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Marketable Investment Securities, Restricted Cash and Other Investment Securities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

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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