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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
EchoStar Communications Corporation:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following registration statements of EchoStar Communications Corporation of our reports
dated February 28, 2007, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of EchoStar Communications Corporation and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’
equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2006, and management’
s assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2006, which reports appear in the December 31, 2006 annual report on Form 10-
K of EchoStar Communications
Corporation.
Our report refers to the Company’s adoption of Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108,
Considering the
Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in the Current Year Financial Statements
, in the forth quarter of 2006,
and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment , effective January 1, 2006.
Denver, Colorado
February 28, 2007
Form
Registration Statement No.
Description
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8
333
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136603
Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan; Amended and Restated 2001
Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan
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8
333
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106423
1999 Stock Incentive Plan
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8
333
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66490
2001 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan
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8
333
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59148
2000 Launch Bonus Plan
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8
333
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31890
401(k) Employees
’
Savings Plan
S
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8
333
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95099
1999 Launch Bonus Plan
S
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8
333
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74779
401(k) Employees
’
Savings Plan
S
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8
333
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51259
1998 Launch Bonus Plan
S
-
8
333
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48895
401(k) Employees
’
Savings Plan
S
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8
333
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36791
1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
S
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8
333
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36749
1997 Launch Bonus Plan
S
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8
333
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22971
401(k) Employees
’
Savings Plan
S
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8
333
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11597
1996 Launch Bonus Plan
S
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8
333
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05575
1995 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan
S
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8
033
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80527
1995 Stock Incentive Plan
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