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Echosphere LLC, et al. – ‘S-4/A’ on 9/16/11 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 9/16/11, at 5:21pm ET   ·   Accession #:  1104659-11-52137   ·   File #s:  333-175277, -01, -02, -03, -04

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 9/16/11  Echosphere LLC                    S-4/A                 50:17M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
          DISH Network LLC
          Dish DBS Corp
          Dish Network Service LLC
          Dish Operating L.L.C.

Pre-Effective Amendment to Registration of Securities Issued in a Business-Combination Transaction   —   Form S-4
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-4/A       Pre-Effective Amendment to Registration of          HTML   2.95M 
                Securities Issued in a Business-Combination                      
                Transaction                                                      
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     18K 
 2: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     57K 
13: R1          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    148K 
46: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     40K 
10: R3          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML    101K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                      
11: R4          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     65K 
                Stockholder's Equity (Deficit)                                   
39: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     18K 
                Stockholder's Equity (Deficit) (Parenthetical)                   
27: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    158K 
42: R7          Organization and Business Activities                HTML     33K 
20: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     70K 
28: R9          Statements of Cash Flow Data                        HTML     45K 
30: R10         Marketable Investment Securities, Restricted Cash   HTML    397K 
                and Other Investment Securities                                  
36: R11         Inventory                                           HTML     51K 
15: R12         Property and Equipment                              HTML    210K 
26: R13         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    213K 
22: R14         Income Taxes and Accounting for Uncertainty in      HTML    141K 
                Income Taxes                                                     
24: R15         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     42K 
43: R16         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    482K 
19: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML    164K 
35: R18         Financial Information for Subsidiary Guarantors     HTML     21K 
23: R19         Valuation and Qualifying Accounts                   HTML     39K 
45: R20         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)                HTML     54K 
37: R21         Related Party Transactions                          HTML    175K 
40: R22         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     27K 
12: R23         Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    148K 
41: R24         Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     40K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R25         Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    102K 
                and Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                  
14: R26         Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    131K 
16: R27         Organization and Business Activities                HTML     33K 
31: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     70K 
38: R29         Marketable Investment Securities and Restricted     HTML    397K 
                Cash                                                             
34: R30         Inventory                                           HTML     51K 
29: R31         Property and Equipment                              HTML    210K 
25: R32         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    213K 
33: R33         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    482K 
44: R34         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML    164K 
21: R35         Financial Information for Subsidiary Guarantors     HTML     21K 
47: R36         Related Party Transactions                          HTML    175K 
50: R37         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     27K 
17: R38         Document and Entity Information                     HTML     34K 
48: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     77K 
49: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   3.89M 
 4: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- ddbs-20110630                       XML   2.40M 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ddbs-20110630_cal               XML    198K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ddbs-20110630_def                XML    403K 
 7: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ddbs-20110630_lab                     XML    763K 
 8: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ddbs-20110630_pre              XML    569K 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ddbs-20110630                         XSD     88K 
32: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001104659-11-052137-xbrl      Zip    188K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — ddbs-20110630_def

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