In the second management shake-up in two months, Hughes Electronics Corp. on Tuesday named a new president for its DirecTV unit in an effort to shore up disappointing performance at the satellite TV ...

EchoStar Communications Corp. is poised to become the nation's leading provider of home satellite TV service after reaching a deal to acquire El Segundo, Calif.-based Hughes Electronics and its ...

EchoStar Communications Corp., the country’s No. 2 satellite TV company, touts its proposed buyout of market-leading DirecTV as a vital shot in the arm for competition with the Big Bad Cable Companies ...

HOLLYWOOD — DirecTV president Odie C. Donald has stepped down after 14 months on the job. Replacing him is Hughes chief financial officer Roxanne Austin, with DirecTV chairman-CEO Eddy Hartenstein ...

EchoStar Communications Corp. made a surprise $32 billion bid yesterday for Hughes Electronics Corp, the division of General Motors Corp. that includes DirecTV, a satellite television company with 10 ...

increased 11.3% to $2,209.7 million, compared with $1,985.1 million in the second quarter of 2001. EBITDA(1) for the quarter increased 50.1% to $123.1 million compared with $82.0 million in the second ...

increased 10.8% to $2,280.6 million, compared with $2,059.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. EBITDA(1) for the quarter was $118.2 million and EBITDA margin(1) was 5.2%, compared with the fourth ...