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Article: Baseball team deals showing new clout on local TV scene.(L.A.'S MOST POWERFUL SPORTS EXECUTIVES)(Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- April 11, 2005
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THE newly dubbed Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have leaped from the smallest television package in Major League Baseball to the largest, with all but four of the team's games airing on either cable or broadcast this season.
What happens next year could be another question.
Angels owner Arte Moreno has pushed to give the team more exposure in Southern California, primarily through Fox Sports Net West, the programming-hungry outlet of broadcasting giant Fox Entertainment Group, which is owned by News Corp.
In March, Fox Sports Net West bought the rights to an additional 50 Angels games this season from the original 52-game package. Viacom Inc.'s ...