TVL Lin TV Corp

LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL), a local television and digital media company, announced today that an agreement could not be reached with cable provider Suddenlink Communications (�Suddenlink�). As a result, Suddenlink discontinued carriage of LIN TV�s KXAN-TV (NBC) in the Austin market and KBIM-TV (CBS) in the Albuquerque market when the current contract expired on December 31, 2007. LIN TV has 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. �Local broadcast stations are among the most important channels cable operators provide,� said LIN TV�s Executive Vice President Digital Media Gregory M. Schmidt.� �Suddenlink charges its customers a fee for local broadcast stations and our stations deserve a fair share of that, so we can continue providing the premium news, sports, entertainment, and other local programming that is most important to our viewers.� About LIN TV LIN TV Corp., along with its subsidiaries (�LIN TV� or �the Company�), is a local television and digital media company, owning�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 superior local news and community stories, along with top-rated sports and entertainment programming, to 9% of U.S. television homes, reaching an average of 11.5 million households per week. LIN TV is also a leader in the convergence of local broadcast television and the Internet through its 29 television station web sites and a growing number of local web sites. 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.