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    Bill Shaikin: As cable TV dies, fans struggle to follow favorite teams, and not just the Dodgers

    by Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times Sep 07, 2023 5 minutes
    A television camera is trained on the field at Dodger Stadium as the Los Angeles Dodgers play host to the Los Angeles Angels on Aug. 4, 2014.

    LOS ANGELES — For Barry Heller, summer evenings used to have a pleasant routine. The sun would set, and the Dodgers would play on his television.

    In 2014, the Dodgers launched SportsNet LA. For the channel's first six seasons, including the one that featured Clayton Kershaw's no-hitter and the final three of Vin Scully's distinguished career, the Dodgers were off the air in much of Southern California. Companies fought. Fans lost.

    In 2020, this headline appeared in The Los Angeles Times: "Dodgers TV blackout is over."

    For many fans, as it turned out, but not for all. Heller is a customer of Cox Communications, which provides cable service to parts of Orange County, the Palos Verdes Peninsula and Santa Barbara County.

    To this day, Cox does not carry SportsNet LA, so Heller also missed a

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