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Earnings per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Earnings per Share |
Tabular disclosure of the effect of income (loss) on the entity's basic and diluted earnings per share |
|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
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|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
|  | (In thousands, except per share amounts) |
Net income attributable to EchoStar |  | $ | 2,525 |  | $ | 211,048 |  | $ | 3,639 |
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Weighted-average common shares outstanding—Class A and B common stock: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  |  | 89,405 |  |  | 87,150 |  |  | 86,223 |
Dilutive impact of stock awards outstanding |  |  | 1,547 |  |  | 809 |  |  | 866 |
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Diluted |  |  | 90,952 |  |  | 87,959 |  |  | 87,089 |
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Earnings per share—Class A and B common stock: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 0.03 |  | $ | 2.42 |  | $ | 0.04 |
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Diluted |  | $ | 0.03 |  | $ | 2.40 |  | $ | 0.04 |
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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