 The deal closed on August 22, 2019.In 2012, Fox Sports West and independent station KCAL-TV (channel 9) lost the television rights to the Lakers to Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes, two new regional sports networks established as a result of a 20-year agreement between the team and the cable provider, which began with the 2012-13 season.The networks also acquired the rights to air WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and MLS's Los Angeles Galaxy games.