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Fox’s KTTV-KCOP Los Angeles may still air a select number of Dodgers games after the massive Time Warner Cable TV deal is announced, reports the LA Times.
The paper says the TV deal with TWC is around $7-$8 billion dollars over 25 years.
What Fox’s role will be in Dodger telecasts will be determined.
Writes Bill Shaikin:
The Dodgers could consider pitching Fox on carrying a small number of games on Channels 11 or 13. That would enable the team to continue providing at least a few games on free local television for the benefit of fans without cable or satellite subscriptions. The people also said the Dodgers might be interested in securing spots for their team on the national broadcasts on Fox Sports One, the soon-to-be-launched Fox rival to ESPN.
Jed commented:
Either way you look at this, it's a hell of a deal between a team and a new cable network.
Joseph commented:
Perhaps KTTV and/or KCOP could end up with 30 Dodgers' games each year between them, consisting of the season opener, the home opener if the team starts the season on the road, games one night a week, and perhaps a couple of Holiday games (Memorial Day, July 4th) to bring the total number of over-the-air broadcasts up to 30 games.
This way, the new Time Warner Sports SoCal would carry about 120 games (with the remaining dozen or so games national telecasts).
Or, KTTV/KCOP could even offer to sell airtime to Time Warner Sports SoCal for those 30 or so games, which would be simulcast on both TWS-SOCal and KTTV/KCOP.
The latter possibility would allow Time Warner Sports SoCal to carry the KTTV/KCOP games outside of the Los Angeles market.