Subscriber, profit growth.DirecTV DirecTV (trademarked as "DIRECTV") is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service based in El Segundo, California, USA, that transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America except for Mexico. Group Inc. posted a first-quarter profit of $235 million, compared with the El Segundo-based satellite television provider's loss of $41 million a year ago. DirecTV's profit was 17 cents per share Cents per share The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned. , compared with a 3 cents-per-share loss a year ago. Revenue increased 8 percent to $3.4 billion, largely on the addition of 255,000 new subscribers in the first quarter and subscriber spending on premium services like digital video recorders See DVR. and high-definition television high-definition television (HDTV) Any system producing significantly greater picture resolution than that of the ordinary 525-line (625-line in Europe) television screen. Conventional television transmits signals in analog form. . DirecTV had 15.4 million subscribers at the end of the quarter, up 7 percent from a year earlier. |
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