Charter, FiOS Suit Up for Lakers Sports Nets

RSN slated to launch Oct. 31 in Charter systems

By Mike Farrell, Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/26/2012 10:19:51 PM

Charter Communications and Verizon Communication's FiOS TV service have agreed to carry Time Warner Cable's sometimes controversial regional sports networks in Southern California, just in time for the start of the National Basketball Association season.

The networks - Time Warner Cable Sports Net and the Spanish language Time Warner Cable Desportes - have come under some criticism from other MSOs because of the cost, estimated to be in the $3.95 per subscriber  per month range making them among the costliest RSNs in the nation. Earlier this week, Cox Communications, which has about 1.2 million customer in Southern California and DirecTV, which has about 1.7 million customers in the area, said their offer to put the channels on a sports tier were rejected by TWC.

Representatives from Cox and DirecTV did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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