Hughes Changes Company Name to "The DIRECTV Group, Inc."

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El Segundo - Mar 17, 2004
Hughes Electronics Corporation announced that effective today, it has changed its company name to "The DIRECTV Group, Inc." In addition, the Company has changed its ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange to "DTV," from the current "HS" symbol, and will commence trading under the new name and symbol beginning tomorrow.

President and Chief Executive Officer Chase Carey said, "The future of this company is centered on DIRECTV and DIRECTV will drive both our strategy and shareholder value going forward. Our new name better reflects our commitment to building our business around DIRECTV, the established leader in digital multichannel television service in the United States.

"With more than 12.2 million customers, the DIRECTV name and brand resonates with consumers and this name change reaffirms and reinforces that our future lies with this business."

The company's business units, DIRECTV, Inc., Hughes Network Systems, DIRECTV Latin America and PanAmSat, will remain units of The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

In conjunction with its name change, The DIRECTV Group will have a new corporate logo. In addition, the company's Web site URL has changed to "directv.com."

News Corporation completed its acquisition of 34 percent of Hughes common stock last December.

New Motherhood: The DIRECTV Group, Inc. formerly Hughes Electronics Corp., is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel television entertainment, broadband satellite networks and services, and global video and data broadcasting. The DIRECTV Group is 34 percent owned by Fox Entertainment Group, which is approximately 82 percent owned by News Corporation Ltd.

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ILS Launches Loral-Built MBSAT Satellite For Japan-Korean JV

Palo Alto - Mar 15, 2004
The MBSAT broadcast communications satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for Mobile Broadcasting Corporation (MBCO) of Japan and SK Telecom of Korea, was successfully launched at 12:40 am EST March 13, 2004. The satellite was sent into space on an International Launch Services (ILS) Atlas III rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

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