Attachment letter

letter

REQUEST submitted by DIRECTV Enterprises LLC

letter

2004-07-21

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20030613-00121 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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1200 EIGHTEENTH STREET, NW WASHINGTON. DC 20036 TEL 202.730.I300 FAX 202.730.I 30I WWW.HARRISWILTSHIRE.COM ATTORNEYS AT LAW July 2 1,2004 ,\\ Tp”‘ ,I IRECEIVED \ ,‘\ r: 3 BY HAND DELIVERY ”3 $ 3 lQQ4 JuL 2 1 2004 J - j\\‘ +fi;r - I. Marlene H. Dortch )SI\ Federal Communications Commission Secretary Office of Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 Twelfth Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Applicationfor Minor ModiJication of DBS System and for Authorization to Relocate and Operate the DIRECTV 6 Satellite, File No. SAT-MOD- 20030613-00121 Dear Ms. Dortch: Pursuant to Section 1.65 of the Commission’s rules’ and the Supplemental Order issued in MB Docket No. 03-124 on April 9,2004; DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC (“DIRECTV Enterprises”) hereby requests that its pending application for minor modification of its DBS system and for authorization to relocate and operate its DIRECTV 6 satellite, File No. SAT-MOD-20030613-0012 1, be amended to reflect the de facto transfer of control of The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (“DIRECTV Group”) (formerly, Hughes Electronics Corporation3) from General Motors Corporation to The News Corporation Limited (“News C ~ r p . ” ) . ~ 47 C.F.R. 0 1.65. General Motors Corp.,Hughes Electronics Corp., and The News Corp. Ltd., Supplemental Order, 19 FCC Rcd. 6309 (Int’l Bur. 2004). On March 16,2004, Hughes Electronics Corporation changed its name to The DIRECTV Group, Inc. See Letter from William M. Wiltshire and Michael D. Nilsson, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, Counsel for The DIRECTV Group, Inc., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (Mar. 16,2004). See Letter from William M. Wiltshire and Michael D. Nilsson, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, Counsel for News Corp., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (Dec. 23,2003). The Commission has found that News Corp. has a de facto controlling interest over DIRECTV Group and its subsidiaries, including DIRECTV Enterprises, for purposes of the Communications Act of 1934. General Motors Corp.,Hughes Electronics Corp., and The News Corp.

HARRIS,WILTSHIRE & GRANNIS Marlene H. Dortch July 2 1,2004 Page 2 *- Sincerely yours, William M. Wiltshire Counsel for DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC c cc: Jennifer Gilsenan (via e-mail) JoAm Lucanik (via e-mail) Kathleen Campbell (via e-mail) Jeanette Spriggs (via e-mail) Lfd.,Memorandum Opinion and Order, 19 FCC Rcd. 473 (2003). News Corp. disclaims any beneficial ownership of the voting securities of DIRECTV Enterprises held by subsidiaries of DIRECTV Group and does not concede, by this filing, that DIRECTV Enterprises is controlled by News Corp. or its subsidiaries.


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