Good news for baseball fans and Charter cable customers: Los Angeles Dodgers channel SportsNet LA will start airing Tuesday on Charter, marking the first time in more than a year anyone other than Time Warner Cable customers will be able to regularly watch games. “The Dodgers are an iconic franchise and part of the fabric of the community,” Charter Communications Inc. Chief Executive Tom Rutledge said in a statement. “We are very excited to be bringing the Dodgers back to Charter customers in the L.A. area.” The move breaks a log jam of more than a year that has prevented thousands of local fans from being able to get the SportsNet LA channel, which is owned by Time Warner Cable. About 300,000 local Charter subscribers will be affected. “SportsNet LA continues to deliver unparalleled coverage of the Dodgers and we hope other providers come on board soon, so all fans can enjoy the network’s first-rate programming,” Los Angeles Dodgers Chief Executive Stan Kasten said in a statement. Dodgers spokesman Joe Jareck said Charter subscribers will not incur any extra fees when SportsNet LA is added to their channel lineup. Charter made the announcement soon after finalizing plans to acquire Time Warner Cable in a nearly $57-billion deal that could make the combined company the largest pay-TV provider in Southern California.
