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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Southern California Central California Las Vegas Valley Hawaii Nationwide (via satellite) |
| Headquarters | El Segundo, California |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English Spanish (via SAP) |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Charter Communications (50%) Los Angeles Lakers (50%) |
| Sister channels | SportsNet LA |
| History | |
| Launched | October 1, 2012 |
| Former names | Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes (2012–2016) Spectrum Deportes (2016–2018) |
| Links | |
| Website | Spectrum SportsNet.com |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| DirecTV Stream | Internet Protocol television |
Spectrum SportsNet, formerly Time Warner Cable SportsNet (abbreviated as TWC SportsNet), is an American regional sports cable and satellite television network owned by Charter Communications through its acquisition of Time Warner Cable in May 2016, with the Los Angeles Lakers maintaining editorial control over the content, including team-assigned reporters and anchors, as well as team-related programming.[1] The network is based near the Lakers' team headquarters in the Los Angeles suburb of El Segundo, California.
Spectrum SportsNet[2] launched at 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time on October 1, 2012.[3] Spectrum SportsNet serves the Los Angeles and San Diego metropolitan areas, the Coachella Valley, the Central Coast of California, Las Vegas and Hawaii.
Lakers game broadcasts serve as the centerpiece for the network. Spectrum SportsNet has been the exclusive home of all Lakers games that are not televised nationally since the 2012–13 NBA season. Other sports events aired on the network include Los Angeles Galaxy soccer and Los Angeles Sparks basketball games.
Spectrum Deportes (formerly Time Warner Cable Deportes, abbreviated as TWC Deportes), which was the first Spanish-language regional sports network in the U.S. at launch, was shut down on August 15, 2018, citing a lack of viewership.[4]
Game broadcasts are carried in high definition in English. A Spanish-language audio track is provided for all Lakers and Galaxy games via the second audio program function available on most television sets and cable receiver boxes. A Korean-language audio track has been provided via the second audio program from 2012 to 2018; as a result, Spectrum SportsNet was the first English-language television network to offer Asian-language play-by-play audio of sporting events.[5]
On April 1, 2020, it was announced that along with its sister station (SportsNet LA), Spectrum SportsNet would be added to AT&T's streaming platforms (AT&T TV and AT&T TV NOW) joining DirecTV and AT&T U-verse which already carried the channel. The channel was officially added to customers with the CHOICE package or higher on the morning of April 8, 2020.
- ^ Time Warner Cable's broadcasts of Lakers games set for tipoff, Los Angeles Times, September 26, 2012.
- ^ Time Warner Lakers Broadcast Agreement FAQ's Los Angeles Lakers official site, February 15, 2011.
- ^ Time Warner Cable stepping up its game in L.A. sports programming, Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2012.
- ^ "Charter to shut down Spectrum Deportes channel in Los Angeles"., Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2018
- ^ Time Warner Cable SportsNet to Launch Korean-Language Secondary Audio Programming for Lakers Games Archived 2013-01-25 at archive.today, The Herald, October 26, 2012.