Article: LIN TV Announces Negotiations with Charter Communications Unsuccessful.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL), a local television and digital media company, announced today that negotiations with Charter Communications, Inc. ("Charter"), appear unlikely to result in a retransmission consent agreement. As a result, LIN TV expects Charter to discontinue carriage of its television stations when the current contract expires on June 30, 2008.

Eleven LIN TV-owned and/or operated local stations are currently carried by Charter in the following markets: Grand Rapids; Green Bay; Hartford-New Haven; Springfield ...

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