San Diego Cable Sports Network

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San Diego Cable Sports Network was a pay-per-view service offered by Cox Communications. It was established in 1984 to provide telecasts of San Diego Padres games, initially offering 40 games a season. Games could be purchased separately or as a package. [1] [2] In addition to Cox, Sun Cable and American Cable Television also provided the service. [3] The 1993 season would be the Padres last on the San Diego Cable Sports Network, as they would sign a deal with Prime Ticket to appear on a new subfeed of that network in 1994. [4]

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