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A Spanish-language broadcaster in a lawsuit with Arbitron stopped encoding signals of some radio stations for the ratings company’s audience-measurement devices late Tuesday after a judge removed a ban on the change, an industry official said. An order last week…
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from the New York State Supreme Court, a trial court, lifted a temporary restraining order (CD Feb 16 p6) on Spanish Broadcasting System. Arbitron said it’s “disappointed” by the decision and thinks “the radio industry is best served when all broadcasters in a market are encoding their signal” for its Portable People Meters. “SBS remains a valued client and we intend to continue to engage with them in an ongoing dialogue in order to achieve resolution,” the company said. A Spanish Broadcasting spokeswoman declined to comment. The parties in Arbitron v. Spanish Broadcasting System were ordered to appear April 15 for a preliminary conference.