AT&T U-Verse Signs TWC SportsNet Deal

Third carriage deal for RSN in two days

By Mike Farrell, Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/29/2012 9:27:04 AM

The distribution dominoes continued to fall for Time Warner Cable's Los Angeles market sports channel, with AT&T U-Verse the latest to reach a carriage agreement.

AT&T is the third distributor to sign a deal for Time Warner Cable Sports Net and its sister Spanish language RSN Time Warner Cable Deportes. On Friday, Charter Communications and Verizon FiOs signed similar deals.

The networks are the local TV homes for the NBA Los Angeles Lakers, MLS LA Galaxy and WNBA Los Angeles Sparks. U-Verse will launch the channels on Oct. 30 to its customers in Southern California (Los Angeles, San Diego, Bakersfield and much of Fresno) with the U100 package and above on channel 1777 in HD and channel 777 in SD. Time Warner Cable Deportes will be available in the U300 package or U-Latino package on channel 1778 in HD and channel 778 in SD.

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