TVL Lin TV Corp

LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL), a television, digital media and online news company, today announced that it has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (๏ฟฝFCC๏ฟฝ) against Atlantic Broadband, one of the top 20 cable operators in the United States with 250,000 customers nationwide and 14,000 subscribers in the Buffalo, New York Designated Market Area (๏ฟฝDMA๏ฟฝ) and the Erie, Pennsylvania DMA, where LIN TV operates the CBS affiliate WIVB-TV. Atlantic Broadband is currently broadcasting WIVB-TV๏ฟฝs analog signal without a retransmission consent agreement. Pursuant to federal regulations, cable operators must obtain the broadcast station๏ฟฝs authority to retransmit its signal. LIN TV has filed a complaint against Atlantic Broadband for its flagrant violation of the FCC๏ฟฝs rules, and LIN TV expects that Atlantic Broadband will immediately cease its unlawful carriage of the station. If Atlantic Broadband opts not to negotiate a retransmission consent agreement with LIN TV, it will deprive its subscribers of top-rated local news, along with the Buffalo Bills NFL Football games and other popular programming, such as The Price is Right, The Oprah Winfrey Show and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ๏ฟฝIt is unfortunate that Atlantic Broadband is not conforming to the retransmission consent provisions as mandated by the FCC,๏ฟฝ said LIN TV๏ฟฝs Executive Vice President Digital Media Gregory M. Schmidt. ๏ฟฝWe hope they will reconsider their position and agree to negotiate with us for retransmission consent.๏ฟฝ About LIN TV LIN TV Corp., along with its subsidiaries (๏ฟฝLIN TV๏ฟฝ or ๏ฟฝthe Company๏ฟฝ), is one of the largest television station groups in the country. The Company creates and delivers superior local news and community stories, along with top-rated entertainment programming to 9% of U.S. television households, reaching an average of 11.5 million households per week. LIN TV has a strong, diversified station portfolio with 29 owned and/or operated television stations and websites in 17 U.S. markets, located primarily in the top 75 designated market areas, according to Nielsen Media. LIN TV has and continues to identify and implement innovative business strategies, including being an early adopter of digital television, in order to provide superior viewing quality to its customers. Financial information and overviews of its stations are available at www.lintv.com.