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[Drazard]

Streaming on the internet the best

[KobeWillReturnTriumphant]

I called and ended up getting the genie for 40 bucks.

[ace™]

Sucks that even though that free week of league pass is still on, the Lakers will be blacked out.

Been pretty fun to check in all the rest of teams tho. Currently watching Hawks/Thunder.

I called and ended up getting the genie for 40 bucks.

Man, I could have probably done that. It's like $300 right?

I just ordered the model right below that one(HR24-500 with the touch sensitive front) because it was free. Got installed yesterday. But I didn't even think of that.

I wouldn't mind getting the Genie for $40.

[Hollywood]

Are Direct Tv and Dish the only providers who do not have the TW LAkers Channel?

[Kenttz]

Are Direct Tv and Dish the only providers who do not have the TW LAkers Channel?

Cox doesn't carry it either.

[Michaelyumm]

COX got TWC


http://www.twcsportsnet.com/articles/2012/11/04/twccable-reaches-deal-with-cox-110412

Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes and Cox Communications have agreed to terms. Launch details will be announced shortly.

good stuff!!!

lets go DTV and DISH!

[Notorious Arab]

Wow. Come on dish!

Edited by Notorious Arab, November 04, 2012 - 07:10 PM.

[davi921]

FINALLY ! Good [expletive] with the Cox Deal.

[Yaboy]

Watched the Lakers game on league pass... Had to watch with the Pistons commentators... i don't really care though as long as i'm watching the game.

[Projekt]

Watched the Lakers game on league pass... Had to watch with the Pistons commentators... i don't really care though as long as i'm watching the game.

How depressed were they?

[ace™]

I wouldn't be surprised if this goes on for weeks in regards to DirecTV getting a deal done.

I just get the feeling like they're not gonna let TWC [expletive] them. TW needs DTV more than DTV needs TW.

I'm stuck with them for at least another 2 years, price paid for getting a $200 HD DVR for free.

Still hoping something gets done soon. Like this week or something.

We're not on national TV any time soon I think.

Still haven't found a bar that has TW either. The ones I frequent, they're gonna hold their ground and wait for DTV to strike a deal.

I asked the tech that came out Saturday morning to install the box and wiring about DTV and the Laker channel, he's not directly employed by DTV, just a 3rd party tech, but he pretty much just told me that something's gonna get done sooner rather than later and to sit tight. He's getting kinda desperate too because he's a big Laker fan too, but he refuses to switch over that channel too.

[West Coast]

I keep seeing this whole TWC needs Directv more than DirectTV needs TWC thing and while I agree with that sentiment, it doesn't change the fact that DirectTV looks bad right now to its customers.

If the DISH deal gets done in the coming days, that will leave Directv as the last one to not carry the network. I'm not sure how this will turn out, I'm shocked its taken this long

[ace™]

I keep seeing this whole TWC needs Directv more than DirectTV needs TWC thing and while I agree with that sentiment, it doesn't change the fact that DirectTV looks bad right now to its customers.

If the DISH deal gets done in the coming days, that will leave Directv as the last one to not carry the network. I'm not sure how this will turn out, I'm shocked its taken this long

No doubt it looks bad. I agree too.

You can't call yourself the best provider and let the negotiations go on this long w/o having a deal done. It's asinine. But it is what it is.

Like me and a friend were discussing last night, this is exclusively a southern California issue for DTV. They still get theirs regardless from the rest of the subscribers in the US. I don't think they're really loosing a lot of money on this over lost customers.

But TWC can't say the same. Not like they can make up some of that $3B by charging providers and customers to offer it country wide(unless they have some special package, but even then that's a stretch for them to make serious cash). They need all providers to get this channel to help their ratings, keep their sponsors happy and everyone that pays them for advertising, etc.

Just my 2 cents.

If the DISH deal gets done in the coming days

What makes you say that though? Any basis to that statement or simply purely non-sourced speculation?

[fido]

It was just plain bad business on Time Warner's part to not have a deal in place with all providers before they went to air.

[West Coast]

What makes you say that though? Any basis to that statement or simply purely non-sourced speculation?

Just speculation.

[last stand 2.0]

I keep seeing this whole TWC needs Directv more than DirectTV needs TWC thing and while I agree with that sentiment, it doesn't change the fact that DirectTV looks bad right now to its customers.

If the DISH deal gets done in the coming days, that will leave Directv as the last one to not carry the network. I'm not sure how this will turn out, I'm shocked its taken this long

Bad to which customers though. SoCal laker fans? Yes everyone else? No

That's what the issue is here. TWC thinks dtv needs the channel, when in reality they don't. If dtv needed it or saw an effect of not having it they'd make the deal immediately.

When dtv lost Viacom for 2 days they literally had a deal as fast as possible. Why? Because they actually saw an effect in terms of people calling in threatening to drop dtv

Obviously that's not happening here

[Cj2008nw]

COX got TWC


http://www.twcsportsnet.com/articles/2012/11/04/twccable-reaches-deal-with-cox-110412



good stuff!!!

lets go DTV and DISH!

GREAT NEWS
http://ww2.cox.com/myconnection/lasvegas/community/alert.cox?campcode=fif_1_alert

[Admiral General Aladeen]

Cox Communications reached an agreement Sunday evening to pick up the new Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Deportes networks that are the new Southern California television home for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Cox, which serves areas of San Diego, Orange County and Las Vegas, became the final major cable provider in the Los Angeles market to reach terms with the networks that are five weeks old. SportsNet and Deportes are now available in about 60 percent of the L.A. TV market.

The addition of Cox, along with earlier deals with Charter, Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-Verse, means the only major holdouts currently not picking up the Lakers Network are satellite providers DirecTV and DISH Network. The addition of Cox certainly could apply more pressure to DirecTV and DISH to reach a deal soon or risk losing customers.

Time Warner Cable is the largest pay-TV provider in Southern California with 2.3 million subscribers. DirecTV follows in second with 1.7 million subscribers, and Cox ranks No. 3 with 1.2 million.

TWC SportsNet has exclusive rights to 55 of the Lakers’ 78 remaining regular-season games, including the next 11. Cox is expected to add the networks by the Lakers’ next game Wednesday against the Utah Jazz

[AnnoyingCustomer]

Starting to piss me off now DTV...