Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Southern California Central California San Joaquin Valley Las Vegas Valley Hawaii Nationwide (via satellite) |
Headquarters | El Segundo, California |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English Spanish Korean (via SAP) |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Guggenheim Partners (50%) Charter Communications (50%) |
Sister channels | Spectrum SportsNet |
History | |
Launched | February 25, 2014 |
Former names | Time Warner Cable SportsNet LA (2014–2016) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
DirecTV Stream | Internet Protocol television |
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 an American regional sports network jointly owned by the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball team and Charter Communications 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 Prime Ticket as the regional rights holder for the team. The channel is one of three regional sports networks owned by Charter Communications serving the Los Angeles region.
Until April 2020 when AT&T, owner of DirecTV, came to terms with Charter, SportsNet LA reached less than half the Southern California market. Disputes in negotiations 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.