NEW YORK, April 22, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:DTV) of El Segundo, California, will become a component of the NASDAQ-100 Index(r) (Nasdaq:NDX) and the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index (Nasdaq:NDXE) prior to market open on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. The DIRECTV Group, Inc. will replace BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:BEAS).
With a market capitalization of approximately $29.5 billion, The DIRECTV Group, Inc. is a provider of digital television entertainment services in the United States and Latin America. The company acquires, promotes, sells and distributes digital entertainment programming via satellite to residential and commercial subscribers.
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