v3.20.4
Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets (Tables)
|
12 Months Ended |
|
|---|
| Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets |
|
| Schedule of property and equipment |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Depreciable | | | | | | | | | Life | | As of December 31, | | | (In Years) | | 2020 | | 2019 | | | | | | | | (In thousands) | Equipment leased to customers | | 2 | - | 5 | | $ | 1,736,660 | | $ | 1,861,668 | Satellites (1) | | 2 | - | 15 | | | 1,734,024 | | | 1,855,096 | Satellites acquired under finance lease agreements
| | 10 | - | 15 | | | 888,940 | | | 888,940 | Furniture, fixtures, equipment and other | | 2 | - | 20 | | | 2,091,271 | | | 2,010,094 | Buildings and improvements
| | 5 | - | 40 | | | 370,941 | | | 349,347 | Land
| | | - | | | | 17,810 | | | 17,810 | Construction in progress (1) | | | - | | | | 126,303 | | | 278,083 | Total property and equipment | | | | | | | 6,965,949 | | | 7,261,038 | Accumulated depreciation | | | | | | | (4,783,616) | | | (4,554,856) | Property and equipment, net | | | | | | $ | 2,182,333 | | $ | 2,706,182 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (1) | During the year ended December 31, 2020, we wrote down the T1 satellite net book value of $48 million (net of accumulated depreciation of $18 million) and the D1 satellite net book value of $55 million to their estimated fair value of zero. In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2020, we impaired $227 million for capitalized costs of equipment, labor and other assets related to the narrowband IoT deployment that would not be utilized in our 5G Network Deployment. As a result, we recorded a $330 million non-cash impairment charge in “Impairment of long-lived assets” on our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). See Note 2 for further information. |
|
| Schedule of Construction in progress |
| | | | | | | | | As of December 31, | | | 2020 | | 2019 | | | | (In thousands) | Software | | $ | 43,555 | | $ | 51,493 | Wireless (1) | | | 72,817 | | | 207,814 | Other | | | 9,931 | | | 18,776 | Total construction in progress | | $ | 126,303 | | $ | 278,083 | | | | | | | |
| (1) | During the year ended December 31, 2020, we impaired the capitalized costs of equipment, labor and other assets related to the narrowband IoT deployment that would not be utilized in our 5G Network Deployment, resulting in a $227 million non-cash impairment charge in “Impairment of long-lived assets” on our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). See Note 2 for further information. |
|
| Schedule of depreciation and amortization expense |
Depreciation and amortization expense consisted of the following:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | For the Years Ended December 31, | | | | 2020 | | 2019 | | 2018 | | | | | (In thousands) | | Equipment leased to customers | | $ | 290,081 | | $ | 371,292 | | $ | 444,928 | | Satellites (1) | | | 202,724 | | | 115,100 | | | 100,343 | | Buildings, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other | | | 128,876 | | | 136,783 | | | 137,055 | | Intangible assets (2) | | | 92,871 | | | 7,402 | | | 29,698 | | Total depreciation and amortization | | $ | 714,552 | | $ | 630,577 | | $ | 712,024 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (1) | The increase in 2020 resulted from the Master Transaction Agreement pursuant to which, on September 10, 2019, certain satellites were transferred to us. See Note 20 for further information. |
| (2) | The increase in 2020 resulted from the completion of the Boost Mobile Acquisition and the Ting Mobile Acquisition. See Note 6 for further information. |
|
| Schedule of pay-TV satellite fleet |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Degree | | Lease | | | | Launch | | Orbital | | Termination | | Satellites | | Date | | Location | | Date | | Owned: | | | | | | | | EchoStar VII (1) | | February 2002 | | 119 | | N/A | | EchoStar X (1) | | February 2006 | | 110 | | N/A | | EchoStar XI (1) | | July 2008 | | 110 | | N/A | | EchoStar XIV (1) | | March 2010 | | 119 | | N/A | | EchoStar XV | | July 2010 | | 61.5 | | N/A | | EchoStar XVI (1) | | November 2012 | | 61.5 | | N/A | | EchoStar XVIII | | June 2016 | | 61.5 | | N/A | | EchoStar XXIII (1) | | March 2017 | | 67.9 | | N/A | | | | | | | | | | Leased from EchoStar (2): | | | | | | | | EchoStar IX | | August 2003 | | 121 | | Month to month | | | | | | | | | | Leased from Other Third Party: | | | | | | | | Anik F3 | | April 2007 | | 118.7 | | April 2022 | | Ciel II | | December 2008 | | 129 | | January 2022 | | Nimiq 5 (1) | | September 2009 | | 72.7 | | September 2024 | | QuetzSat-1 (1) | | September 2011 | | 77 | | November 2021 | | | | | | | | | |
| (1) | Pursuant to the Master Transaction Agreement, on September 10, 2019 these satellites and satellite service agreements were transferred to us. See Note 20 for further information. |
| (2) | See Note 20 for further information on our Related Party Transactions with EchoStar. |
|
| Schedule of AWS-4 Satellites |
| | | | | | | | | | | Degree | | Estimated | | | Launch | | Orbital | | Useful Life | Satellites | | Date | | Location | | (Years) | Owned: | | | | | | | T1 | | July 2009 | | 111.1 | | 14.25 | D1 | | April 2008 | | 92.85 | | N/A | | | | | | | |
|
| Schedule of identifiable intangibles subject to amortization |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | As of December 31, | | | | 2020 | | 2019 | | | | Intangible | | Accumulated | | Intangible | | Accumulated | | | | Assets | | Amortization | | Assets | | Amortization | | | | | (In thousands) | | Technology-based | | $ | 63,078 | | $ | (58,453) | | $ | 63,077 | | $ | (57,414) | | Trademarks (1) | | | 133,428 | | | (40,283) | | | 37,010 | | | (32,619) | | Contract-based (1) | | | 41,500 | | | (23,000) | | | 4,500 | | | (4,500) | | Customer relationships (1) | | | 515,576 | | | (89,301) | | | 23,633 | | | (23,633) | | Total | | $ | 753,582 | | $ | (211,037) | | $ | 128,220 | | $ | (118,166) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (1) | The increase in intangible assets resulted from the completion of the Boost Mobile Acquisition and the Ting Mobile Acquisition. See Note 6 for further information. |
|
| Schedule of estimated future amortization of identifiable intangible assets |
Estimated future amortization of our identifiable intangible assets as of December 31, 2020 is as follows (in thousands): | | | | | For the Years Ended December 31, | | 2021 | | $ | 157,105 | | 2022 | | | 130,198 | | 2023 | | | 127,809 | | 2024 | | | 69,512 | | 2025 | | | 11,676 | | Thereafter | | | 46,245 | | Total | | $ | 542,545 | | | | | | |
|
| Schedule of FCC authorizations |
| | | | | | | | | | As of December 31, | | | | 2020 | | 2019 | | | | | (In thousands) | | Owned: | | | | | | | | DBS Licenses | | $ | 677,409 | | $ | 677,409 | | 700 MHz Licenses | | | 711,871 | | | 711,871 | | MVDDS Licenses | | | 24,000 | | | 24,000 | | AWS-4 Licenses | | | 1,940,000 | | | 1,940,000 | | H Block Licenses | | | 1,671,506 | | | 1,671,506 | | 600 MHz Licenses | | | 6,211,154 | | | 6,211,154 | | 28 GHz Licenses | | | 2,883 | | | 2,883 | | 24 GHz Licenses | | | 11,772 | | | 11,772 | | 37 GHz, 39 GHz & 47 GHz Licenses | | | 202,533 | | | — | | Subtotal | | | 11,453,128 | | | 11,250,595 | | Non-controlling Investments: | | | | | | | | Northstar | | | 5,618,930 | | | 5,618,930 | | SNR | | | 4,271,459 | | | 4,271,459 | | Total AWS-3 Licenses | | | 9,890,389 | | | 9,890,389 | | | | | | | | | | Capitalized Interest (1) | | | 5,560,422 | | | 4,638,519 | | Total | | $ | 26,903,939 | | $ | 25,779,503 | | | | | | | | | |
| (1) | See Note 2 for further information. |
|
| X |
- DefinitionSchedule of AWS-4 satellites.
| Name: |
dish_ScheduleOfAWS4SatellitesTableTextBlock |
| Namespace Prefix: |
dish_ |
| Data Type: |
nonnum:textBlockItemType |
| Balance Type: |
na |
| Period Type: |
duration |
|
| X |
- DefinitionSchedule of construction in progress.
| Name: |
dish_ScheduleOfConstructionInProgressTableTextBlock |
| Namespace Prefix: |
dish_ |
| Data Type: |
nonnum:textBlockItemType |
| Balance Type: |
na |
| Period Type: |
duration |
|
| X |
- DefinitionSchedule of depreciation and amortization expense.
| Name: |
dish_ScheduleOfDepreciationAndAmortizationExpenseTableTextBlock |
| Namespace Prefix: |
dish_ |
| Data Type: |
nonnum:textBlockItemType |
| Balance Type: |
na |
| Period Type: |
duration |
|
| X |
- DefinitionRepresents the information pertaining to the Schedule Of Pay T-V Satellites Table Text Block
| Name: |
dish_ScheduleOfPayTVSatellitesTableTextBlock |
| Namespace Prefix: |
dish_ |
| Data Type: |
nonnum:textBlockItemType |
| Balance Type: |
na |
| Period Type: |
duration |
|
| X |
- References
+ Details
| Name: |
us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAbstract |
| Namespace Prefix: |
us-gaap_ |
| Data Type: |
xbrli:stringItemType |
| Balance Type: |
na |
| Period Type: |
duration |
|
| X |
- DefinitionTabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation.
| Name: |
us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentTextBlock |
| Namespace Prefix: |
us-gaap_ |
| Data Type: |
nonnum:textBlockItemType |
| Balance Type: |
na |
| Period Type: |
duration |
|
| X |
- DefinitionTabular disclosure of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life, by either major class or business segment.
| Name: |
us-gaap_ScheduleOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsTableTextBlock |
| Namespace Prefix: |
us-gaap_ |
| Data Type: |
nonnum:textBlockItemType |
| Balance Type: |
na |
| Period Type: |
duration |
|
| X |
- DefinitionTabular disclosure of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and exist in perpetuity, by either major class or business segment.
| Name: |
us-gaap_ScheduleOfIndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsTableTextBlock |
| Namespace Prefix: |
us-gaap_ |
| Data Type: |
nonnum:textBlockItemType |
| Balance Type: |
na |
| Period Type: |
duration |
|
| X |
- DefinitionTabular disclosure of the amount of amortization expense expected to be recorded in succeeding fiscal years for finite-lived intangible assets.
| Name: |
us-gaap_ScheduleofFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsFutureAmortizationExpenseTableTextBlock |
| Namespace Prefix: |
us-gaap_ |
| Data Type: |
nonnum:textBlockItemType |
| Balance Type: |
na |
| Period Type: |
duration |
|
|
