[cforrest]

http://dtv.client.shareholder.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=322944

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV) will host a conference call and Internet webcast to discuss its 2008 second quarter financial results, outlook and other forward looking information on Thursday, August 7th, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. ET, 11:00 a.m. PT.

Date: Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT
Dial-In: 866-409-1555 (US)
913-312-0400 (International)
Conference ID Number: 8928342
Webcast: http://www.directv.com/investor

Host: Jon Rubin, Senior Vice President
DIRECTV Financial Planning and Investor Relations

 

[PaulieORF]

http://dtv.client.shareholder.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=322944

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV) will host a conference call and Internet webcast to discuss its 2008 second quarter financial results, outlook and other forward looking information on Thursday, August 7th, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. ET, 11:00 a.m. PT.

Date: Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT
Dial-In: 866-409-1555 (US)
913-312-0400 (International)
Conference ID Number: 8928342
Webcast: http://www.directv.com/investor

Host: Jon Rubin, Senior Vice President
DIRECTV Financial Planning and Investor Relations

I smell some D11 and HD goodness coming.

 

[kevinwmsn]

Hopefully they will talk about D11 is at 99 and showing HD.

 

[bbaleno]

is it a coincedence that it is on a thursday. maybe the day after go live

 

[tcusta00]

is it a coincedence that it is on a thursday. maybe the day after go live

Hopefully a week and a day...

 

[Christopher Gould]

Hopefully a week and a day...

i'd go with the week and a day give them time to workout the quirks

 

[ThomasM]

Well, the last "investors conference" yielded a lot of valuable information, much of which has actually been implemented (the R22 for example).

It will be interesting to read about what is discussed after the info is posted here on DBSTALK.COM.

 

[Newshawk]

is it a coincedence that it is on a thursday. maybe the day after go live

It's also the day before the opening of the Beijing Summer Olympics.

 

[Sixto]

Chase will have much goodness to talk about on 8/7.

 

[woj027]

I hope this conference call gives us some answers to the future HD lineups, or even new recievers, or anything juicy. Now that D11 is working fine, we need something else to get excited about?

Anyone have any predictions of what they might talk about?

 

[harsh]

Anyone have any predictions of what they might talk about?

Use past reports as a template. There will be talk of D11, churn numbers, "higher quality customers" (this will be repeated many times), lower receiver costs and an even higher subscriber acquisition cost.

 

[woj027]

Oh, thats not what I was hoping for.

I was looking forward to hearing about all the new channels we will be getting in the near future.

I was looking forward to D12 launch dates.

Jeeze Harsh, why do you have to bring me down to reality?

 

[Ken S]

I predict that DirecTV will have a significant drop in new subscribers although still report a net gain.

I see them reporting generally good numbers overall

I'm sure someone will ask about another buy-out attempt by Dish.

 

[jefbal99]

Is nobody tracking this live?

 

[CoachGibbs]

Is nobody tracking this live?

It's not till tomorrow.

 

[jefbal99]

It's not till tomorrow.

My bad :lol:

 

[harsh]

I was looking forward to hearing about all the new channels we will be getting in the near future.

Specifics about upcoming channels are pretty rare in these financial reports. I would expect that they may say something about their expansion goals in terms of numbers of channels/markets, but naming channels doesn't happen very often.

I was looking forward to D12 launch dates.

Announcements of who's launching usually come from the launch agency. Absent such an announcement and without the faintest hint of smoke signals from the Russians, the best you're going to get is probably 2009.

 

[bonscott87]

Yea, typically these financial calls are pretty boring and filled with...well...financial information. I'm sure they'll touch on the HD expansion by pretty much reading off the press release but may give an extra tidbit. I'm sure a question will be asked about a merger with Dish, but then that gets asked every quarter and it's the same standard "sure, we always look at things like that when they make sense" type answer. In other words nothing substantial.

 

[Sixto]

The DIRECTV Group Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results ...

DIRECTV Group Operating Profit Before Depreciation and Amortization (OPBDA) Increases 20% to $1.4 Billion ...

DIRECTV Group Revenues Increase 16% to Over $4.8 Billion ...

DIRECTV Group Net Subscriber Additions Increase 16% to 313,000 ...

DIRECTV U.S. Net Additions of 129,000 ...

http://investor.directv.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=326924​

 

[Steve Robertson]

Glad to see they are making a buck or 2