Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN)'s challenge to Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX)'s dominance in the streaming video business leads today's cable news roundup.
Rhode Island cable operator Full Channel TV said adios to Univision after it demanded a 33 percent hike in retransmission-consent fees.
The devil may be in the details when it comes to the "voluntary" auctions being proposed for spectrum owned by broadcasters. Broadcast Engineering, citing a line item in President Obama's 2012 budget, notes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may be authorized to hit broadcasters with fees for "unauctioned spectrum licenses" starting in 2011 and totaling $4.8 billion through 2021. (See FCC Proposes 300MHz More Spectrum by 2015.)