Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket
| Fox Sports West Prime Ticket |
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|---|---|
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| Launched |
Fox Sports West: October 19, 1985 Prime Ticket: January 27, 1997 |
| Network | Fox Sports Networks |
| Owned by |
Fox Entertainment Group (21st Century Fox) |
| Picture format |
720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | We Are Fox Sports. We Are LA. |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
English Spanish (via SAP) |
| Broadcast area |
Southern California Las Vegas Valley Hawaii Nationwide (via satellite) |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
| Formerly called |
Fox Sports West: Prime Ticket (1985–94) Prime Sports West (1994–96) Fox Sports West (first era; 1996–2000) Fox Sports Net West (2000–04) FSN West (2004–08) Prime Ticket: Fox Sports West 2 (1997–2000) Fox Sports Net West 2 (2000–04) FSN West 2 (2004–06) |
| Replaced | SportsChannel Los Angeles |
| Sister channel(s) |
Cable/satellite: Fox Sports San Diego Broadcast: KTTV/Los Angeles KCOP-TV/Los Angeles |
| Website | foxsportswest |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | 692 Fox Sports West (SD/HD) 693 Prime Ticket (SD/HD) |
| Dish Network | 411 Prime Ticket (SD/HD) 417 Fox Sports West (SD/HD) |
| Cable | |
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Charter Communications (Los Angeles) |
41 Fox Sports West (SD/HD) 42 Prime Ticket (SD/HD) |
| Charter Communications (Anaheim) |
33 Fox Sports West (SD/HD) 34 Prime Ticket (SD/HD) |
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Cox Communications (Las Vegas) |
49 Fox Sports West (SD) 50 Prime Ticket (SD) 1049 Fox Sports West (HD) 1050 Prime Ticket (HD) |
| Charter Communications(Hawaii) | 20 Fox Sports West (analog) 31 Prime Ticket (analog) 226 Fox Sports West (SD) 228 Prime Ticket (SD) 1226 Fox Sports West (HD) 1228 Prime Ticket (HD) |
| Available on select other cable systems in primary broadcast area | Consult your local cable provider or program listings source for channel availability |
| Streaming media | |
| Fox Sports Go |
www (U.S. cable internet subscribers only; requires login from participating providers to stream content; some events may not be available due to league rights restrictions) |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
| PlayStation Vue | Internet Protocol television |
Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket are American regional sports networks that are owned by Fox Cable Networks, a unit of the Fox Entertainment Group division of 21st Century Fox, and operate as affiliates of Fox Sports Networks. The channels broadcast regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events in California, focusing primarily on professional sports teams based in the Greater Los Angeles area. Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket maintain general offices and studios based at the Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles.
Both Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket are available on cable providers throughout Southern California, the Las Vegas Valley and Hawaii; it is also available nationwide on satellite via DirecTV, Dish Network, and via IPTV providers Sling TV and PlayStation Vue.
What is now Fox Sports West was launched under the Prime Ticket name on October 19, 1985; the channel was originally co-owned by Dr. Jerry Buss, majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Kings, and cable television pioneer Dr. Bill Daniels, who held a minority ownership interest in both franchises. Unlike many of the regional sports networks in operation at the time of Prime Ticket's launch, the channel was (and still is) structured as a basic cable channel, instead of a premium service. The network originally broadcast for seven hours a day, each evening from 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. The first contract with Prime Ticket was negotiated and signed by Tony Acone, who was appointed as president of the channel, and Bob Kerstein, chief financial officer of Falcon Cable TV. Leslie Watson, a certified public accountant employed by the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand, joined Prime Ticket as its first financial controller through the early years of the channel.
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