DirecTV is in “continuous discussions” with Time Warner Cable about...
DirecTV is in “continuous discussions” with Time Warner Cable about carrying that cable operator’s new Los Angeles regional sports network TWC SportsNet, a spokesman for the DBS company said. The company wants “to figure out how to carry the channel…
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in a way that’s affordable for everyone,” he said Thursday. The cable operator and DBS provider are the top-two pay-TV providers in Los Angeles, he noted. “As such, both share a responsibility to ensure that both fans and non-fans alike avoid any extraordinary increases to their families’ monthly bills.” SportsNet shows Lakers games and was recently started by Time Warner Cable, which along with Bright House Networks has been the only major pay-TV company in that area to carry it. Time Warner Cable said earlier last week the channel isn’t the most expensive regional sports network in the U.S., after Cox Communications said it has one of the highest prices (CD Oct 26 p17). The operator had no further comment on DirecTV’s remarks.