The comments come as a welcome boost to News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch, who has been discussing the possibility of adding the unit to his pay-TV assets in Latin America, Asia and the UK with the car giant since May.
Although there yet to be an indication of when the deal is likely to be finalised, having already been rescued from collapse, the suggestion is that Murdoch is close to achieving his goal.
Murdoch has been talking about acquiring DirecTV since last year when he first announced his intention to float his satellite holding company Sky Global Networks, parent of BSkyB.
He has had to change tack since then and, in order to take control of DirecTV, Sky Global is to merge with Hughes, the GM division which owns DirecTV, creating a $50bn (£35.3bn) company which would be controlled by News Corp.
Murdoch has secured $4bn (£2.8bn) in funding from Microsoft and Liberty Media's John Malone. This will be put towards the $6bn (£4.2bn) cash GM will receive as part of the deal.
Murdoch has also had to appease Hughes shareholders by removing its digital receiver manufacturer NDS and its loss-making pay-TV unit Stream from the transaction.
These decisions were taken in an attempt to make the offer more tempting to Hughes shareholders and will prevent GM being lumbered with a huge tax bill on completion of the deal.
GM's comments also suggest that DirecTV rival EchoStar, which had threatened to launch a counter-bid, has been unable to put together an offer that appeals to the board.