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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020.

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM                               TO                                .

Commission File Number: 001-39144

DISH Network Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

88-0336997

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

9601 South Meridian Boulevard

Englewood, Colorado

80112

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

(303) 723-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A common stock, $0.01 par value

DISH

The Nasdaq Stock Market L.L.C.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes No  

As of October 22, 2020, the registrant’s outstanding common stock consisted of 287,530,751 shares of Class A common stock and 238,435,208 shares of Class B common stock.

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

i

Item 1.

Financial Statements

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets —
September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

1

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (Unaudited)

2

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (Unaudited)

3

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (Unaudited)

5

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

6

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

78

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

120

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

120

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

120

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

120

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

121

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

None

Item 5.

Other Information

121

Item 6.

Exhibits

124

Signatures

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Unless otherwise required by the context, in this report, the words “DISH Network,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to DISH Network Corporation and its subsidiaries and “DISH DBS” refers to DISH DBS Corporation, a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of DISH Network, and its subsidiaries.

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, in particular, statements about our plans, objectives and strategies, growth opportunities in our industries and businesses, our expectations regarding future results, financial condition, liquidity and capital requirements, our estimates regarding the impact of regulatory developments and legal proceedings, and other trends and projections. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts and may be identified by words such as “future,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “seek,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “predict,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “can,” “may,” and similar terms. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and represent management’s current views and assumptions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, events or results and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control. Accordingly, actual performance, events or results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the following:

Competition and Economic Risks

As the pay-TV industry has matured and bundled offers combining video, broadband and/or wireless services have become more prevalent and competitive, we face intense and increasing competition from providers of video, broadband and/or wireless services, which may require us to further increase subscriber acquisition and retention spending or accept lower subscriber activations and higher subscriber churn.

Changing consumer behavior and competition from digital media companies that provide or facilitate the delivery of video content via the Internet may reduce our subscriber activations and may cause our subscribers to purchase fewer services from us or to cancel our services altogether, resulting in less revenue to us.

Economic weakness and uncertainty may adversely affect our ability to grow or maintain our business.

The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the economic environment generally, and on us specifically, have adversely impacted our business. Furthermore, any continuation or worsening of the pandemic and economic environment could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our competitors may be able to leverage their relationships with programmers to reduce their programming costs and/or offer exclusive content that will place them at a competitive advantage to us.

Our over-the-top (“OTT”) SLING TV Internet-based services face certain risks, including, among others, significant competition.

If government regulations relating to the Internet change, we may need to alter the manner in which we conduct our SLING TV business, and/or incur greater operating expenses to comply with those regulations.

Changes in how network operators handle and charge for access to data that travels across their networks could adversely impact our business.

We face increasing competition from other distributors of unique programming services such as foreign language, sports programming and original content that may limit our ability to maintain subscribers that desire these unique programming services.

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Operational and Service Delivery Risks

If our operational performance and customer satisfaction were to deteriorate, our subscriber activations and our subscriber churn rate may be negatively impacted, which could in turn adversely affect our revenue.

If our subscriber activations decrease, or if our subscriber churn rate, subscriber acquisition costs or retention costs increase, our financial performance will be adversely affected.

Programming expenses are increasing and may adversely affect our future financial condition and results of operations.

We depend on others to provide the programming that we offer to our subscribers and, if we fail to obtain or lose access to certain programming, our subscriber activations and our subscriber churn rate may be negatively impacted.

We may not be able to obtain necessary retransmission consent agreements at acceptable rates, or at all, from local network stations.

We may be required to make substantial additional investments to maintain competitive programming offerings.

Any failure or inadequacy of our information technology infrastructure and communications systems or those of third parties that we use in our operations, including, without limitation, those caused by cyber-attacks or other malicious activities, could disrupt or harm our business.

Through the MNSA, we depend on NTM to provide services to our retail wireless customers, and any system failure related to NTM’s wireless network, interruption in the services provided by NTM and/or the termination of the MNSA could negatively impact our subscriber activations and our subscriber churn rate, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Technology in the pay-TV industry changes rapidly, and our success may depend in part on our timely introduction and implementation of, and effective investment in, new competitive products and services, and our failure to do so could cause our products and services to become obsolete and could negatively impact our business.

We rely on a single vendor or a limited number of vendors to provide certain key products or services to us such as information technology support, billing systems and security access devices, and the inability of these key vendors to meet our needs could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We rely on a few suppliers and in some cases a single supplier for many components of our new set-top boxes, and any reduction or interruption in supplies or significant increase in the price of supplies could have a negative impact on our business.

Our programming signals are subject to theft, and we are vulnerable to other forms of fraud that could require us to make significant expenditures to remedy.

We depend on independent third parties to solicit orders for our DISH TV services that represent a meaningful percentage of our total gross new DISH TV subscriber activations.

We have limited satellite capacity and failures or reduced capacity could adversely affect our DISH TV services.

Our owned and leased satellites are subject to construction, launch, operational and environmental risks that could limit our ability to utilize these satellites.

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Satellite anomalies or technological failures could adversely affect the value of a particular satellite or result in a complete loss. Some of the satellites acquired pursuant to the Master Transaction Agreement have experienced anomalies that may affect their useful lives or prohibit us from operating them to their currently expected capacity, and one or more of the satellites may suffer a technological failure, either of which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We generally do not carry commercial in-orbit insurance on any of the satellites that we own and could face significant impairment charges if any of our owned satellites fail.

We may have potential conflicts of interest with EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”) due to our common ownership and management.

We rely on key personnel and the loss of their services may negatively affect our business.

Acquisition and Capital Structure Risks

We have made substantial investments to acquire certain wireless spectrum licenses and other related assets. In addition, we have made substantial non-controlling investments in the Northstar Entities and the SNR Entities related to AWS-3 wireless spectrum licenses.

We face certain risks related to our non-controlling investments in the Northstar Entities and the SNR Entities, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

To the extent that we commercialize our wireless spectrum licenses, we will face certain risks entering and competing in the wireless services industry and operating a facilities-based wireless services business.

Our wireless spectrum licenses are subject to certain interim and final build-out requirements, as well as certain renewal requirements. The failure to meet such build-out and/or renewal requirements may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We rely on highly skilled personnel for our wireless business, including without limitation our ability to meet build-out requirements, and if we are unable to hire and retain key personnel or hire qualified personnel then our wireless business may be adversely affected.

We may fail to realize all of the anticipated benefits of the Boost Mobile Acquisition.

The integration of the BSS Business may not be as successful as anticipated.

We may fail to realize all of the anticipated benefits of the Master Transaction Agreement.

Despite the acquisition of additional satellites acquired pursuant to the Master Transaction Agreement, we continue to have limited satellite capacity, and failures or reduced capacity could adversely affect our DISH TV services.

Current DISH Network stockholders have reduced ownership and voting interest in and exercise less influence over management of DISH Network following the closing of the Master Transaction Agreement.

If we were to take certain actions that could cause the Distribution to become taxable to EchoStar, we may be required to indemnify EchoStar for any resulting tax liability, and the indemnity amounts could be substantial.

We may pursue acquisitions and other strategic transactions to complement or expand our business that may not be successful, and we may lose up to the entire value of our investment in these acquisitions and transactions.

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We may need additional capital, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all, to continue investing in our business and to finance acquisitions and other strategic transactions.

We have substantial debt outstanding and may incur additional debt.

The conditional conversion features of our 3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026 (the “Convertible Notes due 2026”) and our 2 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2024 (the “Convertible Notes due 2024,” and collectively with the Convertible Notes due 2026, the “Convertible Notes”), if triggered, may adversely affect our financial condition.

The convertible note hedge and warrant transactions that we entered into in connection with the offering of the Convertible Notes due 2026 may affect the value of the Convertible Notes due 2026 and our Class A common stock.

We are subject to counterparty risk with respect to the convertible note hedge transactions.

From time to time a portion of our investment portfolio may be invested in securities that have limited liquidity and may not be immediately accessible to support our financing needs, including investments in public companies that are highly speculative and have experienced and continue to experience volatility.

It may be difficult for a third party to acquire us, even if doing so may be beneficial to our shareholders, because of our ownership structure.

We are controlled by one principal stockholder who is also our Chairman.

Legal and Regulatory Risks

The rulings in the Telemarketing litigation requiring us to pay up to an aggregate amount of $280 million and imposing certain injunctive relief against us, if upheld, would have a material adverse effect on our cash, cash equivalents and marketable investment securities balances and our business operations.

Our business depends on certain intellectual property rights and on not infringing the intellectual property rights of others.

We are, and may become, party to various lawsuits which, if adversely decided, could have a significant adverse impact on our business, particularly lawsuits regarding intellectual property.

Our ability to distribute video content via the Internet, including our SLING TV services, involves regulatory risk.

Changes in the Cable Act of 1992 (“Cable Act”), and/or the rules of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) that implement the Cable Act, may limit our ability to access programming from cable-affiliated programmers at nondiscriminatory rates.

The injunction against our retransmission of distant networks, which is currently waived, may be reinstated.

We are subject to significant regulatory oversight, and changes in applicable regulatory requirements, including any adoption or modification of laws or regulations relating to the Internet, could adversely affect our business.

Our DISH TV services depend on FCC licenses that can expire or be revoked or modified and applications for FCC licenses that may not be granted.

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We are subject to digital high-definition (“HD”) “carry-one, carry-all” requirements that cause capacity constraints.

Our business, investor confidence in our financial results and stock price may be adversely affected if our internal controls are not effective.

We may face other risks described from time to time in periodic and current reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC”).

Other factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020, and in Part I, Item 1A of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “10-K”) filed with the SEC, those discussed in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” herein and in the 10-K and those discussed in other documents we file with the SEC.  All cautionary statements made or referred to herein should be read as being applicable to all forward-looking statements wherever they appear.  Investors should consider the risks and uncertainties described or referred to herein and should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.  The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and we expressly disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DISH NETWORK CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)

(Unaudited)

As of  

September 30,

December 31,

2020

    

2019

 

Assets

Current Assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

1,811,308

$

2,443,643

Marketable investment securities

983,859

416,704

Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses and allowance for doubtful accounts of $64,614 and $19,280, respectively

1,143,500

588,358

Inventory

516,216

322,898

Other current assets

550,588

243,497

Total current assets

5,005,471

4,015,100

Noncurrent Assets:

Restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable investment securities

108,388

61,067

Property and equipment, net

2,226,423

2,706,182

FCC authorizations

26,665,485

25,779,503

Other investment securities

148,246

160,074

Operating lease assets

112,922

144,330

Other noncurrent assets, net

1,031,216

228,264

Intangible assets, net (Note 8)

802,286

136,415

Total noncurrent assets

31,094,966

29,215,835

Total assets

$

36,100,437

$

33,230,935

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)

Current Liabilities:

Trade accounts payable

$

747,533

$

280,645

Deferred revenue and other

861,843

681,484

Accrued programming

1,330,687

1,308,531

Accrued interest

189,762

236,087

Other accrued expenses

1,307,666

817,978

Current portion of long-term debt and finance lease obligations

2,092,638

1,171,366

Total current liabilities

6,530,129

4,496,091

Long-Term Obligations, Net of Current Portion:

Long-term debt and finance lease obligations, net of current portion

11,989,762

12,968,229

Deferred tax liabilities

3,635,500

2,870,655

Operating lease liabilities

73,057

84,795

Long-term deferred revenue and other long-term liabilities

546,527

695,018

Total long-term obligations, net of current portion

16,244,846

16,618,697

Total liabilities

22,774,975

21,114,788

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 11)

Redeemable noncontrolling interests (Note 2)

633,949

552,075

Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit):

Class A common stock, $.01 par value, 1,600,000,000 shares authorized, 287,530,751 and 284,603,818 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

2,875

2,846

Class B common stock, $.01 par value, 800,000,000 shares authorized, 238,435,208 shares issued and outstanding

2,384

2,384

Additional paid-in capital

5,045,237

4,947,007

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

(1,583)

(18)

Accumulated earnings (deficit)

7,642,343

6,612,302

Total DISH Network stockholders’ equity (deficit)

12,691,256

11,564,521

Noncontrolling interests

257

(449)

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)

12,691,513

11,564,072

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)

$

36,100,437

$

33,230,935

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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DISH NETWORK CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

For the Three Months Ended 

For the Nine Months Ended 

September 30,

September 30,

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

 

Revenue:

Service revenue

$

4,222,145

$

3,117,191

$

10,537,999

$

9,427,533

Equipment sales and other revenue

309,446

51,172

398,071

139,286

Total revenue

4,531,591

3,168,363

10,936,070

9,566,819

Costs and Expenses (exclusive of depreciation):

Cost of services

2,488,969

2,041,578

6,505,116

6,354,770

Cost of sales - equipment and other

515,643

55,753

586,672

147,210

Selling, general and administrative expenses

516,648

447,959

1,376,861

1,251,893

Impairment of long-lived assets (Note 2)

-

-

356,418

-

Depreciation and amortization

199,083

154,181

518,027

457,022

Total costs and expenses

3,720,343

2,699,471

9,343,094

8,210,895

Operating income (loss)

811,248

468,892

1,592,976

1,355,924

Other Income (Expense):

Interest income

1,647

32,301

21,440

65,944

Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized

6,778

(6,027)

(20,322)

(17,598)

Other, net

(13,200)

(1,796)

(11,592)

10,124

Total other income (expense)

(4,775)

24,478

(10,474)

58,470

Income (loss) before income taxes

806,473

493,370

1,582,502

1,414,394

Income tax (provision) benefit, net

(273,514)

(116,213)

(469,864)

(335,372)

Net income (loss)

532,959

377,157

1,112,638

1,079,022

Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax

28,360

23,853

82,597

68,914

Net income (loss) attributable to DISH Network

$

504,599

$

353,304

$

1,030,041

$

1,010,108

Weighted-average common shares outstanding - Class A and B common stock:

Basic

525,532

477,495

524,329

471,736

Diluted

583,957

535,746

582,595

530,041

Earnings per share - Class A and B common stock:

Basic net income (loss) per share attributable to DISH Network

$

0.96

$

0.74

$

1.96

$

2.14

Diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to DISH Network

$

0.86

$

0.66

$

1.77

$

1.91

Comprehensive Income (Loss):

Net income (loss)

$

532,959

$

377,157

$

1,112,638

$

1,079,022

Other comprehensive income (loss):

Foreign currency translation adjustments

1,411

(237)

(1,735)

(52)

Unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale debt securities

(21)

(211)

(62)

1,180

Recognition of previously unrealized (gains) losses on available-for-sale securities included in net income (loss)

43

(2)

(11)

(298)

Deferred income tax (expense) benefit, net

(352)

49

243

(208)

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

1,081

(401)

(1,565)

622

Comprehensive income (loss)

534,040

376,756

1,111,073

1,079,644

Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax

28,360

23,853

82,597

68,914

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to DISH Network

$

505,680

$

352,903

$

1,028,476

$

1,010,730

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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DISH NETWORK CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

Accumulated

Class A and B

Additional

Other 

Accumulated

Redeemable

Common

Paid-In

Comprehensive

Earnings

Noncontrolling

Noncontrolling

Stock

Capital

Income (Loss)

(Deficit)

Interests

Total

Interests

Balance, December 31, 2018

$

4,679

$

3,379,093

$

(874)

$

5,212,790

$

(1,499)

$

8,594,189

$

460,068

Issuance of Class A common stock:

Exercise of stock awards

227

227

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

2

4,520

4,522

Non-cash, stock-based compensation

11,537

11,537

Change in unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale debt securities, net

1,006

1,006

Deferred income tax (expense) benefit attributable to other comprehensive income (loss)

(236)

(236)

Foreign currency translation

47

47

Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

164

164

21,374

Net income (loss) attributable to DISH Network

339,761

339,761

Balance, March 31, 2019

$

4,681

$

3,395,377

$

(57)

$

5,552,551

$

(1,335)

$

8,951,217

$

481,442

Issuance of Class A common stock:

Exercise of stock awards

6

18,620

18,626

Employee benefits

11

26,993

27,004

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

1

4,040

4,041

Non-cash, stock-based compensation

12,105

12,105

Change in unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale debt securities, net

89

89

Deferred income tax (expense) benefit attributable to other comprehensive income (loss)

(21)

(21)

Foreign currency translation

138

138

Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

269

269

23,254

Net income (loss) attributable to DISH Network

317,043

317,043

Balance, June 30, 2019

$

4,699

$

3,457,135

$

149

$

5,869,594

$

(1,066)

$

9,330,511

$

504,696

Issuance of Class A common stock:

Exercise of stock awards

1

77

78

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

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