Market Currents

• Thursday, November 5, 2009

• 09:04 AM DirecTV Group (DTV): Q3 EPS of $0.37 misses by $0.02. Revenue of $5.47B in-line. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable premarket earnings: ALD, BVF, CAH, CDE, CI, CNQ, CTL, CVS, DNR, DPS, DPTR, DTV, DYN, FTO, GNA, HK, KG, KIM, LAMR, MAC, MF, MGM, NDAQ, OCR, PCS, PXP, RRI, SE, SIRI, SLE, TDC, TWC, WEN, WW Comment!

• Wednesday, November 4, 2009

• 10:23 AM DealReporter cites industry bankers who say DirecTV Group (DTV +2.6%) is a takeover target of AT&T (T). 1 Comment

• Thursday, August 6, 2009

• 07:43 AM DirecTV Group (DTV): Q2 EPS of $0.40 misses by $0.03. Revenue of $5.2B (+9%) in-line. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: AEE, ARE, BVF, BX, CLR, CMCSA, CNQ, CSE, CSIQ, CTL, DPTR, DSX, DTV, EAT, EP, FTO, FUQI, GLG, GNA, HPT, HUN, IAG, KG, LAMR, LINE, LXP, MF, MPEL, NDAQ, PCS, PXP, SIRI, TDC, TTI, WEN, WIN, WMB, WNR Comment!

• Thursday, June 25, 2009

• 09:49 AM Sources say cable networks and pay-TV providers (CMCSA, TWC, DTV) - struggling to make money from online video - are readying systems that limit their web shows to paying subscribers. Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, addressing concerns about putting popular content behind a subscription wall: "People are afraid to go first. We aren't." 2 Comments

• Wednesday, June 17, 2009

• 08:42 AM DirecTV (DTV) plans to offer targeted TV ads by 2011. Advertisers will be able to reach viewers based on their locations, giving DirecTV a leg up in local advertising markets. 2 Comments

• Thursday, June 4, 2009

• 08:22 AM News Corp. (NWS) succeeds in luring back Chase Carey, CEO of DirecTV Group (DTV). Effective July 1, Carey will serve as News Corp.'s president and COO. Comment!

• Tuesday, June 2, 2009

• 08:02 AM News Corp. (NWS) is trying to lure back Chase Carey, CEO of DirecTV Group (DTV), to serve as a top lieutenant to Rupert Murdoch after President and COO Peter Chernin leaves the company next month. Comment!

• Wednesday, May 13, 2009

• 13:20 PM Nasdaq leaders: APOL +2%. DTV +1%. Laggards: LINTA -11%. STLD -11%. FLEX -10%. WYNN -9%. LAMR -9%. EXPE -8%. LVLT -8%. SHLD -7%. NVDA -7%. UAUA -7%. DISH -7%. LBTYA -6%. LOGI -6%. AMAT -6%. VMED -5%. AMLN -5%. PCAR -5%. GRMN -5%. JOYG -5%. FAST -5%. WFMI -5%. MICC -5%. EBAY -5%. FWLT -5%. Comment!

• Thursday, May 7, 2009

• 08:42 AM DirecTV Group (DTV): Q1 EPS of $0.20 misses by $0.13. Revenue of $4.90B (+6.8%) vs. $4.96B. Shares -1.4% premarket. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: ACM, ANSS, ARE, ATPG, BID, BCE, CAM, CLR, CSE, CVC, CXW, DTV, DYN, FTO, FTR, GG, GM, GNA, HOC, HRP, LAMR, LINE, LXP, NDAQ, OHI, PCS, PRGO, PXP, RDC, RGLD, SLE, TDC, WEN Comment!

• Monday, May 4, 2009

• 09:31 AM DirecTV Group (DTV) will merge with majority shareholder Liberty Entertainment once the unit is spun off from parent company Liberty Media Corp. DTV -0.7%. Comment!

• Thursday, April 23, 2009

• 12:10 PM TiVo (TIVO), largely credited with killing TV advertising, is embracing it. Its competitors in selling interactive ads include Cablevision (CVC), Cox, and DirecTV Group (DTV). Comment!

• Tuesday, March 24, 2009

• 08:31 AM DirecTV Group (DTV) reaches a four-year deal extension with the NFL for $4B, a 43% annualized increase over its current five-year deal. Comment!

• Sunday, March 15, 2009

• 16:05 PM Even as Sirius XM (SIRI) flirts with bankruptcy and rival DISH Network (DISH) sheds subscribers, Barron's says market-leading satellite-TV provider DirecTV Group (DTV) is flashing a buy signal. Comment!