ation or business segment. Those interested can submit an online application through the site as well. The site also offers a list of campus recruiting events the company participates in, and internship information. VAULT CAREER LIBRARY 2005 Vault Inc. The DIRECTV Group, Inc. 2230 East Imperial Highway THE STATS El Segundo, CA 90245 Phone: (310) 964-0700 Employer Type: Public Company Fax: (310) 535-5225 Stock Symbol: DTV www.directv.com Stock Exchange: NYSE Chairman: K. Rupert Murdoch President and CEO: Chase Carey LOCATIONS 2003 Employees: 12,300 El Segundo, CA (HQ) 2003 Revenue ($mil.): $10,121 Boise, ID Castle Rock, CO KEY COMPETITORS Germantown, MD Long Beach, CA Comcast Los Angeles, CA EchoStar Communications Time Warner Cable EMPLOYMENT CONTACT www.directv.com/DTVAPP/aboutus/ WorkingHere.dsp Visit Vault at www.vault.com for insider company profiles, expert advice, VAULT CAREER career message boards, expert resume reviews, the Vault Job Board and more. LIBRARY Vault Guide to the Top Telecom Employers The DIRECTV Group, Inc. THE SCOOP The dish on entertainment The DIRECTV Group, known as Hughes Electronics Inc. before renaming itself in March 2004, provides digital and satellite TV service to 12.6 million American households. The company also runs Hughes Network Systems, which develops broadband satellite networks for government agencies, businesses and consumers. The DIRECTV Group is the third-largest defense contractor in the U.S., and also has the largest non-governmental fleet of communications satellites in orbit. The company is also one of the world's largest suppliers of satellite-based private business networks, and is among the top providers of wireless telephone networks and cellular mobile systems. A space odyssey Hughes Electronics was founded in 1932 to construct experimental planes by Howard Hughes, an airspeed world-record holder. The company he founded has a few records of its own: it produced the first laser beam in 1960 and installed the first communications satellite in geosynchronous orbit