LIN TV Reaches Carriage Agreement With Time Warner Cable

Business Wire

LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL), a local television and digital media company, announced today that it has reached an agreement with Time Warner Cable ("Time Warner") for the retransmission of its broadcast television stations' analog and digital signals.

Seventeen LIN TV-owned local stations will be carried by Time Warner, or its affiliate Bright House Network, in the following markets: Austin; Buffalo; Columbus; Dayton; Ft. Wayne; Green Bay; Indianapolis; Mobile; Norfolk; Springfield (Mass); Terre Haute and Toledo.

"We are pleased to have reached a fair market agreement with Time Warner Cable," said LIN TV's President and Chief Executive Officer Vincent L. Sadusky. "This agreement, which represents a mutually acceptable economic agreement between the parties, is further indication of the value of our television stations. We thank our viewers and our advertisers for their tremendous support throughout these negotiations."

About LIN TV

LIN TV Corp., along with its subsidiaries, is a local television and digital media company, owning and/or operating 29 television stations in 17 U.S. markets, all of which are affiliated with a national broadcast network. LIN TV's highly-rated stations deliver important local news and community stories, along with top-rated sports and entertainment programming, to 9% of U.S. television homes, reaching an average of 10 million households per week.

LIN TV is also a leader in the convergence of local broadcast television and the Internet through its television station web sites and a growing number of local online innovations that reach 15% of U.S. broadband households. LIN TV is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TVL". Financial information about the company is available at www.lintv.com.

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