Time Warner Cable is asking as much as $3.95 per subscriber per month from competitors in the L.A. area, said a person familiar with the situation. The person requested anonymity because the negotiations are confidential and the details were not yet final.
That would make it the second most expensive regional sports network in the nation behind Comcast SportsNet Washington, which charges $4.02 per subscriber per month, according to research firm SNL Kagan.
It hasn't secured deals yet and likely won't until the regular season starts on Oct. 30.
Bad news for Lakers fans who don't subscribe to a pay-TV service, because no games will be available for free on over-the-air television once the Time Warner Cable deal takes effect. About 620,000 homes do not have a subscription to a pay-TV provider.
Will just look for something else to watch.
ReplyDeleteIt is really funked up that TV is not free anymore. I remember back in the day we can watch what the hell we want and the TV went off at 12 midnight with the Star Spangled Banner, but it was free. Now we have to pay for some BS we don't want to watch in order to get a clear signal. All this garbage reality TV crap. What happened to The Carol Burnett Show, Gunsmoke, hell the Munsters, free entertainment. We watched the greats in basketball for free. Dr. J, Kareem, Magic. even Michael Jordan, but now we have to pay to watch punk ass Kobi "Steakhouse/WannabeJordanSoBadICanS%$t" Bryant. That's some ill s%$t!!! Sorry. Ms. Pearl.
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