The Channel is showing up on U-Verse on TitanTV on 1777/1778, I think they are about to add it. I Hope.
Wait what? I have UVerse..and i see the chicago cubs channel on 1778/1777 right now...dont play with my emotionssss
Cubs is 1780 for me.
Chad is right, Cubs is 1780 for me too. If you punch in 1777 it automatically brings you to 1780, so I'm guessing that's what happened. I'm a Uverse member in the San Diego Area so I'm not sure if that matters. But anyways great catch Chad. I hope it's a sign of deal soon to be made. Unfortunately I couldn't find the channel on Uverse's channel lineup though And also it's listed as TWCLAHD on TItan TV. Maybe we should call AT&T and ask them if something is coming on 1777.
Millions who want the channel and don't have it. I find this thread amusing.
Well if it doesn't record, it's the same as not having it, since I work all day and get home late at night. I don't have time to sit there through teasers and commercials on live tv. Don't know what I'm gonna do if I can't record games.
this channel needs an iPhone/smart phone application with a live stream so we could catch all its contents and games on the fly !! DO IT TW DO IT!!!
EDIT... nevermind, looks like they have one.... lets see if it streams live.
i believe the app only works when u use at the home. i tried to use it other place with the 4g data, it wont open the video streaming......like their tv app.
it is useless to me cuz i watch my big screen tv at home. why bother to use the small screen.....(maybe bathroom)...
The interesting thing is TitanTV doesn't even the Sportsnet channel if you check Time Warner's channel lineup on their website, so I'm not so sure they are an accurate source.
I can't stand direct tv, I call them and they connect me to the Philippines, and there customer service is totally inept, they kept on telling me Lakers are on FSW then she said, that her manager confirmed this. I told her and that she and her manager are getting bad information from DTV. Only way to get a direct tv service rep in the USA is to call business sales. At least charter I always get someone in the USA,but MAN step it UP charter, buy the damn channel already. Only two options I have are charter and DTV/dish, I wanted uverse, but damn AT&T only has uverse internet but NO DAMN TV?!?!??!!?WTF AT&T?!?!? ugh FML _________________ 11/9/12 the day the brown was flushed down!!!!!!
TitanTV.com is showing the new channel on channel #1777 on its Uverse listings. Right now the channel is not showing up for Uverse users, but last summer TitanTV showed the NBA League Pass channels on its Uverse listings about a week before Uverse actually added the channels so theres at least hope.
This is what another U-Verse user said on LN. That's how I found out about TTV, so I hope it's true.
I'm seeing it now when I added AT&T U-Verse - Los Angeles to my channel lineup (never used TitanTV before). It makes sense that they would slot the 3 TWC channels there because that's where the sports tier is. I'm feeling optimistic.
But I also fear that it might be part of the sports tier that you have to pay extra for. That could be the way U-Verse is going to cover the $3.95 per subscriber that Time Warner wants to charge the other carriers. Just speculation on my part though.
wow just wow, I feel bad for the ones that don't have it. How horrible! How can they keep the Lakers, especially after getting Nash and Dwight out of so many homes in LA? We don't have a football team and now millions can't even watch the Lakers! DISASTER!
this channel needs an iPhone/smart phone application with a live stream so we could catch all its contents and games on the fly !! DO IT TW DO IT!!!
EDIT... nevermind, looks like they have one.... lets see if it streams live.
i believe the app only works when u use at the home. i tried to use it other place with the 4g data, it wont open the video streaming......like their tv app.
it is useless to me cuz i watch my big screen tv at home. why bother to use the small screen.....(maybe bathroom)...
twc is doing stupid....
There's a workaround for this. You can remotely stream it on your phone using your computer at home. I've used a remote access program like Splashtop, which is only 99 cents for the mobile phone version I think. It's amazingly quick. With 4G on your phone, you should be able to remotely access your PC at home. So basically you're using your phone to watch your home PC which is streaming the channel. I've used this method to watch flash streams on my iPhone (since iPhone doesnt support flash) and it was pretty smooth. This was on 3G mind you.
Ding: Concern growing about Lakers games not being on TVKevin Ding column: Satellite or cable affiliates must agree up front to pay in order for fans not to miss Lakers games on the new Time Warner Cable SportsNet, launching Oct. 1.
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Dwight Howard and Steve Nash are here.
But Lakers games on TV aren't. Not yet anyway.
Dwight Howard (12) and Steve Nash, shown facing each other in a 2009 Orlando-Phoenix game, will play their locally broadcast Lakers games on the new Time Warner Cable SportsNet channel.
PAUL CONNERS, AP FILE PHOTOADVERTISEMENT The Lakers are done with KCAL/9 and Fox Sports West, and their locally broadcast games will be on the new Time Warner Cable SportsNet channel (and Time Warner Cable Deportes, the new Spanish-language sister network).
If the provider you use for TV in your household is Time Warner Cable, you're set – because that is the only cable or satellite distributor we know right now will have Lakers games.
If you have DirecTV, Dish Network, AT&T U-Verse, Verizon FiOS, Cox Cable, Charter Communications or anyone else, you could rightly feel antsy that you won't see on Oct. 1 TWC SportsNet launch day the exclusive footage already filmed of Howard's face as he put on a gold Lakers jersey for the first time in a quiet locker-room moment after all the hullaballoo of his inaugural news conference.
Or the Oct. 7 first game uniting Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Howard and Nash, as the exhibition opener is only on TWC SportsNet.
Or the Oct. 31 road opener in Portland, just the first of 70 regular-season Lakers games on TWC SportsNet.
Or ... you could rest assured that it's unfathomable that any cable or satellite provider would incur the long-term wrath of its customers by not delivering Lakers games – a sure sell even if this wasn't the season when Kobe's sixth NBA championship is closer than ever.
"We think it's good that the fans are concerned, because it shows how much they care about the Lakers," said Lakers spokesman John Black. "We would hope the fans have confidence in our new broadcast partner – as we do – that they will get the deals done and everyone enjoys what will be a better product than ever before."
The Lakers know how many fans are so fired up that they can't stand the prospect of missing a single Nash hairstyle or discovering whether Howard's second imitation (after he already debuted an excellent Kobe one) focuses on Gasol's oft-raised eyebrows or Mike Brown's frequently flashed teeth.
Big picture: These new networks will give Lakers fans a lot more access to that sort of stuff – and even just people talking about that sort of stuff.
There will be far more extensive pregame and postgame shows – especially compared to when the road games were on KCAL/9 – plus nightly Lakers news and features. There will be 24-hour programming with no infomercials. Some Galaxy soccer, Sparks women's basketball, CIF high school action and Mountain West football and basketball ... yet mostly a lot of Lakers, such as an entire reality series covering the recent Laker Girls tryouts or the specific moment of Nash being welcomed by Jeanie Buss in her office.
It's not exactly subtle, but here's the website that Time Warner Cable has set up for anyone seeking to inquire about getting these new networks: iwantmylakers.com.
As if the acquisitions of Howard and Nash weren't enough pressure, Time Warner Cable wants subscribers to prod their local providers to ante up the $3.95 monthly fee per subscriber, according to Sports Business Daily, to carry the two new channels.
Time Warner Cable does have its own bills to pay – specifically to the Lakers in the form of $4 billion over the next 20 years (or $5 billion if the option for five more years is exercised).
"Our commitment to the Lakers and their fans for the next 20 years is to deliver in-depth stories about the organization and its players while televising the games they can't miss," said Mark Shuken, senior vice president and general manager of TWC Sports Regional Networks.
Shuken, who described the company as "thrilled that the Lakers added Dwight Howard and Steve Nash," also referred to the upcoming season as "historic."
And, well, you'll just have to tune in to his networks to find out if that's any sort of overstatement.
Negotiations on "carriage deals" usually go down to the final days, so no one should panic with a month to go. It should be said that Time Warner Cable knows how dicey these negotiations can be from being on the other side, earlier this year costing Knicks fans much of Jeremy Lin's whirlwind emergence in a dispute with MSG and today still holding out as a distributor against NFL Network and missing Padres games all season on Fox Sports San Diego.
But the notion that Lakers games won't be on TV in Southern California is ludicrous.
This isn't 2002, when Cablevision completely underestimated the Yankees' new regional sports network and held out against it. YES Network has turned out to be a fantastic success for a simple reason: People in New York love the Yankees and love watching the Yankees.
Some things are simple and true.
Lakers fans love having Howard and Nash before they even play a game, for example.
And people in Southern California will love watching the Lakers on Time Warner Cable SportsNet, even if this is the first you've heard of the network's real name or you can't help starting to sweat those tricky carriage deals not yet being done.
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this channel needs an iPhone/smart phone application with a live stream so we could catch all its contents and games on the fly !! DO IT TW DO IT!!!
EDIT... nevermind, looks like they have one.... lets see if it streams live.
i believe the app only works when u use at the home. i tried to use it other place with the 4g data, it wont open the video streaming......like their tv app.
it is useless to me cuz i watch my big screen tv at home. why bother to use the small screen.....(maybe bathroom)...
twc is doing stupid....
There's a workaround for this. You can remotely stream it on your phone using your computer at home. I've used a remote access program like Splashtop, which is only 99 cents for the mobile phone version I think. It's amazingly quick. With 4G on your phone, you should be able to remotely access your PC at home. So basically you're using your phone to watch your home PC which is streaming the channel. I've used this method to watch flash streams on my iPhone (since iPhone doesnt support flash) and it was pretty smooth. This was on 3G mind you.
ahh... very cool! I'll look into it this weekend! thx for the heads up!
What's included in this week's media column (linked here): Do the Lakers and the Buss family get thrown under the bus from the Time Warner Cable SportsNet channel deal, which has some Lakers fans freaked out as the first exhibition game comes up Sunday. Why worry?
What isn't included:
== More with Lakers radio voice John Ireland on the TWC particulars and how it affects his job:
On how he benefits as much from working on the radio (while some don't get the TV games) but also wins by being a TWC SportsNet employee: "First of all, I hope for the sake of Lakers fans, that TWCS gets picked up by all carriers. I went to the launch on Monday, and it's a great channel. I knew the games would be the games, but the other shows they're doing are really good. Most of my friends are Lakers fans, and they're going to love this. Amanda Brown, who produces our radio show (on 710-AM), is a Time Warner subscriber and she sent me an email after the first night saying she was addicted--after one night. She doesn't think she's going to turn it off. I know that these deals need to be worked out, but when that happens, Lakers fans are going to see things they've never seen before.
"Having said that, those of us on the radio side know that we're going to have listeners we've never had before until they can see the games. That's a great opportunity for us. In my own mind, I always try to talk to the people who are stuck in their cars on the road and take seriously that Mychal and I are their only means to find out what's going on. Now, we're going to have people listening at home, on their phones, on their computers--a whole new audience. That's exciting for us, and we're ready for that challenge."
On how he or the station quantifies listeners for Lakers games on 710: "Our bosses, Mike Thompson and Dave Shore, call this the 'two step.' Those guys are really good at reading numbers, and they can tell you when somebody steps in their car, how long they listen, exactly when they step out, and go inside their house and watch the rest on TV. It probably helps us when the games start during rush hour, but honestly, people listen whenever the Lakers are on, because they're the Lakers. I always remember that we never know how many people are listening at any given time, and frankly, it doesn't matter to Mychal (Thompson) and I. We want everybody to know that they can tune in any time, and we will be their eyes and ears at the game. We take that seriously, and don't want to leave any fans without their Lakers fix. If you want to know what is happening during any game, we've got your back."
On how he thinks the TWC negotiations will sort themselves out: "I tend to be an optimist with things like this. I'm a DirecTV subscriber, and I've called and written those guys multiple times. I've been with DirecTV since 1995, and love their service. I can't imagine once they see how good the TWCS networks are, they won't cut a deal before the regular season starts. And remember, with TWCS you get two HD channels--one English, one Spanish. That's one of the reasons that Lakers started this partnership. It serves millions more fans that ever before. DirecTV has been great about giving subscribers what they want, and everybody is going to want this. I know there are people negiotiating every day, and these things tend to go down to the wire. The first regular season game is October 30, and I'm hoping a deal gets done before then."
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Thanks for the article. It's also funny that the Lakers offices have directv also. As for the carriers, it makes financial sense to wait it out till the start of the season. It's just nerve wracking waiting because it's definitely not guaranteed if any carriers will will sign on. Next thing you know, season starts and millions of Lakers fans still can't watch it on tv. Panic mode!
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