Time Warner Cable said any assertion that “we are the...
Time Warner Cable said any assertion that “we are the highest-priced regional sports outlet in the country is simply untrue.” As a significant buyer of regional sports programming, “we know that there are higher priced regional sports networks, including Root…
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Sports that we buy from DirecTV,” the cable said in a news release. TWC started two sports channels this month and is in negotiations with DirecTV and Cox Communications to carry the channels that show L.A. Lakers games, it said. DirecTV said on its website that it’s “very engaged” with TWC “on how best to make the new TWC SportsNet available in all our local customers’ homes” (http://xrl.us/bnv2rr). Cox is working through the negotiations process and it hopes to reach an agreement “that does not burden our customers with excessive price increases,” that cable operator said in a written statement. “We have offered to carry TWC SportsNet channels on our optional digital tiers, which would enable those who want to pay for the programming to have it.” This offer was refused, Cox said. Cox also said that the price for the Lakers games is one of the highest wholesale prices it has seen.