue	65,563
Total lease revenue	$	72,352

Schedule of Sales-type Lease Revenue

The following is our lease revenue by type of lease:

	For the year ended December 31, 2019
Sales-type lease revenue:
Revenue at lease commencement	$	6,005
Interest income	784
Total sales-type lease revenue	6,789
Operating lease revenue	65,563
Total lease revenue	$	72,352

Schedule of Operating Lease Payments to be Received

The following table presents future operating lease payments to be received as of December 31, 2019:

	Amounts
Year ending December 31,
2020	$	42,316
2021	33,545
2022	31,666
2023	30,551
2024	28,444
After 2024	123,844
Total lease payments	$	290,366

Schedule of Property and Equipment Subject to Operating Leases

Property and equipment, net and Depreciation and amortization included the following amounts for assets subject to operating leases:

	As of December 31, 2019							For the year ended December 31, 2019
	Cost		Accumulated Depreciation			Net		Depreciation Expense
Customer premises equipment	$	1,377,914	$	(1,043,431	)	$	334,483	$	182,523
Satellites	104,620		(31,360		)	73,260		7,495
Real estate	46,930		(16,048		)	30,882		923
Total	$	1,529,464	$	(1,090,839	)	$	438,625	$	190,941