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8
Discontinued Operations
On April 26, 2011, we completed the acquisition of most of the assets of Blockbuster, Inc. As of December 31, 2013,
Blockbuster had ceased material operations. The results of Blockbuster are presented for all periods as discontinued
operations in our consolidated financial statements. On January 14, 2014, we completed the sale of our Blockbuster
operations in Mexico.
SATELLITES
Pay-TV Satellites. Most of our DISH branded pay-TV programming is currently delivered using DBS satellites. We
continue to explore opportunities to expand our available satellite capacity through the use of other available spectrum.
Increasing our available spectrum is particularly important as more bandwidth intensive HD programming is produced
and to address new video and data applications consumers may desire in the future. We currently utilize satellites in
geostationary orbit approximately 22,300 miles above the equator detailed in the table below.
Estimated
Useful Life
(Years) /
Degree Lease
Launch Orbital Termination
Satellites Date Location Date
Owned:
EchoStar XV July 2010 61.5 15
Under Construction:
EchoStar XVIII Second quarter 2016 110 15
Leased from EchoStar (1):
EchoStar VII (2)(3) February 2002 119 June 2017
EchoStar IX August 2003 121 Month to month
EchoStar X (2)(3) February 2006 110 February 2021
EchoStar XI (2)(3) July 2008 110 September 2021
EchoStar XII (3) July 2003 61.5 September 2017
EchoStar XIV (2)(3) March 2010 119 February 2023
EchoStar XVI (4) November 2012 61.5 January 2017
N
imiq 5 September 2009 72.7 September 2019
QuetzSat-1 September 2011 77 November 2021
Leased from Other Third Party:
Anik F3 April 2007 118.7 April 2022
Ciel II December 2008 129 January 2019
(1) See Note 19 in the Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further
information on our Related Party Transactions with EchoStar.
(2) On February 20, 2014, we entered into the Satellite and Tracking Stock Transaction with EchoStar pursuant to
which, among other things, we transferred these satellites to EchoStar and lease back all available capacity on these
satellites. See Note 6 and Note 19 in the Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements in this Annual Report on
Form 10-K for further information.
(3) We generally have the option to renew each lease on a year-to-year basis through the end of the useful life of the
respective satellite.
(4) We have the option to renew this lease for an additional six-year period. If we exercise our six-year renewal option,
we have the option to renew this lease for an additional five years.