The satcaster, which has increased its national HD lineup from nine to 95 channels in the last eight months, said net subscribers jumped 275,000 in the first quarter; that's a 17 percent increase from last year's first quarter.
DIRECTV now has 17.04 million subscribers, a five percent increase from this time last year.
In addition, the company's U.S. revenues rose 14 percent in the first quarter to $4 billion and the average monthly revenue per subscriber increased 8.6 percent to $79.70.
DIRECTV also said its first quarter monthly 'churn rate' was 1.36 percent, the lowest in 10 years.
"The increased demand for DIRECTV services was primarily driven by our industry-leading content, HD, DVR and interactive services, as well as strong results from our direct sales channel," said DIRECTV CEO Chase Carey.
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