SportsNet LA
| Spectrum SportsNet LA Spectrum Deportes LA |
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| Launched | February 25, 2014 |
| Owned by |
Guggenheim Partners (50%) Charter Communications (50%) |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
English Spanish Korean (via SAP) |
| Broadcast area |
Greater Los Angeles Area Coachella Valley Las Vegas Valley Hawaii |
| Headquarters | El Segundo, California |
| Formerly called | Time Warner Cable SportsNet LA (2014-2016) |
| Sister channel(s) | Spectrum SportsNet and Spectrum Deportes |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Cable | |
| Charter Communications | Channel 44 (SD) Channel 789 (HD) |
| Champion Broadband (San Gabriel Valley) | Channel 33 (SD) Channel 1033 (HD) |
Spectrum SportsNet LA and Spectrum Deportes LA (otherwise known as simply SportsNet LA and Deportes LA and originally known as Time Warner Cable SportsNet LA) is a regional sports network jointly owned by the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball team and Charter through its acquisition of Time Warner Cable in May 2016. The channel's programming is devoted completely to the Dodgers, and includes coverage of all Dodgers games not being exclusively televised by MLB's national television partners, along with news, interview, and documentary programming focusing on the team.
The channel, which launched on February 25, 2014, was the result of a 25-year deal with Time Warner Cable reached in January 2013, valued at $8.35 billion, succeeding Fox Sports West as the regional rights holder for the team. The channel is one of three TWC regional sports networks serving the Los Angeles region.
SportsNet LA is carried by Charter and its subsidiary, Bright House Networks, reaching less than half the Southern California market. Other distributors, including DirecTV, have not made carriage deals (as of November 2016). Disputes in negotiations have included the cost of the channel and the requirement that SportsNet LA be carried with other mainstream premium channels rather than in a separate sports tier or on an "a la carte" basis. In November 2016, DirecTV and parent company AT&T were sued by the U.S. Department of Justice, over allegations that it formed a cartel with other providers to deliberately decline carrying SportsNet LA.
In late 2012, Fox Sports' exclusive period for negotiating a new broadcast deal with the Dodgers ended. Reports published at that time indicated that the team was negotiating with other potential broadcasters, such as the recently established Time Warner Cable SportsNet, and contemplating forming an in-house network with Dick Clark Productions, a television production company recently purchased by the Dodgers' new parent company, Guggenheim Partners.
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