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Which Way, L.A.?

Lakers Deal with Time Warner to Cost All TV Viewers

There's a new twist on the Lakers' 20-year deal with Time-Warner Cable, which controls about 40% of the pay-TV homes in the LA market. Not only will it make watching basketball more expensive for fans, it will drive up the cost of cable subscriptions for everyone else.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

There's a new twist on the Lakers' 20-year deal with Time-Warner Cable, which controls about 40% of the pay-TV homes in the LA market. Not only will it make watching basketball more expensive for fans, it will drive up the cost of cable subscriptions for everyone else. That's according to Will Richmond, an online industry analyst with VideoNuze.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Katie Cooper

    Producer, 'One year Later'

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    Will Richmond

    Online Industry Analyst, VideoNuze

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