Stopped Traffic

Talk about being blindsided….

US Traffic Network (USTN) told their client TV stations on Friday that they were ceasing operations at the end of the day.

This news has a big impact on a number of TV stations that is trying to report traffic news this morning with no data.

Some of the stations that used USTN are 7 stations with Hearst, KRON and KGO in San Francisco, WESH in Orlando, KSNV in Las Vegas and a number of other stations.

All told about 40 stations have lost their traffic data and are fending for themselves.

Stations were given only hours of a warning and many of the stations used a USTN employee that was embedded at the station.

The future employment of those people remains unclear as they were not paid directly by the station.

This is a bullshit move, by a bullshit company that put a huge impact on people’s lives with just a couple of hours notice.

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