• Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12 PM

Time Warner Cable is going to have to fight City Hall, reports the Los Angeles Times. As the largest media company in the world battles pro football over carriage of the NFL Network, the Los Angeles City Council is on the latter's side, as made clear by a recent resolution it passed. The NFL Network wants access to 2 million cable homes in the market; Time Warner, which owns the system, has kept it out for three years. And when it took over Adelphia and Comcast cable systems, it yanked the channel from customers who were already getting it. The Federal Communications Commission ordered Time Warner Cable to put NFL Network back into those homes for 30 days, since it was taken off without warning. The City Council resolution wants that order extended indefinitely.

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