TWC Makes Dodgers Games Available on Broadcast

Baseball fans in Los Angeles will get to see on TV the last six games of the Dodgers season, according to Time Warner Cable, which said it had struck a deal with LA independent station KDOC to air the games.

The Dodgers games have been airing on TWC's SportsNet LA, where they will continue to air. But they have been off various pay-TV outlets there unwilling to agree to the regional sports net's carriage terms. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) is already worried about next year saying, “We must act now to assure that the Dodgers are not blacked out for the 2015 season.” Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said, “I’m pleased that now all Dodger fans will be able to join the excitement of watching the final regular season games in advance of the playoff race. The leadership of Representative Cárdenas and Mayor Garcetti kept this issue in the forefront and the FCC will continue to go to bat for consumers in resolving programming disputes. We hope that long-term agreements will be the next step and can be achieved quickly without depriving fans of any regular season games next year.”