Time Warner Cable Lowers Price Of Dodgers Channel

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Time Warner Cable Lowers Price Of Dodgers Channel 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:17 am

Time Warner Cable is offering a proposal designed to end the stalemate over distribution of the sports channel owned by the Los Angeles Dodgers so fans in Southern California can see games this season.

This will be Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully's final season in the broadcast booth.

Time Warner Cable said late Tuesday that it had cut by 30% the price of the sports channel offered to DirecTV and other pay-television providers in hopes of spurring the long-stalled negotiations before the seasons begins April 4.

The move could provide an end in the bitter dispute that has prevented thousands of Dodgers fans from watching their favorite team for the last two seasons.

"We owe it to Dodger fans to try to get a deal done, especially because of the historic nature of this year with it being [baseball announcer] Vin Scully's final season," Time Warner Cable spokesman Andrew Fegyveresi said.

DirecTV, AT&T, Verizon and Cox Communications have balked at the price of the channel that Time Warner had been demanding.

Via Meg James/Los Angeles Times

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