Topic summary
DirecTV Group
Extracted from the Wikipedia article DirecTV.
Ownership
On May 4, 2009, Liberty announced that it would split off Liberty Entertainment, Inc., and Liberty's 65% interest in Game Show Network, into a separate company to be merged with The DirecTV Group. The merger was completed on November 19, 2009, with The DirecTV Group and Liberty Entertainment becoming subsidiaries of a new company named DirecTV, and PepsiCo executive Michael White as its CEO.