• L.A. Times, Thursday, May 10, 2012 4:32 PM

Time Warner Cable is becoming a sports programmer on Oct. 1, when it will launch two regional sports channels, Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Spanish-language network Time Warner Cable Deportes.

Attempting to "cut out the middle man" -- News Corp. which owns local cable channels Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket -- Time Warner has "shelled out billions of dollars to snag the Los Angeles Lakers away from Fox Sports West  and now has its eye on the  Dodgers too," writes Joe Flint.

Time Warner Cable SportsNet will also air the games of the Galaxy soccer team and the WNBA's Sparks.

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