Amazon Sparks ‘Fire TV’ Streaming Device; Rep. Eshoo Calls Retrans A Menacing 'Racket'; 'Breaking Bad,' 'The Bridge' Among 73rd Peabody Award Winners
Top Stories - April 3, 2014
Amazon Sparks 'Fire TV' Streaming Device Following months of rumors and speculation, Amazon on Wednesday revealed a TV-connected video streaming and gaming device called the Amazon Fire TV that will face off with a batch of competitors that includes Apple TV, the Google Chromecast, and Roku's device lineup. more
ACA Summit: Eshoo Calls Retrans a Menacing 'Racket' and 'Out of Whack' Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) didn't hold back her thoughts on retrans at the American Cable Association's annual summit.more
'Breaking Bad,' 'The Bridge' Among 73rd Peabody Award Winners The winners of the 73nd Annual Peabody Awards were announced on Wednesday, including Netflix's House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, ABC's Scandal, AMC's Breaking Bad, Comedy Central's Key & Peele and FX's The Bridge. BBC America's Broadchurch and Orphan Black also received awards. more
Diller: If Aereo Loses In Court, 'We're Finished' Aereo Bbcker Barry Diller told Bloomberg TV Wednesday that if the company loses in the Supreme Court, "we're finished."more
Comcast Business Nabs GSA Hunting License In what could present a lucrative opportunity, Comcast Business said it has won a Schedule 70 contract with the General Services Administration (GSA) that enables the division to sell directly to federal, state and local government customers. more
DirecTV Extends Pact With WeatherNation DirecTV said it signed a multi-year agreement with WeatherNation, the multi-format, local, regional and national television weather news service the satellite-TV provider has carried as an alternative to The Weather Channel, which was dropped from DirecTV's lineup on Jan. 13. more