Pay-TV distributors are balking at carrying SportsNet LA, a new network that will air Los Angeles Dodgers games and other content related to the baseball club, WSJ reports.
That’s because SportsNet LA is asking for the biggest subscriber fees ever for a regional network of its kind (starting at $4), and so far, no cable providers in L.A. besides Time Warner Cable are biting. Standoffs like this have happened before, but this one feels bigger–as more and more consumers and advocate groups have been railing about how sports prices are almost solely responsible for driving cable bills up.
It will be interesting to see who blinks, as the Dodgers season starts on March 30. Fans usually blame their cable company when they can’t get what they want.
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