Garcetti wants TV Dodgers deals done

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti wants the Dodgers available in every home in the city.

In welcoming remarks at the annual National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. convention being held in L.A., Garcetti said he wants Time Warner Cable and the Dodgers to get deals done with other area television distributors for SportsNet L.A., the team’s new channel.

Acknowledging that his office couldn’t force agreements with Time Warner Cable, which is distributing the Dodger-owned channel, Garcetti called on everyone involved to resolve the issue so that the games are available to all the fans.

So far, Time Warner Cable is the only major Los Angeles pay-TV provider carry- ing SportsNet L.A. DirecTV and other providers are resisting the network, citing the price sought by Time Warner Cable.

Although Time Warner Cable says it is talking with other distributors, little progress has been made and about 70% of the Los Angeles market is without Dodgers baseball.

Garcetti and most local politicians have kept quiet about the distribution spat among the Dodgers, Time Warner Cable and other providers, even though fans have grown increasingly angry about the situation.

In the rest of his remarks, Garcetti praised the cable industry and even said he loved Time Warner Cable.

But last month the city sued Time Warner Cable for $10 million in past franchise fees.