Hughes Aircraft

DirecTV is a direct broadcast satellite service based in El Segundo, California, which transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States. Its primary competitors are Dish Network and cable providers. DirecTV currently has 18 million subscribers.[2] The service was launched on June 17, 1994 and is now owned by The DirecTV Group, which is controlled by Liberty Media. DirecTV has its own network called The 101 Network, available only to DirecTV subscribers in the United States. DirecTV is also the exclusive U.S. rights holder to sports packages NFL Sunday Ticket, NCAA Mega March Madness, and NASCAR Hot Pass. Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American defense contractor founded in 1932 by Howard Hughes in Culver City, California as a division of Hughes Tool Company. The company was known for producing, among other products, the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" aircraft, the Galileo spacecraft and the AIM-4 Falcon guided missile. It was acquired by General Motors from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 1985. Hughes Aircraft was put under the umbrella of GM Hughes Electronics, now known as DirecTV Group, until GM sold its assets to Raytheon in 1997.... Mehr