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Marketable Investment Securities, Restricted Cash and Other Investment Securities (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Marketable Investment Securities, Restricted Cash and Other Investment Securities |
Schedule of marketable investment securities, restricted cash and other investment securities |
|  | As of |
|  | September 30, |  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Marketable investment securities: |  |  |  |  |
Current marketable investment securities - VRDNs |  | $ | 178,785 |  | $ | 395,715 |
Current marketable investment securities - strategic |  | 174,331 |  | 232,718 |
Current marketable investment securities - other |  | 442,553 |  | 360,653 |
Total marketable investment securities - current |  | 795,669 |  | 989,086 |
Restricted marketable investment securities (1) |  | 164 |  | 1,337 |
Total |  | 795,833 |  | 990,423 |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents (1) |  | 20,452 |  | 16,089 |
Marketable and other investment securities - noncurrent: |  |  |  |  |
Cost method |  | 26,192 |  | 3,097 |
Equity method |  | 111,480 |  | 109,366 |
Fair value method |  | 140,272 |  | 613,125 |
Total marketable and other investment securities - noncurrent |  | 277,944 |  | 725,588 |
Total marketable investment securities, restricted cash and other investment securities |  | $ | 1,094,229 |  | $ | 1,732,100 |
(1) Restricted marketable investment securities and restricted cash and cash equivalents are included in “Restricted cash and marketable investment securities” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Schedule of unrealized gain (loss) on marketable investment securities |
|  | As of September 30, 2011 |  | As of December 31, 2010 |
|  | Marketable |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Marketable |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Investment |  | Unrealized |  | Investment |  | Unrealized |
|  | Securities |  | Gains |  | Losses |  | Net |  | Securities |  | Gains |  | Losses |  | Net |
|  | (In thousands) |
Debt securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
VRDNs |  | $ | 178,785 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 395,715 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |
Other (including restricted) |  | 442,717 |  | 92 |  | (2,973 | ) | (2,881 | ) | 375,814 |  | 1,154 |  | (233 | ) | 921 |
Equity securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other |  | 174,331 |  | 140,455 |  | — |  | 140,455 |  | 218,894 |  | 186,745 |  | — |  | 186,745 |
Total marketable investment securities |  | $ | 795,833 |  | $ | 140,547 |  | $ | (2,973 | ) | $ | 137,574 |  | $ | 990,423 |  | $ | 187,899 |  | $ | (233 | ) | $ | 187,666 |
Schedule of available-for-sale securities in continuous unrealized loss position by length of time and their fair value |
|  | As of September 30, 2011 |  | As of December 31, 2010 |
|  | Investment Category |  | Investment Category |
|  | Debt Securities |  | Equity Securities |  | Total |  | Debt Securities |  | Equity Securities |  | Total |
|  | (In thousands) |
Less than Six Months: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value |  | $ | 316,580 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 316,580 |  | $ | 26,358 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 26,358 |
Unrealized loss |  | (2,962 | ) | — |  | (2,962 | ) | (44 | ) | — |  | (44 | )
Six to Nine Months: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 17,566 |  | — |  | 17,566 |
Unrealized loss |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | (71 | ) | — |  | (71 | )
Nine Months or More: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value |  | 3,919 |  | — |  | 3,919 |  | 75,211 |  | — |  | 75,211 |
Unrealized loss |  | (11 | ) | — |  | (11 | ) | (118 | ) | — |  | (118 | )
Total Fair Value |  | $ | 320,499 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 320,499 |  | $ | 119,135 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 119,135 |
Schedule of fair value measurements |
|  | As of |
|  | September 30, 2011 |  | December 31, 2010 |
|  | Total |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Debt securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
VRDNs |  | $ | 178,785 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 178,785 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 395,715 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 395,715 |  | $ | — |
Other (including restricted) |  | 442,717 |  | — |  | 442,717 |  | — |  | 375,814 |  | — |  | 375,814 |  | — |
Equity securities |  | 174,331 |  | 174,331 |  | — |  | — |  | 218,894 |  | 218,894 |  | — |  | — |
Marketable and other investment securities - noncurrent |  | 140,272 |  | 426 |  | — |  | 139,846 |  | 613,125 |  | 4,170 |  | — |  | 608,955 |
Total assets at fair value |  | $ | 936,105 |  | $ | 174,757 |  | $ | 621,502 |  | $ | 139,846 |  | $ | 1,603,548 |  | $ | 223,064 |  | $ | 771,529 |  | $ | 608,955 |
Schedule of changes in Level 3 instruments |
|  | Level 3 Investment Securities |
|  | (In thousands) |
Balance as of December 31, 2010 |  | $ | 608,955 |
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) included in earnings |  | 3,507 |
Purchases |  | 51,936 |
Issuances |  | 27,313 |
Settlements |  | (551,865 | )
Balance as of September 30, 2011 |  | $ | 139,846 |
Schedule of gains and losses on sales and changes in carry values of investments |
|  | For the Three Months |  | For the Nine Months |
|  | Ended September 30, |  | Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Unrealized and realized gains (losses) on marketable investment securities and other investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable investment securities - gains (losses) on sales/exchanges |  | $ | 4,169 |  | $ | (94 | ) | $ | 6,617 |  | $ | (87 | )
Marketable and other investment securities - gains (losses) on sales/exchanges |  | — |  | — |  | 7,258 |  | — |
Marketable and other investment securities - other-than-temporary impairments |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | (22,012 | )
Total unrealized and realized gains (losses) on marketable investment securities and other investments |  | $ | 4,169 |  | $ | (94 | ) | $ | 13,875 |  | $ | (22,099 | )

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