| Expected contractual cash commitments | 
        
   
   
   
             The following table summarizes our expected contractual cash commitments as of June 30, 2011:
    
   
   
   
   
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       Remaining | 
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       2011 | 
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       2012 | 
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       2013 | 
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       2014 | 
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       2015 | 
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       Thereafter | 
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       Total | 
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    Long-term debt obligations (1)
    
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       $ | 
       25,076 | 
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       $ | 
       1,623 | 
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       $ | 
       779,636 | 
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       $ | 
       550,182 | 
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       $ | 
       1,057,000 | 
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       $ | 
       700,000 | 
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       $ | 
       3,113,517 | 
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    Cash interest payments (1)
    
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       144,617 | 
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       288,338 | 
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       288,208 | 
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       186,935 | 
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       113,433 | 
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       160,125 | 
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       1,181,656 | 
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    Satellite and transmission
    
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       57,826 | 
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       27,150 | 
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       4,773 | 
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       13,250 | 
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       13,156 | 
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       22,093 | 
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       138,248 | 
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    Programming and content
    
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       101,051 | 
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       223,387 | 
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       177,284 | 
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       151,881 | 
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       145,531 | 
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       3,750 | 
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       802,884 | 
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    Marketing and distribution
    
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       38,086 | 
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       25,083 | 
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       17,611 | 
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       12,017 | 
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       9,804 | 
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       11,033 | 
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       113,634 | 
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    Satellite incentive payments
    
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       4,652 | 
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       12,643 | 
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       12,790 | 
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       12,820 | 
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       12,165 | 
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       86,185 | 
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       141,255 | 
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    Operating lease obligations
    
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       16,658 | 
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       31,654 | 
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       27,485 | 
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       21,313 | 
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       13,242 | 
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       5,101 | 
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       115,453 | 
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    Other
    
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       23,870 | 
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       14,850 | 
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       2,837 | 
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       387 | 
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       196 | 
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       140 | 
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       42,280 | 
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    Total (2)
    
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       $ | 
       411,836 | 
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       $ | 
       624,728 | 
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       $ | 
       1,310,624 | 
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       $ | 
       948,785 | 
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       $ | 
       1,364,527 | 
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       $ | 
       988,427 | 
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       $ | 
       5,648,927 | 
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       | (1) | 
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       Includes captial lease obligations. | 
    
   
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       | (2) | 
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       The table does not include our reserve for uncertain taxes, which at June 30, 2011
   totaled $1,496, as the specific timing of any cash payments relating to this obligation cannot be
   projected with reasonable certainty. | 
    
    
    
    
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