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DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) delivered a profit and beat Wall Street’s expectations, AND beat the revenue expectation. Adjusted Earnings Per Share increased 72.22% to $1.55 in the quarter versus EPS of $1.02 in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue rose 7.92% to $8.05 billion from the year-earlier quarter.

DIRECTV reported adjusted EPS income of $1.55 per share. By that measure, the company beat the mean analyst estimate of $1.13. It beat the average revenue estimate of $8.03 billion.