Time Warner Cable says 'yes' to arbitration to end Dodger TV standoff

Time Warner Cable is willing to let an arbitrator determine a fair price for SportsNet LA in the hopes of resolving its dispute with DirecTV and other pay-TV providers over distribution of the Dodger-owned channel.

DirecTV does not appear interested in entering into arbitration to resolve the dispute. "Rather than force everyone to bail Time Warner Cable out, the simplest solution is to enable only those who want to pay to see the remaining Dodger games to do so at the price Time Warner Cable wants to set," a DirecTV spokesman said, adding that non-fans should not have to pay for Time Warner Cable's "excess." Besides DirecTV, the pay-TV distributors not carrying SportsNet LA include Cox Communications, Verizon FiOS and Dish Network.