Lin TV sites team with VMIX

Lin Television’s 29 websites are rolling out user-generated videos, photos, audio, blogs, ratings, polls, and other community-driven content powered by VMIX. “This is a significant milestone for our company and further advances our strategic vision of leading the industry in the convergence of local broadcast television and digital innovations,” said Vincent Sadusky, president and chief executive officer of LIN TV. Press release below…

PRESS RELEASE — PROVIDENCE, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL), a television, digital media and online news organization that owns and/or operates 29 television stations and websites, and VMIX, the leading interactive media, video hosting and social networking company, today announced an agreement to showcase user-generated videos, photos, audio, blogs, ratings, polls, and other community-driven content and features on LIN TV’s station Internet sites, as well as future portals and micro-sites in planning.

VMIX’s customizable tools and technology include fast and easy-to-use uploading for online video, photos and music, comprehensive management and analytics for the site operators, human review and filtering to protect against copyright infringement and inappropriate material, and social networking and participation features such as ratings, comments, blogs and forums. LIN TV will be the first television broadcast group in the nation to launch user-generated content on all of its stations’ websites in partnership with VMIX and plans to begin introducing its new capabilities in July.

“The partnership with VMIX enables us to harness the power of our loyal viewer-base and their creativity in user-generated content to deliver breaking news, community information, and entertainment to our growing online audiences and interact with them in an entirely new way,” said Vincent Sadusky, president and chief executive officer of LIN TV. “This is a significant milestone for our company and further advances our strategic vision of leading the industry in the convergence of local broadcast television and digital innovations.”

“VMIX is pleased to provide LIN TV with the tools to engage their online video community through interactive new media options that position the company as a pioneer in the industry,” said Greg Kostello, founder and chief executive officer of VMIX Media. “By harnessing LIN TV’s online viewers, VMIX will provide a whole new level of participation to media consumers and aid LIN TV to seamlessly merge local broadcast television and the Web.”