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Our U.S. DirecTV business also drove our EBITDA growth in the quarter. We have reached the point where the EBITDA generated by our large subscriber base is outpacing the marketing costs associated with our record subscriber growth. We expect our U.S. DirecTV business to continue to deliver positive EBITDA that accelerates yearly on a going-forward basis.

Once again we have markedly reduced our 2G EBITDA loss; and we remain on track to achieve our full-year target of being EBITDA positive in the fourth quarter.

Unless the indications are that Meteor can add very quickly to EBITDA and earnings, our first instinct is that current-year EBITDA forecasts will be reduced due to the issues in the fixed-line business.

Our record first-quarter performance provides additional evidence of the strength of our business model and our market, and reinforces our confidence that we can achieve our aggressive goals for subscriber and earnings growth. It has also led us to increase our near-term guidance for subscriber and revenue growth.

I think this could perhaps be the first quarter in quite a considerable time that the domestic NZ business shows signs of EBITDA growth, or at least if it's down it's only going to be down fractionally.

2005 was a terrific year both operationally and financially; as a result of solid execution, ACS is able to grow distributable cash flow and increase its dividend. In 2005, we exceeded our growth objectives for revenues and EBITDA: compared to 2004, revenues grew 8.0 percent and EBITDA rose 23.3 percent.

Liane Pelletier

As we indicated last quarter, we expect to continue to target a net debt to EBITDA ratio in the range of 1.5 times to 2.5 times, excluding our Motion Picture Distribution business, and will continue to repurchase shares under our normal course issuer bid, which we renewed in December, 2005.

David Lazzarato

DirecTV is doing more marketing and it's been quiet for a while. Consumers will buy as high in the line as they can afford. DirecTV will stop marketing the TiVo box and drive new subscribers to its model. And it's the fourth quarter, when people buy electronics for the holidays.

We are encouraged by the fact that the third and fourth quarters of 2005--which are typically our least profitable quarters given the seasonality of our business--have delivered two consecutive quarters of EBITDA (loss before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) and net-loss improvements. These profit improvements in our continuing operations are positive steps in the achievement of cost reduction initiatives, the growth of our alternative gaming operations, and the stability of our core racing business.

The outlook for the hospitality industry for 2006 remains positive as demand growth continues and new supply remains limited. Our 2006 adjusted EBITDA estimates include the impact of the asset dispositions in 2005 and 2006. Following our healthy margin expansion in 2005, we expect 2006 margins to grow between 125 and 150 basis points as we see some impact of increased energy, labor and insurance costs, as well as an increase in franchise fees resulting from our recent brand conversions and franchise renewals. Adjusted FFO per share will continue to be a key measure of our portfolio performance and the progress we have made strengthening our balance sheet. Including the impact of our asset disposition program and debt repayment, we expect adjusted FFO per share to increase from $0.71 per share in 2005 to $0.88 to $0.92 per share in 2006 with first quarter adjusted FFO per share of $0.13 to $0.16.

Paul W. Whetsell

Lenders have been willing to lend up to seven times EBITDA but won't increase leverage unless there has been an increase in earnings - either the owners must have cut costs or grown the business. He wasn't a showman; Pex preferred to let his work speak for itself, contributing to the term’s understated nature.

We're a little disappointed in the subscriber numbers at DirecTV, but it's not something to slit your throat over, ... If you look at the other numbers associated with the company, they overwhelm the subscriber numbers.

They're on the right track for subscriber growth, ... But more importantly, they're starting to focus now on getting more money out of each subscriber. So one of the tricky things will be to get people to stop focusing purely on subscriber growth and start thinking more about revenue per subscriber. They've got their own sort of gathering area for shopping for e-commerce, for Christmas time. Remember e-commerce season starts now with back-to-school and peaks with Christmas. This is going to be a time of a lot of excitement in the Internet space and we think AOL is well positioned to take advantage of that.

We are pleased with our growth in revenues and EBITDA, and the progress we made during the year on our key strategic initiatives.

It speaks loudly about the value of the Hughes assets. It had been unduly depressed due to arbitrage. A primary driver will be continued expansion of DirecTV subscriber base, which shows no signs of weakening.

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