Commitments and Contingencies (Details)							1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	84 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2023	Sep. 01, 2020	Sep. 23, 2016 USD ($)	Aug. 18, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 17, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 14, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 20, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Unrecognized tax benefits									$ 859,327,000	$ 859,327,000	$ 609,543,000	$ 569,601,000		$ 539,113,000
Payment to customer									30,000,000,000
Regulatory Authorizations									38,990,461,000	$ 38,990,461,000	$ 38,114,249,000
Accrued Upfront Payment									95,435,000
Carrying value of the assets									$ 50,418,000
Number of Americans for deployment of 5G VoNR | item									220,000,000
Number of Americans for deployment of 5G Broadband Service | item									268,000,000
Loss Contingency, Damages Awarded, Value									$ 91,000,000
Loss Contingency, Damages Paid, Value									$ 54,000,000
Litigation accrual													$ 3,900,000
Interest rate (as a percent)									0.25%	0.25%
Minimum
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Programming Contracts term									1 year
Maximum
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Programming Contracts term									10 years
5 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2028
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)									5.75%	5.75%
Cyber-Security Class Actions
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Ten additional putative class action complaints | item									10
License Fee Dispute
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Payment schedule term (in years)		10 years
ClearPlay | Pending Litigation
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Claim amount						$ 469,000,000
DDBS | 5 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2028
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)									5.75%	5.75%
DDBS | 7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2026
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)									7.75%	7.75%
TQ Delta | Pending Litigation
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Claim amount					$ 251,000,000
Northstar Spectrum And SNR Holdco | AWS-3 Licenses
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Percentage Of Bidding Credit									25.00%
Northstar Wireless or Northstar Spectrum
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Interim Payment Percentage									15.00%
Reauction Payment									$ 1,892,000,000
Overpayment Of Interim Payment									$ 334,000,000
Northstar Wireless or Northstar Spectrum | AWS-3 Licenses | Vermont National Telephone Company
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Percentage Of Bidding Credit			25.00%
Bidding Credit			$ 3,300,000,000
Loss Contingency Recovery Amount			10,000,000,000
Northstar Wireless or Northstar Spectrum | AWS-3 Licenses | Vermont National Telephone Company | Minimum
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Claim amount			5,500
Northstar Wireless or Northstar Spectrum | AWS-3 Licenses | Vermont National Telephone Company | Maximum
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Claim amount			$ 11,000
Northstar Wireless or Northstar Spectrum | SNR Licenses
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Percentage Of Bidding Credit				25.00%
Bidding Credit				$ 1,961,000,000
Northstar Wireless or Northstar Spectrum | Northstar Licenses
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Number of wireless spectrum licenses | item									261	261
SNR
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Interim Payment Percentage									15.00%
Reauction Payment									$ 1,029,000,000.000
Non-payment gross winning bids									1,211,000,000	$ 1,211,000,000
Overpayment Of Interim Payment									$ 182,000,000
SNR | American III
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Number of wireless spectrum licenses | item									244	244
SNR | SNR Licenses
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Bidding Credit				$ 1,370,000,000
MHz 700 Licenses and AWS-4 Licenses | Minimum
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Minimum percentage of population having access to average download speed	70.00%								70.00%
Liberty Agreement
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Consideration for sale of assets							$ 251,000,000	$ 251,000,000
Consideration receivable on sale of assets								3 years
Accrued Upfront Payment								$ 95,000,000
Contingent liability related to clawback provision									$ 64,000,000	$ 64,000,000
Carrying value of the assets									50,000,000
Prior Arrangement | Northstar Licenses
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Non-payment gross winning bids									$ 2,226,000,000	2,226,000,000
Prior Arrangement | Northstar Wireless or Northstar Spectrum
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Number Of Licenses Returned | item									84
Prior Arrangement | SNR | SNR Licenses
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Number Of Licenses Returned | item									113
Capitalized interest on FCC authorizations
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Regulatory Authorizations									$ 10,000,000,000	10,000,000,000
Wireless
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Regulatory Authorizations									29,487,549,000	29,487,549,000
Percentage of coverage obligations							80.00%
Network development current and future expenditures									$ 10,000,000,000
5G Network Development
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Payment to customer										$ 30,000,000,000