Hey fellas. I'm currently doing a field study at USC about the new Lakers' Time Warner Deal and I was hoping you guys would help me out by answering the following poll question.

Assuming your current cable provider does not purchase the rights to the new Laker TV Network from Time Warner, will you continue to use your current cable provider or switch over to a different provider that will offer the new Laker Network?

This is part of a bigger research project that I am doing and will hopefully influence local cable providers so your participation is much appreciated! Thank you all.

NBA League Pass...hoping I don't have to do it, but will go that route and not switch providers

would league pass work in LA though?

i would have to switch providers
luckily, i wont have this problem since i have time warner

I've had Time Warner/Adelphia since 1986

I have Time Warner, hopefully it doesn't require a high tier.

don't want a dish hanging from my house, so i'd probably just get league pass.

that or just attend every game live after i win the lottery

Pig Miller wrote:don't want a dish hanging from my house, so i'd probably just get league pass.

that or just attend every game live after i win the lottery

cthroatgtr wrote:NBA League Pass...hoping I don't have to do it, but will go that route and not switch providers

If you live in the LA market, League Pass will black out Laker games.

All providers should have the network though, and it will be subsidized by all subscribers in their cable/satellite bills.

I watch TV so rarely now that it's not worth paying for cable or satellite. In recent years, I only got it for the Laker games, but now I don't even want to pay that much. (Basic plan on Verizon FIOS cost me $60 for the TV part.) I just wish it was possible to pay a subscription fee just for the Laker games to be streamed over the net or something like that. Don't tell me to look for the bootleg streams: these are invariably low quality pictures with lousy video performance. Sure it's free but I'm willing to pay something, maybe as much as $15-$20/month for Lakers in high quality video. But I don't see that happening as TWC didn't pay the Lakers that much money not to be pushing their overall service (and the extra bucks) on us.

Will DirecTV carry it?

Vito Andolini wrote:Will DirecTV carry it?

Although no deal has been made yet, DirecTV should ultimately carry the new Lakers Network at the expense of a higher cable bill for households.

Please vote if you haven't done so already!

Will you be able to watch this network if you don't live in LA? I have Time Warner here in NY.

The Original 81 wrote:Will you be able to watch this network if you don't live in LA? I have Time Warner here in NY.

probably not since the other time warner regional sports networks arent available here in LA

Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes will be available on Digital Cable television in Southern California, Hawaii, and Clarke County Nevada. The network will be on both standard and high definition. The LA Lakers, LA Galaxy, LA Sparks, regional and state High School games, boxing and luche libre will be broadcast on these channels. There will also be pre and post game shows along with original programming and classic games. In-market Live game streaming is also set to be available on both computer and mobile devices. The projected launch date is October 1st 2012.

BTW, Stu and Bill McDonald will be back.

Not available in England, so n/a.

Have just been assuming Charter which is only "cable" in my location will pick it up. But maybe better start finding out for sure. If need be I would switch to DirectTV if only they had the TW feed. If neither I would go postal......

I am sure other providers will negotiate a deal with TWC to pick up the network. They do have a month and a half to finalize.

I used to have TWC but the HD picture quality was terrible on my 46". I won't go back for that reason.

Anyone know if AT&T Uverse will carry TWC Sportsnet in the San Diego area?

The money here basically pay for the team's payroll? 150 per year right? Laker payroll at 130 including tax.

I have a regular cable tv in my room, its not digital its the cable through the wall type. I get all the regular channels like FSN and KCAL etc.... Will I be getting the Lakers channel too? I live in So Cal btw, and time warner is my provider.

I have U-Verse, I will not go back to TWC for just a Laker station, I'll have to find another way to watch if U-Verse doesn't carry it. TWC is like going back to basic cable coming from U-Verse, there's wayyyyy fewer HD stations, the channels are organized poorly, the menus are extremely basic, the options are more limited, just can't go back.

I think I've said this on the other TWC channel thread, but I've seen the way TWC does TV, and I don't like it. Slow(ish) internet speeds, to boot.

I'm hoping Charter cable picks up the network because it's only cable provider in my area.

Anyone know if Dish Network has it?