Bally Sports West
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Bally Sports West is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operated as part of Bally Sports, along with its sister network Bally Sports SoCal. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events in California, focusing primarily on teams based in the Greater Los Angeles area. Bally Sports West is available on cable providers throughout Southern California, the Las Vegas Valley and Hawaii; it is also available nationwide on satellite via DirecTV.
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Type | Regional sports network |
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Country | United States |
Broadcast area | Southern California Las Vegas Valley Hawaii Nationwide (via satellite) |
Network | Bally Sports |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English Spanish (via SAP) |
Picture format | 720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Diamond Sports Group (75%) Los Angeles Angels (25%)[1] |
Parent | Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios |
Sister channels | Bally Sports SoCal |
History | |
Launched | October 19, 1985; 38 years ago (1985-10-19) |
Former names | Prime Ticket (1985–95) Prime Sports West (1995–96) Fox Sports West (1996–99, 2012-2021) Fox Sports Net West (1999–2004) FSN West (2004–12) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
DirecTV Stream | Internet Protocol television |
FuboTV | Internet Protocol television |
The network holds the regional broadcast rights to the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball, the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League, and West Coast Conference men's and women's basketball. The network also broadcast the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association until 2012, when broadcasts moved to Spectrum SportsNet.