Article: Firms Face Off in Sports Broadcast Duel.(Fox Sports Net, Time Warner Cable contract to air baseball games hung up on subscriber fee)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

As a feud between Fox Sports Net and Time Warner Cable over the blackout of Los Angeles Dodgers games intensifies, a similar cutoff involving Anaheim Angels telecasts is looming.

Time Warner Cable declined Fox Sports Net's offer of airing 40 additional Dodger games this year for some 350,000 customers in the west San Fernando Valley, South Pasadena and other Southern California areas on June 27. The cable operator is set to black out 20 extra Angels games starting on July 25.

At issue is a surcharge of 23 cents per subscriber that Fox Sports Net wants to collect for the additional games, c]aiming increased rights fees and production costs.

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