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Dish DBS Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘JSON’

On:  Tuesday, 2/25/20, at 6:09am ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1558370-20-1270   ·   File #:  333-31929

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

 2/25/20  Dish DBS Corp                     10-K       12/31/19  103:18M                                    Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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91: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML    127K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                      
76: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     71K 
                Stockholder's Equity (Deficit)                                   
22: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     31K 
                Stockholder's Equity (Deficit) (Parenthetical)                   
54: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    109K 
93: R8          Organization and Business Activities                HTML     37K 
74: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    139K 
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82: R11         Marketable Investment Securities, Restricted Cash   HTML    261K 
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                Securities                                                       
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94: R14         Leases                                              HTML    146K 
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19: R16         Income Taxes and Accounting for Uncertainty in      HTML    172K 
                Income Taxes                                                     
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36: R21         Disaggregation of Revenue                           HTML     76K 
98: R22         Contract Balances                                   HTML     69K 
60: R23         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)                HTML     73K 
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35: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    199K 
                (Policies)                                                       
97: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     63K 
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                and Cash Equivalents, and Other Investment                       
                Securities (Tables)                                              
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55: R30         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML    207K 
23: R31         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    193K 
75: R32         Long-Term Debt and Finance Lease Obligations        HTML    135K 
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90: R33         Income Taxes and Accounting for Uncertainty in      HTML    172K 
                Income Taxes (Tables)                                            
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25: R35         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    340K 
77: R36         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     96K 
92: R37         Disaggregation of Revenue (Tables)                  HTML     77K 
53: R38         Contract Balances (Tables)                          HTML     68K 
26: R39         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)       HTML     72K 
39: R40         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     97K 
30: R41         Organization and Business Activities (Details)      HTML     35K 
64: R42         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     44K 
                Revenue Recognition (Details)                                    
102: R43         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     49K  
                Leases (Details)                                                 
40: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     64K 
                Impact of Adoption of ASU2016-02 (Details)                       
31: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     78K 
                Principles of Consolidation and Research and                     
                Development (Details)                                            
65: R46         Supplemental Data - Statements of Cash Flows        HTML     45K 
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103: R47         Marketable Investment Securities, Restricted Cash   HTML     62K  
                and Cash Equivalents, and Other Investment                       
                Securities (Details)                                             
38: R48         Marketable Investment Securities, Restricted Cash   HTML     58K 
                and Cash Equivalents, and Other Investment                       
                Securities - Unrealized Gains (Losses) On                        
                Marketable Investment Securities (Details)                       
32: R49         Marketable Investment Securities, Restricted Cash   HTML     70K 
                and Cash Equivalents, and Other Investment                       
                Securities - Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   
14: R50         Marketable Investment Securities, Restricted Cash   HTML     48K 
                and Cash Equivalents, and Other Investment                       
                Securities - Gains And Losses On Sales And Changes               
                In Carrying Amounts Of Investments (Details)                     
45: R51         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     41K 
89: R52         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     74K 
73: R53         Property and Equipment - Narrative (Details)        HTML     51K 
13: R54         Property and Equipment - Pay TV Satellites          HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
44: R55         Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets -      HTML     54K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
88: R56         Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets -      HTML     51K 
                Estimated future amortization (Details)                          
72: R57         Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets - FCC  HTML     39K 
                Authorizations (Details)                                         
12: R58         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     51K 
46: R59         Leases - Components of lease expense (Details)      HTML     43K 
100: R60         Leases - Supplemental cash flow information         HTML     43K  
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63: R61         Leases - Supplemental balance sheet information     HTML     72K 
                (Details)                                                        
34: R62         Leases - Maturities of lease liabilities (Details)  HTML     99K 
43: R63         Long-Term Debt and Finance Lease Obligations -      HTML    106K 
                Long term debt (Details)                                         
99: R64         Long-Term Debt - Other Long-term Debt (Details)     HTML     41K 
62: R65         Long-Term Debt- Capital lease obligations           HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
33: R66         Income Taxes and Accounting for Uncertainty in      HTML    171K 
                Income Taxes (Details)                                           
42: R67         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     59K 
101: R68         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     59K  
61: R69         Stock-Based Compensation - Stock Options            HTML    101K 
                Outstanding And Exercisable Associated With                      
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67: R70         Stock-Based Compensation - Stock Option Activity    HTML     70K 
                (Details)                                                        
85: R71         Stock-Based Compensation - Tax Benefits From Stock  HTML     33K 
                Awards Exercised (Details)                                       
48: R72         Stock-Based Compensation - Aggregate Intrinsic      HTML     36K 
                Value Of Stock Options (Details)                                 
16: R73         Stock-Based Compensation - Restricted Stock Unit    HTML     62K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
68: R74         Stock-Based Compensation - LTIP (Details)           HTML    130K 
86: R75         Stock-Based Compensation - Fair Value Of Stock      HTML     50K 
                Options Granted (Details)                                        
49: R76         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     66K 
17: R77         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative           HTML    102K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R78         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative Part 2    HTML    121K 
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83: R79         Disaggregation of Revenue - Revenue by geographic   HTML     37K 
                location (Details)                                               
66: R80         Disaggregation of Revenue - Revenue from external   HTML     37K 
                customers (Details)                                              
84: R81         Contract Balances (Details)                         HTML     48K 
47: R82         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details)      HTML     40K 
15: R83         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     99K 
69: R84         Related Party Transactions - Narrative Part 1       HTML     50K 
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87: R85         Related Party Transactions - Narrative Part 2       HTML     84K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R86         Related Party Transactions - Narrative Part 3       HTML     69K 
                (Details)                                                        
18: R87         Related Party Transactions - Narrative Part 4       HTML     45K 
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