WTNH Launches Mobile App for BlackBerry

New Haven (WTNH) - Get News Channel 8 while you’re on the go! WTNH News Channel 8 viewers can now download a new application for BlackBerry smartphones. This mobile application is the latest addition to WTNH News Channel 8’s fully synchronized television and digital offerings that are available free of charge at www.wtnh.com.

WTNH unveiled its iPhone custom application, with great popularity and much success, in June of 2009. In addition to these specialized applications, WTNH News Channel 8 is also available via any web-enabled mobile device.

“We are thrilled to be the first media outlet in Connecticut to bring this application to
market,” said Mark Higgins, Vice President and General Manager of WTNH. “It’s important to us to deliver News Channel 8 to our viewers where and when they want it, whether it is on-air, online or on a mobile device.”

LIN TV, WTNH’s parent company, in conjunction with News Over Wireless (NOW) has developed the custom BlackBerry smartphone and iPhone applications for each of its 27 local television stations. LIN TV is the first in its local markets to provide instantaneous and on-demand access to its local news, sports and entertainment, as well as video, weather forecasts and traffic reports to BlackBerry smartphone subscribers.

News Over Wireless (NOW) is part of CBC New Media Group, LLC, a division of Capitol Broadcasting Company. NOW currently partners with 140 local and national media companies and is a leading provider of advertising-supported mobile web sites, subscription-based premium applications, video channels and iPhone applications. For more information, visit www.newsoverwireless.com.

About LIN TV

LIN TV Corp., along with its subsidiaries, is a local television and digital media company, owning and/or operating 27 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 11 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.