LIN TV Challenges Cable One in Retransmission Dispute
14 12월 2007 - 12:39AM
Business Wire
LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL), a local television, digital media and
online news company, announced today that negotiations with Cable
One, Inc., a cable provider in New Mexico, where LIN TV owns and
operates the FOX affiliate KASA-TV, appear unlikely to result in a
retransmission consent agreement. As a result, LIN TV expects Cable
One to discontinue carriage of its television station when the
current contract expires on December 15, 2007. LIN TV has
challenged cable companies, such as Cable One, to pay for the fair
market value of its stations� signals, so that it can continue
providing the premium news, sports, entertainment, and other local
programming that is most important to viewers. LIN TV successfully
reached an agreement with Cable One for its sister station,
Albuquerque�s CBS affiliate KRQE-TV, and is hoping to reach a
comparable agreement for KASA-TV. KASA-TV (KASA FOX 2) broadcasts
some of the region�s most popular sports and entertainment
programming, including the Cotton Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl,
all airing on January 1; the Orange Bowl on January 3; the NFL�s
NFC Wildcard playoff on January 6; the BCS National Football
Championship game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Louisiana
State Tigers on January 7; the NFL�s NFC Divisional playoff games
on January 12 and January 13; the NFL�s NFC Championship game on
January 20; the season premiere of American Idol on January 15; and
Super Bowl XLII on February 3. KASA FOX 2 also airs highly-rated
primetime programming, such as House and Are You Smarter Than a 5th
Grader, along with popular syndicated programming such as the The
Simpsons. The station airs New Mexico�s only primetime local news
at 9:00 pm and has invested millions of dollars to broadcast this
premium programming in state-of-the-art digital high-definition. In
the event that KASA FOX 2�s signal is pulled, viewers may watch the
station�s programming through alternative means such as satellite
or an over-the-air antenna. �We only want what is fair for our
local FOX station,� said LIN TV�s Executive Vice President Digital
Media Gregory M. Schmidt. �Cable One continues to pay money to
niche cable programmers, with substantially less viewing.� �We have
successfully reached agreements with other subscription-based
television services, including cable operators, telephone companies
and satellite providers, all of whom have acknowledged the fair
market value of LIN TV�s stations. We hope to reach a comparable
agreement for KASA-TV,� added Schmidt. About LIN TV LIN TV Corp.,
along with its subsidiaries (�LIN TV� or �the Company�), 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.
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