DirecTV

direct streaming TV & satellite company
Organization subsidiary_company Q1056839
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 8 annual filings
Revenue
$33.26B
▲ 4.7% YoY FY2014
Net Income
$2.20B
▲ 133.3% YoY FY2010
Assets
$25.46B
▲ 16.2% YoY FY2014
EPS (diluted)
$5.40
▲ 4.4% YoY FY2014
$0.00$9.15B$18.29B$27.44B$36.59B FY2007: $17.25B · NI $1.45B (8.4% margin)FY2008: $19.69B · NI $1.52B (7.7% margin)FY2009: $21.57B · NI $942.00M (4.4% margin)FY2010: $24.10B · NI $2.20B (9.1% margin)FY2011: $27.23BFY2012: $29.74BFY2013: $31.75BFY2014: $33.26B '07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2014-12-31 · accession 0001047469-15-001196

DirecTV

Summary

DirecTV is a subsidiary company[1]. DirecTV draws 9,022 Wikipedia views per month (subsidiary_company category, ranking #23 of 198).[2]

Key Facts

  • DirecTV was a member of Satellite Industry Association[3].
  • DirecTV is in the country of United States[4].
  • DirecTV's instance of is recorded as subsidiary company[5].
  • DirecTV's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • DirecTV's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • DirecTV is owned by TPG[8].
  • DirecTV's headquarters location is recorded as El Segundo[9].
  • DirecTV's child organization or unit is recorded as AT&T Sports Networks[10].
  • DirecTV's child organization or unit is recorded as Vrio[11].
  • DirecTV's child organization or unit is recorded as Game Show Network[12].
  • DirecTV's child organization or unit is recorded as IPTV[13].
  • DirecTV's child organization or unit is recorded as DirecTV Stream[14].
  • DirecTV's Commons category is recorded as DirecTV[15].
  • DirecTV's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[16].
  • DirecTV's industry is recorded as telecommunications[17].
  • 1990 marks the founding of DirecTV[18].
  • 1985 marks the founding of DirecTV[19].
  • DirecTV's location of formation is recorded as El Segundo[20].
  • DirecTV's official website is recorded as https://directv.com[21].
  • DirecTV's topic's main category is recorded as Category:DirecTV[22].
  • DirecTV's product or material produced is recorded as satellite television[23].
  • DirecTV's replaced by is recorded as Simpletv[24].
  • DirecTV's replaced by is recorded as Hughes Electronics[25].
  • DirecTV's legal form is recorded as limited liability company[26].
  • DirecTV's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+256846'}[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1990[18] and 1985[19]. DirecTV's location of formation is recorded as El Segundo[20].

Operations

DirecTV's headquarters location is recorded as El Segundo[9]. Subsidiaries include AT&T Sports Networks[10]; Vrio[11], a subsidiary company[28], founded in 1994[29], headquartered in Dallas[30]; Game Show Network[12], a cable channel[31], in United States[32], founded in 1994[33], headquartered in Santa Monica[34]; IPTV[13], a service on Internet[35]; and DirecTV Stream[14], a business[36], in United States[37], founded in 2016[38], headquartered in El Segundo[39].

Industry

DirecTV's industry is recorded as telecommunications[17].

Ownership

DirecTV is owned by TPG[8]. DirecTV's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[16]. DirecTV's product or material produced is recorded as satellite television[23].

Why It Matters

DirecTV draws 9,022 Wikipedia views per month (subsidiary_company category, ranking #23 of 198).[2] DirecTV has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] DirecTV is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Yle topic id → 18-68763
    Computerlanguage.com definition → DirecTV
    Harper's tag → directv
    New york post topic id → directv
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: directv, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919780|directv (#289919780)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 19d ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ne.se id → directv
    Parent organization or unit → —
    Wikidata description → direct streaming TV & satellite company
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3222]]: directv, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/12810980|DIRECTV (#12810980)]] for {{P|3222}}"
  3. 25d ago · ~2026-47608-88 · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owned by → TPG
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P127]]: [[Q35476]]"
  4. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → D156-8F8B-CAFE-E99F-BDF9
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: D156-8F8B-CAFE-E99F-BDF9, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
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