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Originally Posted by Sea Ray
Is this a channel we can get nationwide like the Big Ten Network or will we have to spring for Extra Innings in order to get it? I'm guessing it's the latter
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For those providers that come to a deal to carry the channel it will be a locally available channel in the LA area and available on Extra Innings/MLB.TV. It won't be a national channel.
It is very similar to the Time Warner Channel that launched this year for the Lakers.
That is the real problem with all these teams launching their own networks there is just so much cost and bandwidth available to keep paying for and adding new networks for every team that launches their own channel.
Most providers will end up agreeing to carry the Dodgers channel as it such a big market but all these channels launching are not necessarily good news for smaller market teams like the Reds trying to come up with their own deals. Eventually some teams are going to get left out of being carried by some of the major satellite or cable companies because there is only so much cost a company will take on and bandwidth available and it is getting to be too much with all these teams launching individual networks.