The DirecTV Group (DTV)

Biographical Information

        Ralph F. Boyd, Jr.    Class II—Term expires 2008

        Mr. Boyd has served as a Director of the Company and as a member of the Company's Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since December 2003. Since February 2005, Mr. Boyd has served as the Executive Vice President/Community Relations of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac, the Chairman, President and CEO of the Freddie Mac Foundation, and a Director of the Home Ownership Funding Corporation I and II, two real estate investment trust affiliates of Freddie Mac. Prior to that, Mr. Boyd was the General Counsel of Freddie Mac from April 2004 to February 2005. From 2003 through March 2004, Mr. Boyd was a senior litigation partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm of Alston & Bird, LLP. Mr. Boyd was an Assistant Attorney General of the United States for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Justice from 2001 until 2003 and a trial partner with the Boston law firm of Goodwin Procter LLP from 1997 until 2001. Mr. Boyd also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Boston U.S. Attorney's Office from 1991 until 1997. From January 2004 to November

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2006, he was the United States Member to the United Nations Human Rights Commission's Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. He currently serves as a Trustee, Audit Committee Chair and member of the Investment Committee of the National Housing Partnership Foundation.

        James M. Cornelius.    Class II—Term expires 2008

        Mr. Cornelius has served as a Director of the Company since 2000 and has served as Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee since 2003. He served as a member of the Compensation Committee from 2000 to 2003. Mr. Cornelius has served as the Chief Executive Officer since September 2006, and as the Chairman since February 11, 2008, of Bristol-Meyers Squibb where he has served as a Director since January 2005. From November 2005 to April 2006, Mr. Cornelius served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Guidant Corporation, where he served as a Non-Executive Chairman from 2000 to November 2005 and a Director since 1994. Previously, he served as Executive Chairman of Guidant Corporation from 1995 until 2000. Mr. Cornelius is also a Director and Chairman of the compensation committee and a member of the audit committee of Given Imaging Ltd.

        Gregory B. Maffei.    Class I—Term expires 2010

        Mr. Maffei has served as a Director of the Company since February 27, 2008, when he was appointed to the Board to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. K. Rupert Murdoch. Mr. Maffei has served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and a Director of Liberty Media Corporation since March 2006, Chief Executive Officer and President of Liberty Media LLC since February 2006 and a Director of Liberty Media LLC from November 2005 to May 2006. Mr. Maffei served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation from June 2005 until November 2005. Mr. Maffei served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 360networks Corporation from January 2000 until June 2005. Previously, Mr. Maffei was Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft Corporation and Chairman of the Board of Expedia, Inc. Mr. Maffei serves as a Director of Electronic Arts, Inc.

        John C. Malone—Class II—Term expires 2008

        Mr. Malone has served as the Chairman of the Board and a Director of the Company since February 27, 2008, when he was appointed by the Board to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. David DeVoe. Mr. Malone has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Liberty Media Corporation since March 2006. He has been Chairman of the Board and a Director of Liberty Media LLC from 1990 to May 2006 and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Media LLC from August 2005 to February 2006. Mr. Malone served as Chairman of the Board of Tele-Communications, Inc., or TCI, from November 1996 to March 1999; and Chief Executive Officer of TCI from January 1994 to March 1997. Mr. Malone is Chairman of the Board of Liberty Global, Inc., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Holding Company and a Director of IAC/InterActiveCorp and Expedia, Inc.

        Nancy S. Newcomb.    Class II—Term expires 2008

        Ms. Newcomb has served as a Director of the Company and a member of the Audit Committee since February 2006. Since February 2008, Ms. Newcomb has also served on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Ms. Newcomb served as a senior corporate officer, risk management, of Citigroup, Inc. from May 1998 until April 2004. She served as a customer group executive of Citicorp (the predecessor corporation) from December 1995 to April 1998, as a division executive, Latin America, from September 1993 to December 1995 and as the principal financial officer responsible for liquidity, funding and capital management from January 1988 to August 1993. Ms. Newcomb currently serves as a Director of Moody's Corporation and Sysco Corporation. Ms. Newcomb is also a member of the Governing Council of the Van Leer Group Foundation, the Netherlands.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Ralph F. Boyd, Jr. Mr. Boyd has served as a Director of the Company and as a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since December 22, 2003. Since February 7, 2005, Mr. Boyd is the Executive Vice President/Community Relations of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), the Chairman of the Freddie Mac Foundation, and a Director of the Home Ownership Funding Corporation and the Home Ownership Funding Corporation II, two real estate investment trust affiliates of Freddie Mac. Prior to that, commencing in April 2004, Mr. Boyd was the General Counsel of Freddie Mac. From 2003 through March 31, 2004, Mr. Boyd was a senior litigation partner in the law firm of Alston & Bird, LLP. Mr. Boyd was an Assistant Attorney General of the United States for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Justice from 2001 until 2003 and a trial partner with the Boston law firm of Goodwin Procter LLP from 1997 until 2001. Mr. Boyd also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Boston U.S. Attorney’s Office from 1991 until 1997. Mr. Boyd also currently serves as the United States Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Commission’s Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and as a Trustee of the National Housing Partnership Foundation.

James M. Cornelius. Mr. Cornelius has served as a Director of the Company since 2000 and has served as Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee since 2003. He served as a member of the Compensation Committee from 2000 to 2003. Mr. Cornelius currently serves as the non-executive Chairman of the Guidant Corporation Board of Directors, where he has served as a Director since 1994. Previously, he served as Executive Chairman of Guidant Corporation from 1995 until his retirement as an employee in 2000. Mr. Cornelius is also a Director and Chairman of the audit committee of Chubb Corporation, a Director and Chairman of the compensation committee and a member of the audit committee of Given Imaging Ltd. and a Director and member of the audit committee of Bristol-Meyers Squibb.

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David F. DeVoe. Mr. DeVoe has served as a Director of the Company since December 22, 2003. In addition, he has served as a Director and Chief Financial Officer of News Corporation since November 2004, Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director of TNCL from 1990 until November 2004 and Senior Executive Vice President of TNCL from 1996 until November 2004. Mr. DeVoe has been a Director of News America since 1991 and Senior Executive Vice President since 1998. Mr. DeVoe has been a Director of Fox Entertainment since 1991 and Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 1998. Mr. DeVoe has been a Director of STAR since 1993, a Director of NDS since 1996, a Director of BSkyB since 1994 and a Director of Gemstar-TV Guide since 2001.