The way device name is handled for TV cards came up in question/issue I had: Background Images for view and other cards besides TV - #12 by Leewei
In my case I was trying to not have the device name drawn along with my background images…was able to do it by setting the device name to all blanks but as you found out that messes up accessing that device/view. Hopefully they find a way to make the device name optional but still allow access via navigation actions, etc.