DODGERS The TWC/SPECTRUM NIGHTMARE Thread

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When will deals strike with other providers?

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  1. KOUFAX0000

    KOUFAX0000 DSP Legend Damned

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    Does anyone care anymore? It's obvious the billionaires don't.


    Another reason I'm glad I don't live in LA anymore....
     
    KOUFAX0000, Mar 15, 2015
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    TWC reportedly engaged in negotiations for SportsNet LA Distribution
    by Matthew Moreno | Dodgers Nation — 1 hour ago

    The Los Angeles Dodgers won a second-consecutive National League West division title last season, but plenty of fans were left in the dark as pay-TV providers failed to agree to carriage terms with Time Warner Cable for SportsNet LA, the exclusive home of the Dodgers.

    With the Dodgers well into their Cactus League schedule and Opening Day rapidly approaching, the impasse lingers on. However, according to Ronald Grover of The Street, TWC reportedly is in talks with other providers to distribute SportsNet LA:

    Time Warner Cable, the country’s second-largest cable-TV operator, has begun talking with other pay-TV distributors in Los Angeles about ending an impasse to carry the Dodgers’ SportsNet LA, which has been unavailable to most of the nation’s second-largest market for more than a year.

    SportsNet LA stated they were willing to enter into binding arbitration with DirecTV, which likely would’ve led to additional deals being struck with other providers, but the cable-satellite company refused.

    DirecTV recently released a statement expressing hope that an agreement would soon fall into place. It came months after Dodgers president and CEO Stan Kasten said during the Winter Meetings he believed SportsNet LA would be widely distributed come April 6 — when the Dodgers begin their regular-season schedule.

    There’s been a general assumption pending mergers of AT&T with DirecTV and Comcast with TWC needed to be completed in order for significant progress in talks to be made. Should that be true, news of the FCC delaying their decision on Comcast taking control of TWC doesn’t bode well.

    With the Dodgers locked in a pennant race down the stretch of last season, TWC made the final six regular-season games available on KDOC, an independent station that is carried by all providers in Southern California and can be received with an over the air antenna.

    Reaching a resolution will have to come without the aid of the commissioner’s office as Rob Manfred said in mid-February he wouldn’t be getting involved.
     
    irish, Mar 15, 2015
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    Where's the "breaking news" in this article?

    This is the same old shit, rehashed once again.
     
    carolinabluedodger, Mar 16, 2015
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    ^... and the rich corporate tycoons getting richer while not playing well with others...:suicide:
     
    CapnTreee, Mar 16, 2015
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  5. harkeyed

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    Sad thing is, this might be the last year he makes a sound doing Dodger games...

    It's like no NFL in Los Angeles... Since the games are not available to the masses, no one will care???
     
    harkeyed, Mar 18, 2015
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    People will care. We hardcore fans still follow the games religiously.

    And Vin is a fucking God, not just in LA, but in all of sports. If Vin were to retire, he'd be the front page of every sports magazine.

    Guy is that beloved.
     
    MZA, Mar 18, 2015
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    Vinnie "IS" that beloved we agree

    However there is something to be said comparing a forever blacked out Dodgers to the utter lack of ANY football team in LA...

    With no team here to cheer for, the locals end up cheering for some other city's team. Way fucked up... but... without a local product, THAT CAN BE SEEN, what the hell does anyone expect??

    Is TWC trying to get LA fans to cheer for the vaGiants or PAAdres simply because those are the only teams we can watch? Wait a minute isn't TWC still Atlanta based?
     
    CapnTreee, Mar 18, 2015
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    Dodgers have five Saturday games on FOX/ FS1 in 2015
    By Eric Stephen | True Blue LA — 1 hour ago

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    GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Fox Sports on Wednesday announced its 2015 schedule for Saturday national telecasts, which includes five Dodgers games.

    Fox begins its Saturday telecasts on April 11, with Red Sox at Yankees at 10 a.m. PT and Royals at Angels at 6 p.m., both games on Fox Sports 1.

    The first Dodgers game on Fox will be on Saturday, May 30 against the Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, a 4 p.m. PT start. The other fox game is on July 4, hosting the Mets at Dodger Stadium, also a 4 p.m. start.

    The games on Fox are exclusive national broadcasts, which means no SportsNet LA telecast and folks in the Los Angeles market can only see the game on Fox.

    The Dodgers are also on Fox Sports 1 on three Saturdays, all 1 p.m. PT starts: July 18 at the Nationals, August 1 against the Angels at Dodger Stadium, and August 8 at the Pirates.

    Fox Sports 1 telecasts are national but not exclusive, meaning SportsNet LA will also broadcast the game. In addition, the Fox Sports 1 telecasts are not subject to local blackout, giving people in the Los Angeles market a second (or first) option to watch the game.

    The Fox games will also be available online via the Fox Sports Go app, usually requiring logging in via television provider.

    The last two weekend of the year are open, with Fox waiting to announce their telecasts until having some idea which games will be relevant down the stretch.
     
    irish, Mar 18, 2015
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  9. CapnTreee

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    Soooo we get to see at least 5 games this year??
     
    CapnTreee, Mar 18, 2015
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    Can't wait for the season to start on May 30th. Only 2 and half months away.
     
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    Isn't that what Plaschke wanted?
     
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    It's the old "outta sight, outta mind". We hardcore fans WILL continue to support them, but what about the younger fans? The radio was my first experience with the Dodgers, then TV. Went to games as well and I was hooked. Now we've taken the TV portion away from up and coming fans.

    I fucking hate TWC.
     
    harkeyed, Mar 19, 2015
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    i remember back in the day...
    there were so many fans with transistor radios blaring that you could listen to vin while at the game
    good times
     
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  14. CapnTreee

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    Ditto

    I remember that too. It was cool in stereo.


    Big Media Money has captured MLB baseball and is holding it hostage against other Big Media.

    And w're the fucking pawns.
     
    CapnTreee, Mar 19, 2015
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    As the clock ticks the crap becomes mot obvious. Tick Tock
     
    TuborgP, Mar 20, 2015
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    It's a downward spiral and no one involved is innocent.
    The guggenheims payed too much for a team
    TWC payed too much for broadcast rights
    Fans payed to much for tickets, beer, jerseys etc.

    Everyone thought this would just grow endlessly so they spent recklessly

    The cumulative effect is that it appears the dodgers found the tipping point
     
    F YOUK, Mar 21, 2015
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    mugs, Mar 24, 2015
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    irish, Mar 24, 2015
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    I'm not a business major or anything, but wouldn't you want to get something, anything for your dumb deal?
     
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