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  The Directv Group, Inc. Patents
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  DirecTV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
DirecTV is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service based in El Segundo, California that transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States.
DirecTV is owned by DirecTV Group, which is controlled by News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group.
In late 2005 DirecTV began the rollout of HD locals in the largest cities, requiring new set-top boxes and an even larger dish capable of seeing five satellites at once (at 99°W, 101°W, 103°W, 110°W and 119°W).
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: DirecTV Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
DirecTV Group Inc. (NYSE: DTV), is an American direct broadcast satellite television company formerly known as Hughes Electronics.
DirecTV is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States and the rest of the Americas.
DirecTV Group Inc. is an American (Click link for more info and facts about direct broadcast satellite) direct broadcast satellite (A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points) television company formerly known as (Click link for more info and facts about Hughes Electronics) Hughes Electronics.
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 News Corporation
The transactions are designed to ensure the long-term success of DIRECTV Latin America, which is 86 percent owned by The DIRECTV Group, and Sky Latin America by consolidating the two DTH platforms into a single platform in each of the major territories served in the region.
DIRECTV will close the operations of Galaxy Mexico, its Mexican affiliate, and Galaxy Mexico has sold its subscriber list to Sky Mexico in exchange for a note, which is subject to adjustment and is payable in approximately 18 months.
The DIRECTV Group, Inc. is 34 percent owned by Fox Entertainment Group, which is approximately 82 percent owned by News Corporation Ltd. For more information please visit www.directv.com.
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 DirecTV to make fixes in fine print - The Boston Globe
DirecTV Group Inc., the biggest US satellite-television provider, agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle a 22-state probe of the company's marketing and advertising, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said.
DirecTV, based in El Segundo, Calif., agreed to reform its advertising and marketing policies, Spitzer said yesterday in a statement posted on his website.
DirecTV agreed to ''clearly inform" customers about fees and monthly charges that were in ''small unreadable print" and that modified offers or locked customers into contracts, Spitzer said.
www.boston.com /business/technology/articles/2005/12/13/directv_to_make_fixes_in_fine_print   (316 words)

  
 CNBC TV: Investing - MSN Money   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
DirecTV is one of two stocks Motola offered as exclusive picks to CNBC.com readers from his multi-cap Thornburg Core Growth Fund (THCGX), up 19.5% year to date and up 26% on an annualized basis over the past three years.
According to Zacks, the average brokerage recommendation on DirecTV Group is hold.
DirecTV Group on Nov. 28 was rated 8 out of 10 on StockScouter.
moneycentral.msn.com /content/CNBCTV/Articles/StockPicks/P137122.asp   (735 words)

  
 Boeing: Boeing and DIRECTV Announce Shipment of Spaceway Satellite to Sea Launch
DIRECTV is the nation's leading and fastest-growing digital multichannel television service provider with more than 13.9 million customers.
DIRECTV and the Cyclone Design logo are registered trademarks of DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of The DIRECTV Group Inc. The DIRECTV Group, Inc. is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel television entertainment and broadband satellite networks and services.
The DIRECTV Group is 34 percent owned by Fox Entertainment Group, which is approximately 82 percent owned by News Corporation.
www.boeing.com /news/releases/2005/q1/nr_050316m.html   (517 words)

  
 DIRECTV Commercial Service - Hotel Motel
DIRECTV and the Cyclone Design logo are registered trademarks of DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTV).
The DIRECTV Group is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel television entertainment, broadband satellite networks and services, and global video and data broadcasting.
DIRECTV offers a single dish solution, which enables properties to install one mini-dish per rooftop, and if your property already is wired for video distribution, installation is that much easier.
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 SkyTerra Communications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
To finance a portion of the transaction, the new company has received definitive commitments for approximately $375 million of debt financing, which includes a $75 million revolving line of credit that is expected to be almost entirely undrawn at closing.
The DIRECTV Group will receive $251 million at closing, subject to certain adjustments, and 300,000 shares of SkyTerra common stock.
The cash proceeds received by The DIRECTV Group have been reduced by an agreed-upon amount to complete the planned construction of the Spaceway 3 satellite.
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 TiVo shares dive as DirecTV sells   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A DirecTV spokesman Tuesday confirmed the sale of the TiVo stake, which amounted to 3.4 million shares, or a 4% stake in the company.
Asked whether the TiVo stock sale was related to Friday's news that DirecTV Group vice chairman Eddy Hartenstein has decided to leave the TiVo board after less than a year in that post, the DirecTV spokesman hinted that there was no relationship between the two events.
DirecTV executives have said that DVRs are an important product that makes the firm more competitive with cable operators.
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 Directv Group
DirecTV Group Inc., said Tuesday it plans to produce a music show featuring performances, interviews and other content on a new channel for subscribers of its satellite television service.
DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest direct broadcast satellite provider, said Thursday it returned to a profit for the third quarter, as strong subscriber growth helped boost revenue 13 percent.
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 Directv group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 SkyTerra Communications to Acquire 50 Percent of Hughes Network Systems
The DirecTV Group expects to report a non-cash pre-tax charge of approximately US$ 200 million in the fourth quarter of 2004 related to this transaction.
The DirecTV Group, Inc. is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel television entertainment, broadband satellite networks and services.
The DirecTV Group, Inc. is 34 percent owned by Fox Entertainment Group, which is approximately 82 percent owned by News Corporation.
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 NAB response to DirecTV's local HDTV plan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
DIRECTV 10 and DIRECTV 11, to be built by Boeing, will be among the largest and most powerful Ka-band satellites ever launched.
DIRECTV and the Cyclone Design logo are registered trademarks of DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NYSE:DTV).
The DIRECTV Group is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel television entertainment and broadband satellite networks and services.
www.nab.org /newsroom/pressrel/Statements/DirecTV090904.htm   (972 words)

  
 NFL.com - NFL News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
DIRECTV has an exclusive opportunity to develop and distribute, for the first time, enhanced and exclusive versions of NFL postseason games, including the Super Bowl.
DIRECTV customers with a digital video recorder (DVR) who currently receive the highlights on demand feature will receive expanded and unique NFL-related content and highlights downloaded to their DVR hard drives.
DIRECTV, Total Choice and the Cyclone Design logo are registered trademarks of DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of The DIRECTV Group Inc. (NYSE: DTV).
www.nfl.com /news/story/7868647   (852 words)

  
 Press Release
As part of the transaction, The DIRECTV Group agreed to extend and enhance certain agreements between itself and PanAmSat, at market rates, in order to assure future revenue flows to PanAmSat and continuity of services for its Hughes Network Systems and DIRECTV Latin America subsidiaries.
The DIRECTV Group, Inc. formerly Hughes Electronics Corp. (NYSE:DTV), is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel television entertainment, broadband satellite networks and services, and global video and data broadcasting.
The DIRECTV Group is 34 percent owned by Fox Entertainment Group, which is approximately 82 percent owned by News Corporation Ltd.
www.panamsat.com /news/pressview.asp?article=1348   (736 words)

  
 WJLA - DirecTV Group Posts 1Q Profit of $235.2M   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
DirecTV had been rumored to be discussing a partnership with rival Echostar Communications Corp., which operates the Dish TV service, to develop a broadband service to compete with cable.
DirecTV offers customers its TV service along with DSL Internet from regional phone companies in many areas of the country.
DirecTV shares fell 58 cents, or 3.4 percent, to close at $16.59 on the New York Stock Exchange.
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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 year–a 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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 Knobias EDGAR Filings - Company Filing Index
The DIRECTV Group will increase its loss for the PanAmSat transactions by $200 million, pre-tax, during the third quarter of 2004 as a result of the reduced purchase price.
A copy of the letter agreement between DIRECTV Group and Constellation, dated August 12, 2004, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
All of these forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements due to various factors, including the outcome of any appeal which might be filed, other litigation which might be initiated or regulatory factors.
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 Weil, Gotshal & Manges Advises The DIRECTV Group in Asset Acquisition of Pegasus Satellite Television
DIRECTV purchased the primary direct broadcast satellite assets of Pegasus, including rights to all DIRECTV subscribers activated through Pegasus.
The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTV) is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel television entertainment, broadband satellite networks and services, and global video and data broadcasting.
The DIRECTV Group is 34 percent owned by Fox Entertainment Group, which is approximately 82 percent owned by News Corporation Ltd. Weil, Gotshal & Manges is an international law firm of more than 1,100 attorneys, including approximately 300 partners.
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 Sentido Común - Negocios, Economía, Mercados
El anuncio de la suspensión de transmisiones de DirecTV México se dio al mismo tiempo que DirecTV Group, otra empresa controlada por Murdoch, dueño a su vez de los servicios de televisión satelital marca Sky, anunció una serie de operaciones para consolidar en una sola plataforma la transmisión de programas vía satélite en América Latina.
DirecTV México tiene cerca de 266,000 suscriptores, mientras que Sky México tiene 940,000.
Se estima que el bono otorgará a DirecTV Group una participación de 15% en Sky México, pero la participación final dependerá del número de suscriptores que decidan cambiar su servicio de televisión satelital de DirecTV a Sky México.
www.sentidocomun.com.mx /articulo.phtml?id=4220   (708 words)

  
 DIRECTV News Release
DIRECTV Plus will be the most advanced DVR available with features such as 100 hours of recording capacity, interactive functionality, one-touch recording and Viewmarks, which enable viewers to mark favorite places in recorded programs and jump directly to them.
DIRECTV, Inc. is the nation's leading digital multichannel television service with more than 15 million customers.
DIRECTV and the Cyclone Design logo are registered trademarks of DIRECTV, Inc. DIRECTV (NYSE: DTV - News) is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel television entertainment services.
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 DirecTV Group Completes Secured Credit Facility - DBSForums Discussion Forums
The size of the facility was increased to $2.5 billion as DirecTV elected not to proceed with an anticipated $500 million unsecured notes offering.
The facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of DirecTV Holdings and its domestic subsidiaries and is guaranteed by all of its domestic subsidiaries.
DirecTV also said its subsidiaries, DirecTV Holdings LLC and DirecTV Financing Co., elected to redeem $490 million aggregate principal amount of their outstanding 8-3/8 percent senior notes due 2013, representing 35 percent of the $1.4 billion aggregate principal amount outstanding.
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 Your Daily Briefing Of Satellite
DirecTV said Chase Carey, president and CEO of the DirecTV Group will oversee day-to-day operations of DirecTV.
Carey was named president and CEO of The DirecTV Group in December 2003.
Under Carey's leadership, The DirecTV Group has sold its non-core assets and is focused on its satellite television businesses in the United States and Latin America.
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 communitis.com - DIRECTV Group Sells Controlling Interest in Hughes Software to Flextronics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The DIRECTV Group's equity stake in HSS has been valued at approximately U.S. $226 million, making this transaction one of the largest cross border M&A deals in India, particularly in the information technology sector.
HSS, a DIRECTV Group subsidiary based in India, is a leader in global telecommunication software outsourcing.
The DIRECTV Group, Inc. is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel television entertainment, broadband satellite networks and services, and global video and data broadcasting.
www.communitis.com /article2156.html   (542 words)

  
 Application Development Trends - DirecTV Pulls Mega Project Together
DirecTV Group kicked off its enterprise architecture project last July with the idea of putting silos of information into a uniformed system.
DirecTV’s initial business process management project centered on building access to the BPM database, specifically writing macros and creating more than 120 process flows.
Designer, which DirecTV expects to implement later this year, is a modeling environment encompassing the dimensions of system design, such as service, information and object component architecture, using UML-based languages.
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