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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Components of income before income taxes      
Domestic $ (50,551,000) $ 172,612,000 $ 290,000
Foreign 16,515,000 22,072,000 25,485,000
Income (loss) before income taxes (34,036,000) 194,684,000 25,775,000
Current benefit (provision):      
Federal 1,118,000 21,086,000 (26,450,000)
State 6,531,000 1,943,000 (291,000)
Foreign (5,992,000) (7,775,000) (3,734,000)
Total current benefit (provision) 1,657,000 15,254,000 (30,475,000)
Deferred benefit (provision):      
Federal 26,511,000 7,841,000 (464,000)
State 10,074,000 (6,720,000) 9,438,000
Foreign (805,000) (46,000)  
Total deferred benefit (provision) 35,780,000 1,075,000 8,974,000
Total income tax benefit (provision), net 37,437,000 16,329,000 (21,501,000)
Actual tax provision reconciliation to the amounts computed by applying statutory Federal tax rate to income before taxes      
Statutory rate (as a percent) 35.00% 35.00% 35.00%
State income taxes, net of Federal benefit (as a percent) 21.00% 0.80% (4.80%)
Dividend received deduction (as a percent)   (1.80%)  
Permanent differences (as a percent) (10.70%) 1.10% 14.00%
Tax credits (as a percent) 48.70% (5.00%) (12.50%)
Valuation allowance (as a percent) 14.20% (39.00%) 50.50%
Other (as a percent) 1.80% 0.50% 1.20%
Total effective tax rate (as a percent) 110.00% (8.40%) 83.40%
Deferred tax assets:      
Net operating losses, credit and other carryforwards 419,646,000 461,931,000  
Unrealized losses on investments, net 31,067,000 14,757,000  
Accrued expenses 33,215,000 26,438,000  
Stock-based compensation 8,117,000 14,942,000  
Other asset 12,247,000 2,848,000  
Total deferred tax assets 504,292,000 520,916,000  
Valuation allowance (79,370,000) (69,224,000)  
Deferred tax assets after valuation allowance 424,922,000 451,692,000  
Deferred tax liabilities:      
Depreciation and amortization (841,407,000) (798,878,000)  
Other liabilities (755,000) (1,454,000)  
Total deferred tax liabilities (842,162,000) (800,332,000)  
Current portion of net deferred tax assets 69,633,000 23,317,000  
Noncurrent portion of net deferred tax liabilities (486,873,000) (371,957,000)  
Net deferred tax liabilities (417,240,000) (348,640,000)  
Net operating loss carryforwards 1,020,000,000    
Capital loss carry forwards for federal income tax purposes 45,300,000    
Tax credits available to offset future tax liabilities 26,200,000    
Net operating loss carryforwards attributable to stock-based compensation 5,900,000    
Provision for income and withholding taxes on undistributed earnings attributable to foreign subsidiaries 0    
Reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits      
Beginning Balance 34,677,000 48,874,000 29,999,000
Additions from Hughes Acquisition     3,119,000
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year 81,000 158,000  
Additions based on tax positions related to prior years 9,929,000 3,723,000 16,630,000
Reductions based on tax positions related to prior years (1,253,000) (855,000) (874,000)
Reductions based on tax settlements (115,000) (16,587,000)  
Reductions based on expirations of statute of limitations   (636,000)  
Ending balance 43,319,000 34,677,000 48,874,000
Unrecognized tax benefits if recognized, could affect our effective tax rate $ 42,500,000 $ 34,700,000