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| | DIRECTV Group Posts Second Quarter Loss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | EL SEGUNDO, August 5: Although its subscriber base in the U.S. has passed the 13-million mark, The DIRECTV Group still posted a loss in the second quarter, of $13 million, versus a profit of $22 million at the same time last year. |
 | | Revenues for the company, however, were up 21 percent, to $2.64 billion, driven in part by gains at DIRECTV U.S. Revenues at the U.S. platform alone rose 23 percent to $2.22 billion, with a record 944,000 gross owned and operated subscribers added in the last yeara 49-percent gain. |
 | | DIRECTV Latin America ended the quarter with 1.54 million subscribers, compared to last year's 1.49 million. |
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