DirecTV has taken a firm position that it is not interested in arbitration of a carriage dispute that continues to prevent 70% of the Los Angeles market from viewing Dodgers games, but will consider mediation involving all pay-TV operators in the market and a compromise by the Dodgers ownership. Separately, eight U.S. Representatives sent a letter asking the Federal Communications
Commission to mediate the ongoing dispute involving Time Warner Cable, which owns distribution rights to the Dodgers’ television network, SportsNet LA.
FierceCable (August 6, 2014); Los Angeles Daily News (July 27, 2014)
