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ADDING MULTIMEDIA DIRECTV and VERSUS Reach Carriage Agreement; Sports Net Returns to DIRECTV Lineup Today
Mar 15, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. & PHILADELPHIA, Mar 15, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV and Comcast have reached an agreement to return VERSUS to the
DIRECTV programming lineup today. The terms of the deal were not
disclosed.
VERSUS will return to the same DIRECTV programming packages it was in at
the end of August 2009.
"We are please...
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DIRECTV and VERSUS Reach Carriage Agreement; Sports Net Returns to DIRECTV Lineup Today
Mar 15, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. & PHILADELPHIA, Mar 15, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV and Comcast have reached an agreement to return VERSUS to the
DIRECTV programming lineup today. The terms of the deal were not
disclosed.
VERSUS will return to the same DIRECTV programming packages it was in at
the end of August 2009.
"We are please...
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DIRECTV Holdings LLC Completes $3.0 Billion Financing
Mar 11, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Mar 11, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV Holdings LLC (the "Company"), an indirect subsidiary of DIRECTV
(NASDAQ:DTV), announced today that it has completed its previously
announced $3.0 billion debt financing. This financing consists of $1.2
billion in 3.550% Senior Notes due 2015, $1.3 billion in 5.200% ...
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DIRECTV Premieres 'Pirate Radio' More Than A Month Before DVD Release
Mar 11, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Mar 11, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV Cinema(TM), the ultimate in-home movie experience, will
premiere the motion picture, Pirate Radio, to DIRECTV customers
more than a month before the film's DVD release date. Beginning today,
customers will have access to the ensemble comedy with an all-star cast
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DIRECTV Holdings LLC Prices Issue of $3 Billion of New Debt
Mar 9, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Mar 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV Holdings LLC (the "Company"), an indirect subsidiary of DIRECTV
(NASDAQ:DTV), announced today the pricing of an issuance of $1.2 billion
of 3.550% Senior Notes due 2015, $1.3 billion of 5.200% Senior Notes due
2020 and $0.5 billion of 6.350% Senior Notes due 2040 (t...
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DIRECTV to Offer Bonus Footage of The Twilight Saga: New Moon - Not Available on Cable
Mar 9, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Mar 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- "Twi-hards" who have DIRECTV won't even have to leave the comfort of
their own living rooms to be one of the first to see last fall's box
office phenomenon, The Twilight Saga: New Moon. In conjunction
with the highly anticipated DVD release of the movie by Summit
En...
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DIRECTV Holdings LLC Announces Launch of Senior Notes Offering
Mar 8, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Mar 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV Holdings LLC (the "Company"), an indirect subsidiary of DIRECTV
(NASDAQ:DTV), announced today that it plans to offer, subject to market
and other conditions, a benchmark size issuance of senior notes. The
notes will be the unsecured senior obligations of the Company...
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DIRECTV to Present at the Credit Suisse Global Media & Communications Convergence Conference
Mar 4, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Mar 04, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV will present at the Credit Suisse Global Media &
Communications Convergence Conference on Monday March 8, 2010 at
10:30 a.m. (ET) / 7:30 a.m. (PT). The presentation will include an
update and outlook on the DIRECTV businesses. A live webcast of the
presentat...
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DIRECTV to Present at Morgan Stanley's 2010 Technology, Media & Telecom Conference
Feb 25, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb 25, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV will present at Morgan Stanley's 2010 Technology, Media &
Telecom Conference on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. (PT) / 11:00
a.m. (ET). The presentation will include an update and outlook on the
DIRECTV businesses. A live webcast of the presentation will be av...
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Parents Rejoice; DIRECTV Is First To Deliver Easy-To-Understand On-Screen TV Ratings From Common Sense Media
Feb 24, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. & SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 24, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- This spring, parents across the country can turn to DIRECTV, the first
video distributor to offer Common Sense Media's age-based content
reviews on its TV programming guide. This service provides parents with
easy access to detailed, age-based information an...
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DIRECTV Fourth Quarter Results Complete Another Record Setting Year for the Company
Feb 18, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb 18, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) today reported that fourth quarter 2009
consolidated revenues increased 13% to $5.98 billion, operating profit
before depreciation and amortization1 (OPBDA) increased 22%
to $1.49 billion while operating profit increased 49% to $862 million
comp...
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DIRECTV Issues Statement on Its Lawsuit Targeting Dish Network's Deceptive Ad Campaign
Feb 16, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV issued the following statement today:
"We are pleased that the Court invited DIRECTV to present evidence at a
full hearing to demonstrate that Dish's advertising campaign is
deceptive," said Jon Gieselman, senior vice president, Advertising and
Public Relations, DI...
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DIRECTV's "NASCAR Head-2-Head Knockout" Brings First-Ever Bracket Competition For Charity to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series(TM), Intensifying Driver Rivalries With A 'Race Within A Race'
Feb 16, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV, the exclusive provider of the NASCAR HOTPASS(TM) broadcast, teams
up with FOX Sports and NASCAR(R) to announce the inaugural
DIRECTV's NASCAR(R) Head-2-Head Knockout competition - an innovative new
bracket-format competition that will showcase existing and new riva...
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DIRECTV's U.S. Chinese Audiences the First to Enjoy Top-Rated Content from Mainland China with the Exclusive Launch of Charming China
Feb 12, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb 12, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV, Inc., the world's most popular television service, continues to
expand its International programming platform with the addition of a
new, exclusive 24-hour Chinese channel, Charming China. Available only
on DIRECTV's International programming platform to customers ...
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Hollywood's Hottest Celebrities and NFL Greats Kick-Off Super Bowl Weekend at DIRECTV's Fourth Annual Celebrity Beach Bowl
Feb 3, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb 03, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hollywood celebrities, along with current and former NFL stars, will
storm Miami on Saturday, Feb. 6 for DIRECTV's Fourth Annual Celebrity
Beach Bowl, presented by SPIKE HD. This nationally televised flag
football game has become the must-attend special event of Super Bowl ...
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DIRECTV DVR Scheduler iPhone(R) App Surpasses 1 Million Milestone Mark
Feb 2, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb 02, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Less than one year after its debut for the iPhone(R) and iPod
touch(R), more than 1 million users have downloaded the
award-winning DIRECTV DVR Scheduler app. The wildly popular app is now
available on Android devices and the Palm(R) Pre(TM)
and Pixi(TM).
In 2009, ...
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DIRECTV Announces Conference Call and Webcast For Fourth Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Outlook
Feb 1, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb 01, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) will host a conference call and Internet webcast to
discuss its 2009 fourth quarter financial results, outlook and other
forward looking information on Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. PT /
2:00 p.m. ET.
Date:
Thursday, Feb 18, 2010
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DIRECTV Applauds FCC Closure of 'Terrestrial Loophole'
Jan 20, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Jan 20, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV issued the following statement today: "The FCC's order today
eliminating the terrestrial loophole is a big win for consumers and fair
competition in the marketplace. We vigorously applaud the FCC for
recognizing that withholding cable-owned regional sports networks ...
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Steelers Fan's Lament from the Afterlife Wins DIRECTV's Ultimate 'Displaced' NFL Fan Contest
Jan 12, 2010
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Jan 12, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- A Lexington, Ky., resident with an undying loyalty to the Pittsburgh
Steelers, was crowned today as America's Ultimate Displaced Fan by
DIRECTV, America's exclusive source for the popular NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM)
service.
A first-time entrant in DIRECTV's national Ultimate Di...
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DIRECTV and Panasonic Bring 3D Home
Jan 6, 2010
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LAS VEGAS, Jan 06, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- DIRECTV, the world's most popular television service, and Panasonic, a world leader in HDTV and digital electronics, announced today a strategic relationship that, for the first time, will bring 3D TV, the next frontier of television entertainment, to the largest audience nationwide. ...
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