MCN Newswire: Amazon, Best Buy Strike Smart TV Deal; fuboTV Raises Another $75M; Bewkes Testifies in AT&T-Time Warner Antitrust Trial

Multichannel Newswire   April 19, 2018     Today's Top Stories       Amazon, Best Buy Strike Exclusive Smart TV Deal Electronics chain to launch 4K, HD Fire TV Edition models from Insignia and Toshiba READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The deal shores up Fire TV's positioning against competitors that have built their platforms into smart TVs, including Android TV and Roku, which saw its stock dip 12% following the announcement (see story below).   fuboTV Raises $75M More Following 'D' round that includes AMC Networks, OTT TV service has raised $150M-plus READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The company said it has grown its staff by 60% in the past 10 months and will use the new funding in part to expand its engineering and product teams as it doubles its employee base again by year-end.   Reports: Jeff Bewkes Calls DOJ's Blackout Fears 'Ridiculous' Time Warner chief takes stand in DOJ's antitrust trial READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Bewkes testified that a combined AT&T-Time Warner would not leverage Turner assets to benefit the distribution side of the business, adding, "It doesn't work that way," and noting that taking channels off the air "is catastrophic for us."   More Top Stories       New Comcast Tech Tower Running Up to $67M Over Budget Roku Shares Rocked Following Amazon-Best Buy Deal Crunchyroll Tunes Into TV Fox News Channel Recaptures Weekly Primetime Ratings Crown Comcast Lights Up DOCSIS 3.1 in More Northeastern Markets Nat Geo Sets New Ridley Scott Scripted Series 'The Hot Zone' PTO's Iancu: A.I. Algorithms Generally Patentable   Netflix Pins Down June Premiere Date for 'Glow' CTA Celebrates Digital Patriots TruTV Greenlights New Season of 'At Home With Amy Sedaris' more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       People: Internet Association Names Diversity Exec MCN Guest Blog, Glen L. Friedman: Delivering Content Direct-to-Consumer Not as Easy as It Looks MCN Guest Blog, Allison Metcalfe: Narrowing the Divide Between Traditional TV and Digital   Events     Digital Media Tech Leadership Summit June 5-6, 2018 | Tampa, FL Learn More The Programmatic TV Summit June 7, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More OTT & Video Distribution Summit August 2, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA Learn More   News Technology Summit September 26, 2018 | Baltimore, MD Learn More   16th Annual Hispanic Television Summit October 4, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More   Streaming Tech Leadership Summit October 22-23, 2018 | Atlanta, GA (SCTE) Learn More   NYC Television Week October 29-November 1, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More   Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Awards, part of NYC TV Week October 29, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More   NYC Television Week's 40 Under 40 Awards October 30, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More TV Data Summit, part of NYC TV Week October 31, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More Advanced Advertising Summit, part of NYC TV Week November 1, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More Next TV Summit, part of NYC TV Week November 1, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More   more events »   Jobs     Executive Producer/Director of TV Public Broadcasting Atlanta, Atlanta, GA   TV Producer/Editor Public Broadcasting Atlanta, Atlanta, GA   Chief Engineer WOOD TV, Grand Rapids, MI   Broadcast Engineer (TV) Public Broadcasting Atlanta – Atlanta, GA, United States   more jobs » News Blogs Events Images Tech   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2018 NewBay Media, LLC

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