Debt, Finance Lease and Other Obligations - Narratives (Details)				12 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2024 USD ($)	May 24, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 13, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	Nov. 15, 2024	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 15, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares	Jan. 26, 2023 USD ($)	Nov. 15, 2022 USD ($)	Nov. 26, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 21, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 08, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 27, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				0.25%
Carrying Value				$ 27,091,651,000				$ 22,709,868,000
Class A common stock
Debt Instrument
Aggregate principal amount				$ 1,000
Common stock par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 0.001				$ 0.001
7 3/8% Senior Notes due 2028
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				7.375%
0% Convertible Notes due 2025 | Class A common stock
Debt Instrument
Convertible notes converted rate, shares | shares				8.566
Aggregate principal amount				$ 1,000
Common stock par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 116.74
3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				3.375%		3.375%
Aggregate principal amount				$ 2,863,000,000		$ 2,863,000,000
3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026 | Class A common stock
Debt Instrument
Convertible notes converted rate, shares | shares				5.383
Aggregate principal amount				$ 1,000
Common stock par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 185.76
3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026 | Class A common stock | Convertible note hedges
Debt Instrument
Convertible notes converted into shares | shares				46,000,000
Common stock par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 65.18
Total cost of convertible notes				$ 635,000,000
Conversion of shares | shares				16,000,000
3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026 | Class A common stock | Convertible note hedges | DISH Network
Debt Instrument
Share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 185.76
3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026 | Class A common stock | Common stock warrants
Debt Instrument
Convertible notes converted into warrants | shares				46,000,000
Common stock par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 86.08
Cash proceeds from the sale of warrants				$ 376,000,000
Other notes payable
Debt Instrument
Carrying Value				$ 108,072,000				$ 160,158,000
New DISH DBS financing term loan | Outstanding 2028 DBS Notes and Outstanding 2029 DBS Notes
Debt Instrument
Aggregate principal amount (as a percent)				15.00%
New DISH DBS financing term loan | Outstanding 2026 DBS Notes, Outstanding 2026 DBS Secured Notes and Outstanding 2028 DBS Secured Notes
Debt Instrument
Aggregate principal amount (as a percent)				20.00%
Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Shares due 2029
Debt Instrument
Aggregate liquidation preference				$ 200,000,000
Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Shares due 2029 | Interest rate for twelve months after financing closing date
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				13.25%
Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Shares due 2029 | Interest rate from financing closing date and twelve months thereafter
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				13.75%
5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				5.25%
Aggregate principal amount											$ 2,750,000,000
5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 | Prior to June 1, 2026
Debt Instrument
Redemption price as a percentage of principal amount				100.00%
5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 | Prior to December 1, 2024
Debt Instrument
Term of loan				36 months
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage of Principal Amount Redeemed				35.00%
Percentage of redemption price for each twelve-month period				10.00%
Redemption price as a percentage of principal amount				103.00%
5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 | Prior to December 1, 2027
Debt Instrument
Redemption price as a percentage of principal amount				100.00%
5 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2028
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				5.75%
Aggregate principal amount											$ 2,500,000,000
5 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 | Prior to December 1, 2024
Debt Instrument
Redemption price as a percentage of principal amount				103.00%
5 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 | Prior to December 1, 2027
Debt Instrument
Term of loan				36 months
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage of Principal Amount Redeemed				35.00%
Percentage of redemption price for each twelve-month period				10.00%
Redemption price as a percentage of principal amount				100.00%
11 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2027
Debt Instrument
Aggregate principal amount									$ 1,500,000,000	$ 2,000,000,000
Threshold loan to value ratio				0.35
Period to obtain Initial appraisal of collateral				120 days
Period to obtain second appraisal of collateral				120 days
Fair value of collateral				$ 10,040,000,000.00
Period to add additional collateral after second appraisal				90 days
11 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 | Failure to Deliver Appraisal Within Specified Days [Member]
Debt Instrument
Redemption price as a percentage of principal amount				102.00%
11 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 | Prior to December 1, 2027
Debt Instrument
Redemption price as a percentage of principal amount				100.00%
11 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 | Prior to May 15, 2025
Debt Instrument
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage of Principal Amount Redeemed				40.00%
Early redemption percent of principal amount				111.75%
DDBS
Debt Instrument
Percentage of principal amount at which notes may be required to be repurchased in event of change of control				101.00%
DDBS | 7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				7.75%
Aggregate principal amount			$ 2,000,000,000
Term of loan			10 years
Redemption price as a percentage of principal amount				100.00%
Carrying Value				$ 2,000,000,000				2,000,000,000
DDBS | 7 3/4 Second Lien Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				7.75%
DDBS | 7 3/8% Senior Notes due 2028
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				7.375%
Aggregate principal amount													$ 1,000,000,000
Carrying Value				$ 1,000,000,000				1,000,000,000
DDBS | 7 3/8% Second Lien Notes due 2028
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				7.375%
DDBS | 5 1/8 % Senior Notes due 2029
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				5.125%
Percentage of principal amount at which notes may be required to be repurchased in event of change of control				101.00%
Aggregate principal amount		$ 1,500,000,000
Redemption price as a percentage of principal amount		100.00%
Carrying Value				$ 1,500,000,000				1,500,000,000
DDBS | 5 1/8% Second Lien Notes due 2029
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				5.125%
DDBS | 5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				5.25%
Carrying Value				$ 2,750,000,000				2,750,000,000
DDBS | 5 1/4% First Lien Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				5.25%
DDBS | 5 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2028
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				5.75%
Carrying Value				$ 2,500,000,000				2,500,000,000
DDBS | 5 3/4% First Lien Notes due 2028
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				5.75%
DDBS | 5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2024
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				5.875%	5.875%	5.875%
Carrying Value								1,982,544,000
DBS SubscriberCo | New DISH DBS Financing
Debt Instrument
Aggregate principal amount	$ 2,500,000,000
Proceeds received from NEW DISH DBS				$ 2,047,000,000.000		$ 2,047,000,000.000
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	$ 2,047,000,000.000
DBS SubscriberCo | New DISH DBS financing term loan
Debt Instrument
Aggregate principal amount				$ 2,300,000,000
DBS SubscriberCo | New DISH DBS financing term loan | Dish TV
Debt Instrument
Number of DISH TV subscribers | item				3
DBS SubscriberCo | Term Loan due 2029
Debt Instrument
Aggregate principal amount				$ 1,800,000,000
Carrying Value				$ 1,800,000,000
DBS SubscriberCo | Term Loan due 2029 | Interest rate for twelve months after financing closing date
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				11.25%
DBS SubscriberCo | Term Loan due 2029 | Interest rate from financing closing date and twelve months thereafter
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				10.75%
DBS SubscriberCo | Term Loan due 2025
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				11.00%
Aggregate principal amount				$ 500,000,000
Carrying Value				$ 500,000,000
DBS SubscriberCo | New DISH DBS roll-up incremental term loan
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				11.00%
DBS SubscriberCo | New DISH DBS roll-up incremental term loan | Interest rate for twelve months after financing closing date
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				11.50%
DBS SubscriberCo | Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Shares due 2029
Debt Instrument
Carrying Value				$ 200,000,000
DBS SubscriberCo | 5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2024
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				5.875%
HSSC | 6 5/8% Unsecured Senior Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				6.625%
Percentage of principal amount at which notes may be required to be repurchased in event of change of control				101.00%
Aggregate principal amount															$ 750,000,000
Carrying Value				$ 750,000,000				750,000,000
HSSC | 5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				5.25%
Aggregate principal amount															$ 750,000,000
Carrying Value				$ 750,000,000				750,000,000
DISH Network | Convertible Notes 2.38 Due 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				2.375%			2.375%
Carrying Value								$ 951,168,000
DISH Network | 0% Convertible Notes due 2025
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				0.00%				0.00%
Aggregate principal amount												$ 2,000,000,000
Redemption price as a percentage of principal amount				100.00%
Carrying Value				$ 138,403,000				$ 1,957,197,000
DISH Network | 3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				3.375%
Aggregate principal amount														$ 3,000,000,000
Redemption price as a percentage of principal amount				100.00%
Carrying Value				$ 45,209,000				2,908,801,000
DISH Network | 11 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2027
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)				11.75%
Carrying Value				$ 3,500,000,000				$ 3,500,000,000
EchoStar | 3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026 | Class A common stock | Common stock warrants
Debt Instrument
Conversion of convertible securities | shares				16,000,000
EchoStar | 3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026 | Class A common stock | Common stock warrants | Maximum | DISH Network
Debt Instrument
Share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 245.33
EchoStar | 3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026 | Class A common stock | Common stock warrants | Minimum | DISH Network
Debt Instrument
Share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 185.75