For the fourth consecutive year, the Dodgers’ television broadcasts will go unseen by a majority of fans in the Los Angeles area.
Charter Communications said Monday it does not anticipate reaching agreements with DirecTV or any other cable or satellite provider to carry the Dodgers-owned SportsNet LA channel by the time the season starts April 3.
Charter is the only major pay-TV provider that airs SportsNet LA in Southern California.
“At this point we don’t expect any other distributors to carry SNLA by Opening Day,” Charter said in a statement.
Charter inherited the right to distribute the channel in its merger with Time Warner Cable, which agreed to pay the Dodgers $8.