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To: Don Dorsey who wrote (39669)	4/6/1999 11:18:00 AM
From: Don Dorsey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

DIRECTV Announces Record First Quarter Growth Business Editors EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1999--DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation, today announced it acquired a record 120,000 net new subscribers in March, resulting in a record first quarter addition of 304,000 net new subscribers. DIRECTV's performance represents a 34 percent increase in net subscriber acquisition over the first quarter of 1998, which had previously been its record first quarter. During this period, DIRECTV's cumulative subscriber base grew from 4.46 million to 4.77 million, equivalent to one of every 21 television households in the United States, and average subscriber revenue per month increased to $47.