DIRECTV Announces Record February Customer Growth; High-Power Service Activation Up 34 Percent.

Business/Entertainment Editors

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2000

DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation, today announced its high-power DIRECTV(R) digital satellite television service acquired 125,000 net new customers in February. DIRECTV's February additions represent a record for that month and a 34 percent increase in net customer acquisitions over February 1999, its previous record February. An additional 90,000 customers were transitioned to DIRECTV from medium-power PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV last month.

Through the first two months of 2000, DIRECTV has acquired 245,000 new high-power customers, a 33 percent increase over the same year-ago period. DIRECTV now has more than 8.2 million customers, including customers subscribing to the medium-power PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV service.

DIRECTV continued to transition PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV customers to high-power service in February. The 90,000 customers transitioned to high-power service in February -- which are not included in the 125,000 net new customers acquired by DIRECTV last month -- brings the total number of conversions to 640,000. At the end of February, PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV had more than 1.1 million customers subscribing to its medium-power service.

DIRECTV is the nation's leading satellite television service and a trademark of DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation. Hughes Electronics is the world's leading provider of digital television entertainment, and satellite and wireless systems and services. The earnings of Hughes Electronics, a unit of General Motors Corporation, are used to calculate the earnings per share attributable to the General Motors Class H common stock (NYSE:GMH). Visit DIRECTV on the World Wide Web at www.directv.com.