DIRECTV HISTORY

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Key Historical Dates

1990: Founded
1994: Launched Service
1995: One Millionth Customer
1999: PRIMESTAR and USSB Acquisitions
2001: Ten Millionth Customer
2003: News Corp. acquires 34% interest in DIRECTV
2005: 15 Millionth Customer
2006: 100% Ownership of DIRECTV Latin America acquired
2007: High definition revolution begins with more than 70 national HD channels
2008: Liberty Media acquires 41% of The DIRECTV Group
2009: Became independent company through transaction with Liberty Media
2010: Became world’s largest pay-TV provider with more than 27.5 million customers
2011: Launched DIRECTV Everywhere service
2012: Launched Genie HD DVR
2014: First pay-TV provider to launch 4K content

2015: Became part of ATT family

2016: On-Track in deliver the best customer care and bundle experience available

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