Charter to Carry Some Dodgers Games in LA After Long Blackout
Charter Communications will carry six regular season Los Angeles Dodgers games being broadcast on KTLA-TV Los Angeles, including Vin Scully Appreciation Day Sept. 23, said Charter and KTLA owner Tribune Broadcasting Friday. The games also will be carried on regional…
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sports network SportsNet LA, which also is part of Charter's lineup, they said. "Let's root, root, root for broadcast negotiations/if they don't agree it's a shame," said Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., in a statement. Cardenas and other members of the Los Angeles congressional delegation wrote the FCC in 2014 asking it to mediate stalled talks between Time Warner Cable -- now part of Charter -- and other pay-TV providers that had resulted in a wide Dodgers blackout (see 1505130041).