Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : C-Cube -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BillyG who wrote (43723)	8/5/1999 3:26:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Digital Video; it just keeps growing and growing.... directv.com DIRECTV Announces Record July Customer Growth Year-to-Date Growth Up 48 Percent El Segundo, CA, Aug 05, 1999 -- DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation, today announced its high-power DIRECTV® digital satellite television service acquired 122,000 net new customers in July. DIRECTV's July additions represent a record for that month and a 51 percent increase in net customer acquisitions over July 1998. Through the first seven months of 1999, DIRECTV acquired 791,000 net new high-power customers, a 48 percent increase over the same year-ago period. DIRECTV now has more than 7.4 million customers, including customers subscribing to the medium-power PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV service. DIRECTV also accelerated the transition of PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV customers to high-power service last month. In addition to the 122,000 new high-power customers acquired in July, approximately 52,000 PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV customers were transitioned to DIRECTV in July. At the end of July, PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV had approximately 2 million customers subscribing to its medium-power service. DIRECTV is a registered trademark of DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation. The earnings of Hughes are used to calculate the earnings per share attributable to GMH (NYSE symbol) common stock. Visit DIRECTV on the World Wide Web at www.directv.com.