UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                            CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                         TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


          Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) May 4, 2006
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                              DIRECTV HOLDINGS LLC
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

                                    Delaware
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

           333-106529                                   25-1902628
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     (Commission File Number)               (IRS Employer Identification No.)

         2230 East Imperial Highway
           El Segundo, California                    90245
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  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)        (Zip Code)

                                 (310) 964-5000
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 2.02.     Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On May 4, 2006, The DIRECTV Group, Inc. issued a news release, which contained
information regarding the first quarter 2006 consolidated results of DIRECTV
Holdings LLC ("DIRECTV"). The news release did not include certain financial
statements, related notes and certain other financial information that will be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of DIRECTV's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q. A copy of the press release relating to such announcement,
dated May 4, 2006, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein
by reference.

This information shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or
incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
reference in such a filing.

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                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                     DIRECTV HOLDINGS LLC
                                                     (Registrant)


Date:  May 4, 2006                          By:  /s/ Michael W. Palkovic
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Name:    Michael W. Palkovic            Title:   Executive Vice President and
                                                 Chief Financial Officer




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


        Exhibit No.                Exhibit

        99.1              Press Release, dated May 4, 2006