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Earnings per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
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, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
|  | (In thousands, except per share amounts) |
Net income attributable to EchoStar |  | $ | 153,357 |  | $ | 152,874 |  | $ | 2,525 |
Less: Net loss attributable to EchoStar Tracking Stock |  | (10,343 | ) | (12,394 | ) | — |
Net income attributable to EchoStar common stock |  | $ | 163,700 |  | $ | 165,268 |  | $ | 2,525 |
Weighted-average common shares outstanding : |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Class A and B common stock: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | 92,397 |  | 91,190 |  | 89,405 |
Dilutive impact of stock awards outstanding |  | 1,069 |  | 1,426 |  | 1,547 |
Diluted |  | 93,466 |  | 92,616 |  | 90,952 |
Earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Class A and B common stock: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 1.77 |  | $ | 1.81 |  | $ | 0.03 |
Diluted |  | $ | 1.75 |  | $ | 1.78 |  | $ | 0.03 |

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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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