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Steam News16 May 20261mo ago

Update: EA2026-05-15 & 16A

__ EA2026-05-15 & 16A ________________________________________ ■ Your TV station now has a thematic focus.

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Full Mad Television Tycoon update

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What changed

0 fixes3 additions2 changes1 removal
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Events
  • Server
added■ Your TV station now has a thematic focus. For example, if you often air science fiction content, your station will be classified as a ‘Science Fiction Channel.’ You then receive a 10% audience bonus when broadcasting science fiction movies or series.
added■ You can now view the country’s preferred genres and current bonuses in the transmission tower menu and the location tooltip.
changed■ If you enabled automatic repeat for marketing campaigns, you will now receive a message about the costs on the left side of the screen.
added■ Added 4 new random events.
removed■ Bug: If the elevator menu was open, you could no longer leave rooms with a right-click.
changed■ Bug: For some random events, no message box would appear, and they were also not sent to clients in multiplayer.

Mad Television Tycoon changes

added■ Your TV station now has a thematic focus. For example, if you often air science fiction content, your station will be classified as a ‘Science Fiction Channel.’ You then receive a 10% audience bonus when broadcasting science fiction movies or series.
added■ You can now view the country’s preferred genres and current bonuses in the transmission tower menu and the location tooltip.
changed■ If you enabled automatic repeat for marketing campaigns, you will now receive a message about the costs on the left side of the screen.
added■ Added 4 new random events.
removed■ Bug: If the elevator menu was open, you could no longer leave rooms with a right-click.

__ EA2026-05-15 & 16A ________________________________________

■ Your TV station now has a thematic focus. For example, if you often air science fiction content, your station will be classified as a ‘Science Fiction Channel.’ You then receive a 10% audience bonus when broadcasting science fiction movies or series.

■ Penalties that are not currently active are now displayed transparently (right side of the screen).

■ You can now view the country’s preferred genres and current bonuses in the transmission tower menu and the location tooltip.

■ If you enabled automatic repeat for marketing campaigns, you will now receive a message about the costs on the left side of the screen.

■ Added 4 new random events.

■ Bug: If the elevator menu was open, you could no longer leave rooms with a right-click.

■ Bug: For some random events, no message box would appear, and they were also not sent to clients in multiplayer.

Source

Steam News / 16 May 2026

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