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#1 JbzTV

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Posted 15 November 2011 - 07:04 PM

Time Warner Cable snags Galaxy rights



Time Warner Cable is putting the finishing touches on a deal to snag the television rights to the Los Angeles Galaxy away from Fox Sports West.

Landing the rights to the soccer team on its new sports cable channel didn't come cheap though. Time Warner Cable is paying $55 million over 10 years ($5.1 million per season) for the rights, according to a person familiar with the terms of the deal. Fox, which had been paying less than $500,000 per season, passed on its option to match that offer. The deal will take effect next season.

Time Warner Cable already landed the rights to the Los Angeles Lakers when it made a $3-billion bid for 20 years. The Lakers have been on Fox Sports West, but will move to the Time Warner Cable channel in 2013, assuming that there is labor peace by then.

Also on Time Warner Cable's wish list is the Dodgers, but Fox is going to fight hard to keep that franchise on its Prime Ticket network.

Time Warner Cable is launching both an English-language and Spanish-language and games will be on both networks.

A Time Warner Cable spokeswoman declined to comment.

For more on the deal, see our story on the Fabulous Forum blog.

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Posted 15 November 2011 - 07:11 PM

If this means no more Jim Watson, this is the best news we'll hear all week. Including if we win Sunday.

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Posted 15 November 2011 - 07:19 PM

What happens to Directv customers?

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Posted 15 November 2011 - 07:24 PM

What happens to Directv customers?

This is from an article on the Lakers deal.

The networks will be available to all satellite, cable and telco distributors in the Lakers' territory, which includes all of Southern California, Nevada and Hawaii.


Assuming it'll be the same with the Galaxy. Hoping...

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Posted 15 November 2011 - 07:33 PM

Hmm, looks like I might be looking for employment at time Warner cable doing their event production.

If they get the Dodgers too what becomes of fox sports west? only thing left would be Kings hockey.



Edit* I forget those other teams(angels&ducks) still play on fox sports west. Currently McCourt wants Fox & Time Warner to get into a bidding war for the Dodgers rights. Which would also be in 2013.
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Posted 15 November 2011 - 07:36 PM

So this means we will continue to be preempted by Dodgers, Lakers, etc. broadcasts?

Well, as long as Rogodinho loses his job, I'm good with that.

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Posted 15 November 2011 - 07:54 PM

so if you have directv, how will you be able to watch a galaxy match?

edit: nevermind, answered above

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Posted 15 November 2011 - 07:56 PM

Time Warner Cable is launching both an English-language and Spanish-language and games will be on both networks.

Have these channels actually started broadcasting, or whatever they're calling it these days?

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Posted 15 November 2011 - 08:01 PM

Will Time Warner buy LARS beer?

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Posted 15 November 2011 - 08:07 PM

Will Time Warner buy LARS beer?

great question!
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Posted 16 November 2011 - 01:33 AM

Well, as long as Rogodinho loses his job, I'm good with that.

Rogondino doesn't bother me too much. I actually think he's decent when he's not working with Watson. Watson steers the ship when he leads and it's usually rudderless.

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 10:08 AM

Wow. So the team will increase TV right revenues by 1000%?!?

That's a pretty big fucking deal.

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 10:21 AM

Rogondino doesn't bother me too much. I actually think he's decent when he's not working with Watson. Watson steers the ship when he leads and it's usually rudderless.

Agree. Rogondino at least has some sense of the game, but Watson is absolutely clueless.

Not hearing Watson on G's broadcasts anymore is enough to actually get me excited about this...

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 10:43 AM

Wow. So the team will increase TV right revenues by 1000%?!?

That's a pretty big fucking deal.


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Posted 16 November 2011 - 11:39 AM

Hmm, looks like I might be looking for employment at time Warner cable doing their event production.

If they get the Dodgers too what becomes of fox sports west? only thing left would be Kings hockey.



Edit* I forget those other teams(angels&ducks) still play on fox sports west. Currently McCourt wants Fox & Time Warner to get into a bidding war for the Dodgers rights. Which would also be in 2013.


And the Clippers....




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