At&t buys out Time Warner

PKABOOICU · Post #1 » by **PKABOOICU** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:40 am

What does this mean for Lakers basketball on national TV?

Landsberger · Post #2 » by **Landsberger** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:46 am

I'd assume nothing. They bought all existing contracts as well.

As for the general state of the news media however.....

Wavy Q · Post #3 » by **Wavy Q** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 6:13 am

nothing, Time Warner Cable and Time Warner Inc are completely separate companies.

TWC and Charter just merged into Spectrum anyway

politm · Post #4 » by **politm** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:39 am

It's so weird hearing Bill saying "Spectrum SportsNet proudly presents to you...". I was so used to Time Warner Cable SportsNet...

Lost Angel · Post #5 » by **Lost Angel** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 7:04 pm

how do I watch games? i have Dish network and can't change it

miggs · Post #6 » by **miggs** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 8:48 pm

Spectrum sounds cool, other than that no differences yet on my bill lol

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stan francisco · Post #7 » by **stan francisco** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:40 pm

What if AT&T decide to sell to Saudi Arabia or China or Putin in 5 years? Would people then have a problem with this type of dangerous vertical integration ownership?

Gotta go update my payment details for LP now.

Post #8 » by **Kilroy** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:44 pm

Spectrum sucks... I hated TWC for their service and costs... But they had nice features. Now most of those little things don't seem to work anymore... Like I can't watch live playoff baseball on my phone whilst soaking in the tub anymore...

chefy · Post #9 » by **chefy** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:37 am

i still think the tw deal will have a long term negative effect on the team. less exposure = less fans obviously. we used to have one of the best home crowds in the league! its gonna take time before we get it back and honestly i dont see it happening while the lakers is still under the tw contract.

LakersLegacy · Post #10 » by **LakersLegacy** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 7:42 pm

ATT owns DirecTV, Time Warner and UVerse... all that's left is for them to buy Dish and corner the market and raise prices. So much for competition.

Can you imagine an NBA where 70% of the teams are owned by the same owner including most of the contenders. Thats what ATT is doing TV entertainment.

We need is the Netflix of Sports. Internet only sports service for $8 a month. We get all the games commercial free. That's would amazing.

LakersLegacy · Post #11 » by **LakersLegacy** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 7:45 pm

Kilroy wrote:Spectrum sucks... I hated TWC for their service and costs... But they had nice features. Now most of those little things don't seem to work anymore... Like I can't watch live playoff baseball on my phone whilst soaking in the tub anymore...

I hated Time Warner for no practical reason at all. As soon as Time Warner bought the games from Fox we went the wrong way in 2012. In 2012 I had DirecTV and had to go to bars to watch the games for the first few months. The Laker games were even blocked out with league pass. It was such a slimey thing to do.

gts1 · Post #12 » by **gts1** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 8:33 pm

LakersLegacy wrote:ATT owns DirecTV, Time Warner and UVerse... all that's left is for them to buy Dish and corner the market and raise prices. So much for competition.

Can you imagine an NBA where 70% of the teams are owned by the same owner including most of the contenders. Thats what ATT is doing TV entertainment.

We need is the Netflix of Sports. Internet only sports service for $8 a month. We get all the games commercial free. That's would amazing.

Different Time Warner... Time Warner the cable company is owned by Charter.. the Time Warner ATT is buying is the news/communications group