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 Video/Blogs MCN One-On-One in 2 Sarah Palin The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner Google And Coffee-To-The-Home? Translation Please, Leslie Ellis A Wider Upstream Path: 2018? News ACA Summit: Kanojia Pitches Aereo To Cable ACA: Aereo Is Nothing Like A Cable System ACA Summit: Wheeler Defends JSA Ruling Blackburn: Net Neutrality Sends Wrong Message FTC OKs Nielsen's Spin-Off of LinkMeter Tech To comScore Discovery, Science Team On Race To The Moon Upfronts: Travel Channel Greenlights 10 Original Series   Upfronts: CMT Orders 50 Episodes For New And Extant Series TVG Gallops To Hong Kong Deal Fox News Signs Hemmer To Multiyear Renewal Account Executive - Business Services - MetroCast - Waterford, CT Marketing Manager - Vyve Broadband - Rye Brook, NY VP, Afiiliate Marketing - TheBlaze, Inc. - New York, NY See all career listings here.   ©2014 NewBay Media, LLC

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