DIRECTV (NYSE:DTV) will present at the Merrill Lynch Media and Entertainment Conference on Monday, September 17th, 2007, at 6:05 p.m. ET/3:05 p.m. PT. The presentation will include an update and outlook on the DIRECTV business. A live webcast of the presentation will be available at www.directv.com/investor and an archive of the presentation and webcast will also be available on this website.

    Date:       Monday, September 17th, 2007

Time:       6:05 p.m. ET/3:05 p.m. PT

Speaker:    Mike Palkovic, CFO, DIRECTV

Webcast:    www.directv.com/investor

The DIRECTV Group (NYSE:DTV) is a world-leading provider of digital television entertainment services. Through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies in the United States, Brazil, Mexico and other countries in Latin America, the DIRECTV Group provides digital television service to more than 16.3 million customers in the United States and over 4.4 million customers in Latin America.

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