Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) today announced that it will carry over
100 LA Dodgers, LA Angels and Texas Rangers games in Spanish in local
team markets in 2010. Fox Sports Networks will produce the games in
Spanish for distribution by local Time Warner Cable systems to its
customers.
"We are very pleased to be able to provide these games in Spanish to our
customers in Texas and LA,” said David Proper, Vice President of
Programming for Time Warner Cable. "We are constantly looking for ways
to improve our products and we believe these games provide a unique
opportunity to better serve our Spanish-speaking customers.”
For the 2010 season, Time Warner Cable Digital Basic customers in Los
Angeles will enjoy 39 Dodgers and 32 Angels games in Spanish on channel
858. The Play-by-Play Announcer for the Dodgers games will be Jaime
Jarrin, the Dodgers Spanish radio announcer. The Analyst will be Manny
Mota, who spent 20 years as a MLB player, and enters his 30th season as
a coach with the Dodgers. The Play-by-Play Announcer for the Angels
games will be Jose Mota, son of former MLB player and current Dodgers
coach, Manny Mota. The Analyst will be Jose Tolentino, a former Houston
Astros first baseman and Mexican National team head coach during '09
World Baseball Classic.
In Texas, Digital Basic customers will enjoy 43 Rangers games in Spanish
on channel 889 (Corpus Christi 99). The Play-by-play announcer will be
Victor Villalba, who is also a Spanish language radio play-by-play
announcer for Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cowboys. The Analyst will be
former Texas Rangers pitcher Jose Guzman.
About Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., with
technologically advanced, well-clustered systems located in five
geographic areas — New York State (including New York City), the
Carolinas, Ohio, southern California (including Los Angeles) and Texas.
Time Warner Cable serves more than 14 million customers who subscribe to
one or more of its video, high-speed data and voice services. Time
Warner Cable Business Class offers a suite of phone, Internet, Ethernet
and cable television services to businesses of all sizes. Time Warner
Cable Media Sales, the advertising arm of Time Warner Cable, offers
national, regional and local companies innovative advertising solutions
that are targeted and affordable. More information about the services of
Time Warner Cable is available at www.timewarnercable.com,
www.twcbc.com
and www.twcmediasales.com.
