DirecTV Latin
America Emerges From Chapter 11
(24 February 2004) DirecTV Latin
America LLC's Plan of Reorganization has become effective and the Company has
emerged from Chapter 11. The Company filed for Chapter 11 in March 2003 in
order to address its financial and operational challenges. The filing applied
only to the US entity and did not include any of the operating companies in
Latin America and the Caribbean.
DirecTV is a leading
direct-to-home satellite television service in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The service reaches approximately 1.5 million customers in the region, in a
total of 28 markets. DirecTV is currently available in: Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and
several Caribbean island nations.
(source: DirecTV Latin
America)
