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Chuck Ross is the managing director of TVWeek.com. He's been involved in the TV business ever since he sold cable TV subscriptions in Santa Monica, Calif., door-to-door in the mid-to-late 1970s. He's had regular gigs reporting and/or editing about TV and advertising for Cablevision magazine,The Hollywood Reporter, the San Francisco Chronicle, Inside Media and Advertising Age. He first joined the predecessor to TVWeek, Electronic Media, in 2000.
Sony Pictures Television has announced the opening of an office in Canada and has named a senior vice president of distribution for Canada. Kevin Byles was recently named to the post and will oversee the new office in Toronto. Keith…
One of the most successful original Web series is marking the production of its 300th episode. Partners Reveille, Yahoo! and Toyota Motor Sales USA are celebrating the milestone for the series “Who Knew?” The companies reported that the series had…
Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, wrapped up their North American visit with a whirlwind tour of Southern California that included its share of laughs and only a few missteps — and TVWeek Open Mic blogger…
CBS will go with an actor best known for sitcoms to take over for Laurence Fishburne on ‘CSI,’ according to a number of media reports. According to our friends Lynette Rice and James Hibberd at EW.com’s Inside TV blog, who…
Or at least that’s what TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross wonders. To read his provocative, insightful essay, please click here.
"Netflix users stormed the streaming video and DVD rental services’ blog and Facebook page by the thousands on Tuesday to criticize a new pricing structure that will raise some users’ monthly bill by 60 percent," PCWorld reports. According to the…
Oprah Winfrey has made herself CEO and chief creative officer of OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, as she intensifies her focus on turning around the ratings-challenged network, the Los Angeles Times reports. The move follows by about two months the…
HBO Films has suspended production of its Phil Spector biopic project after Bette Midler, who was a key part of the project, pulled out, reports Deadline.com. Midler didn’t appear on set when she was scheduled to begin filming scenes, and two…
A television producer who worked on hits including "Knight Rider" and "Six Million Dollar Man" has sued Universal, claiming he was cheated out of millions of dollars in profits from some of the biggest hits of the 1970s and 1980s,…
A new iPad with a higher-resolution screen is rumored to be on Apple’s release slate for later this year, reports tech blog Thisismynext.com. The new iPad would be a "pro" device geared to people who work in video and photo…