In 2013, the Dodgers reached an agreementwith Time Warner Cable Inc. on a 25-year $8.35 billion deal for the exclusive rights to broadcast Dodgers games on their new channel SportsNet LA beginning in the 2014 season. This deal has turned out to be a disaster for Dodgers fans.
Time Warner Cable,now known as Spectrum, has been unable to reach an agreement with any of the other major cable companies (Direct TV and Verizon) to carry SportsNet LA. This is mainly due to Spectrum’s absurdly high asking price of $5 per subscriber. The dispute has left the majority of Dodgers fans in the dark.