Exhibit 3.3

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                       OF

                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

K. N. McGrath and S. J. Petrucci certify that:

1.        They constitute a majority of the directors of Hughes Communications
          Direct Broadcast Service, Inc., a California corporation (the
          "Corporation").

2.        They hereby adopt the following amendment of the Articles of
          Incorporation of this Corporation:

          Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of this Corporation is
          amended to read as follows:

                                       "I

                         The name of the Corporation is:

                                 DirecTv, Inc."

3.        The foregoing amendment of articles of incorporation has been duly
          approved by the board of directors.

4.        No shares have been issued.

We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of
California that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct
of our own knowledge.

Date: July 13, 1992

                                                  /s/ K. N. McGrath
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                                               K. N. McGrath, Director

                                                  /s/ S. J. Petrucci
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                                               S. J. Petrucci, Director