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Thursday, May 10th, 2012 7:02 PM

Time Warner Cable Sports to Tip Off Lakers-Centric RSNs on Oct. 1

It will be interesting to see what type of carriage issues arise with these new sports channels.  Here is an excerpt from the article found in the link below:

 

It's official now: Time Warner Cable will tip off its two regional sports networks, centering on the Los Angeles Lakers, on Oct. 1.


The largest MSO in Los Angeles will bow Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Spanish-language RSN Time Warner Cable Deportes, which will have its own production team and programming sensibilities, shortly before the National Basketball Association begins its 2012-13 season, according to Time Warner Cable Sports president David Rone.


The foundation for the services was established in February 2011, when Time Warner Cable secured local rights to the Lakers -- whose games have been televised by Fox Sports West and KCAL-TV -- for a 20-year period in a deal that is reportedly valued at $3 billion. Since then, Time Warner Cable Sports also gained rights to the defending Major League Soccer champion Los Angeles Galaxy and the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.

Rone, in an interview, said Time Warner Cable counts some 2 million customers in the RSNs' territory that extends from "Fresno to the north, the Mexican border to the south, east to Palm Springs and Las Vegas, and Hawaii to the west." All told, those areas encompass some 6 million TV homes.



Rone said that he, senior vice president and general manager of Time Warner Cable Sports Regional Networks Mark Shuken and Dan Finnerty, the senior vice president of Time Warner Cable Sports, who heads affiliate sales, recently began discussions with potential distributors.

 

"We have not had many of them, they literally began last week. In between now and the NCTA Cable Show [which starts May 21 in Boston}, we will have gotten in front of all of the MVPDs that we need to speak to. I'm stressing MVPDs because we're speaking to MSOs, satellite companies and telcos."


Rone would not discuss pricing. Published reports have placed the ask at $3.50 per subscriber for the pair of networks. For his part, ISI Group analyst Vijay Jayant pegs the price at $2.50 per month per subscriber.



A former  executive at Fox Sports, CAA and Evolution Media Capital, Rone did say Time Warner Cable Sports' distribution game plan calls for equal footing for the services.

 

http://www.multichannel.com/article/484345-Time_Warner_Cable_Sports_to_Tip_Off_Lakers_Centric_RSNs_on_Oct_1.php

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In see both Time Warner Cable SportsNet HD (channel 1777) and Time Warner SportsNet Espanol HD (channel 1778) in the Guide.

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12 years ago

Will att have the lakers next year............................?????

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@1sandy1 wrote:

Will att have the lakers next year............................?????


Where do you live? Are you outside the area of the Lakers' regional sports network? If so, you will not be able to watch the Lakers.

 

Not being familiar with the situation, is there a blackout problem between AT&T and those living within the Lakers' regional sports network area?


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12 years ago

I believe that he is asking about carriage of the new Time Warner RSN that is being launched this fall to broadcast the Los Angeles Lakers games.  No carriage agreements have been announced.

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12 years ago

So is att going to have the lakers network or will they be, "dropping the ball" like they did with the PAC12 Network?

 

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12 years ago

As of now, no carriage agreements have been announced with any TV provider.  Time Warner will be carrying their own network.  Here is an interesting article:

 

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/sep/14/lakers-switch-to-time-warner-could-leave-some-in/

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12 years ago

All the more reason to hate the Lakers, this deal goes to show just how little they actually care about their fans.

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12 years ago

I was wondering if there was an update to the original question. Thanks

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12 years ago

Nope.  As of today, no carriage agreements have been announced with any provider.

 

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-tw-cable-20120926,0,3260697.story

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