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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Hughes Retail Preferred Tracking Stock | Class A and B Common stock | Additional Paid-In Capital | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Accumulated Earnings (Deficit) | Treasury Stock | Noncontrolling Interests in HSS Tracking Stock | Other Noncontrolling Interests | Total
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Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2012 |  | $ 93 | $ 3,394,646 | $ 18,752 | $ (174,439) | $ (98,162) |  | $ 9,337 | $ 3,150,227
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercise of stock options |  | 3 | 61,461 |  |  |  |  |  | 61,464
Employee benefits |  |  | 4,761 |  |  |  |  |  | 4,761
Employee Stock Purchase Plan |  |  | 9,783 |  |  |  |  |  | 9,783
Stock-based compensation |  |  | 18,353 |  |  |  |  |  | 18,353
Excess tax benefit from stock option exercises |  |  | 12,663 |  |  |  |  |  | 12,663
Other, net |  |  | 338 |  |  |  |  | (466) | (128)
Net income (loss) |  |  |  |  | 2,525 |  |  | 876 | 3,401
Unrealized losses on marketable investment securities, net and other |  |  |  | (17,899) |  |  |  |  | (17,899)
Foreign currency translation adjustment |  |  |  | (15,508) |  |  |  | (886) | (16,394)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2013 |  | 96 | 3,502,005 | (14,655) | (171,914) | (98,162) |  | 8,861 | 3,226,231
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercise of stock options |  | 2 | 16,708 |  |  |  |  |  | 16,710
Employee benefits |  |  | 10,316 |  |  |  |  |  | 10,316
Employee Stock Purchase Plan |  |  | 12,147 |  |  |  |  |  | 12,147
Stock-based compensation |  |  | 14,683 |  |  |  |  |  | 14,683
Issuance of Hughes Retail Preferred Tracking Stock (Note 4) | $ 6 |  | 163,510 |  |  |  | $ 87,171 |  | 250,687
Sling TV Holding exchange (Note 6) |  |  | 8,843 |  |  |  |  |  | 8,843
Echostar XXI option payment, net (Note 9) |  |  | (9,569) |  |  |  |  |  | (9,569)
Excess tax benefit from stock option exercises |  |  | (7,252) |  |  |  |  |  | (7,252)
R&D tax credit utilized by DISH Network |  |  | (5,269) |  |  |  |  |  | (5,269)
Net income (loss) |  |  |  |  | 152,874 |  | (6,714) | 1,389 | 147,549
Unrealized losses on marketable investment securities, net and other |  |  |  | (9,503) |  |  |  |  | (9,503)
Foreign currency translation adjustment |  |  |  | (31,698) |  |  |  | (237) | (31,935)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2014 | 6 | 98 | 3,706,122 | (55,856) | (19,040) | (98,162) | 80,457 | 10,013 | 3,623,638
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercise of stock options |  | 1 | 24,840 |  |  |  |  |  | 24,841
Employee benefits |  |  | 10,711 |  |  |  |  |  | 10,711
Employee Stock Purchase Plan |  |  | 13,888 |  |  |  |  |  | 13,888
Stock-based compensation |  |  | 21,839 |  |  |  |  |  | 21,839
Excess tax benefit from stock option exercises |  |  | 3,929 |  |  |  |  |  | 3,929
R&D tax credit utilized by DISH Network |  |  | (3,048) |  |  |  |  |  | (3,048)
Other, net |  |  | (1,830) |  |  |  |  |  | (1,830)
Net income (loss) |  |  |  |  | 153,357 |  | (5,603) | 1,617 | 149,371
Unrealized losses on marketable investment securities, net and other |  |  |  | (855) |  |  |  |  | (855)
Foreign currency translation adjustment |  |  |  | (60,522) |  |  |  | (320) | (60,842)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2015 | $ 6 | $ 99 | $ 3,776,451 | $ (117,233) | $ 134,317 | $ (98,162) | $ 74,854 | $ 11,310 | $ 3,781,642

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