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THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(continued)
Note 7: Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities; Other Liabilities and Deferred Credits
The significant components of ‘‘Accounts payable and accrued liabilities’’ in our Consolidated
Balance Sheets are as follows:
December 31,
2007 2006
(Dollars in
Millions)
Programming costs ................................................. $1,506 $1,358
Accounts payable .................................................. 447 435
Commissions due to installers and dealers ................................ 294 241
Payroll and employee benefits ......................................... 126 121
Other .......................................................... 659 661
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities .......................... $3,032 $2,816
The significant components of ‘‘Other liabilities and deferred credits’’ in our Consolidated Balance
Sheets are as follows:
December 31,
2007 2006
(Dollars in
Millions)
Programming costs ................................................. $ 368 $ 411
Deferred credits ................................................... 213 230
Other accrued taxes ................................................ 343 161
Pension and other postretirement benefits ................................ 75 90
Obligation under capital lease ......................................... 43 47
Other .......................................................... 360 427
Total other liabilities and deferred credits ............................. $1,402 $1,366
Note 8: Debt
The following table sets forth our outstanding debt:
December 31,
Interest Rates at
December 31, 2007 2007 2006
(Dollars in
Millions)
8.375% senior notes due in 2013 .......................... 8.375% $ 910 $ 910
6.375% senior notes due in 2015 .......................... 6.375% 1,000 1,000
Credit facility ........................................ 6.102% 1,483 1,492
Sky Brazil bank loan ................................... — 210
Other debt .......................................... 2 3
Total debt ....................................... 3,395 3,615
Less: current portion of long-term debt ..................... 48 220
Long-term debt ................................... $3,347 $3,395
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