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hockey home games: the entire North Stars home slate and 50 Twins home games, packaged as "Spectrum Sports"—available for $ 19.95 a month or $ 29.90 along with the
Spectrum movie service. At its peak, in May 1983, the service attracted 27,000 Twin Cities subscribers, making it the most successful of
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found in the teams' favor.) In August 1985, the Twins and North Stars opted not to renew their
Spectrum rights deal, a decision that sounded the death knell for the service—already down to just 13,000 subscribers; the movie service ended September 29, 1985, while Spectrum Sports concluded with the
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