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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.
The conditions imposed by the Federal Communications Commission on Comcast for getting the go-ahead on its NBC Universal deal are not considered by Comcast to be particularly restrictive, reports The New York Times. Says the article, " ‘I don’t think…
TiVo has launched a premiere app for Apple’s iPad, Interactive TV Today (ITVT) reports. According to the story, TiVo says key features of the app are: “The ability to browse recorded shows and launch a video on the TiVo Premiere…
The Federal Communications Commission has approved Comcast’s merger with NBC Universal, according to a number of media reports. The FCC voted 4-1 for approval, the reports say. According to the report in B&C, John Eggerton writes, "The deal, which FCC…
The rock producer, concert promoter and television star who was once called by Time magazine the "Man With the Golden Ear" has died in Florida at the age of 76, the AP reported. It’s Don Krishner. He died in Boca Raton,…
MTV’s latest series, which the network promoted widely, drew the most P12-34 viewers for a show launch in the network’s history, MTV said, citing Nielsen data. The show is the scripted teend draama series "Skins," based on the controversial U.K. hit…
Taking over John Forsythe’s role as the voice of Charlie in ABC’s reboot of "Charlie’s Angels" will be a veteran screen star and TV actor, reports Screenrant.com. ABC has greenlighted the new incarnation of "Charlie’s Angels," resetting the show in…
A five-time Emmy winner is poised to take on the role of Barney’s mysterious father on CBS’s “How I Met Your Mother,” TV Guide reports. Barney, played by Neil Patrick Harris, has never known his dad and for a time…
In the tradition of HBO’s "Hard Knocks" sports documentary series, which put the NFL’s New York Jets in the national spotlight last fall, Showtime is producing a Major League Baseball version all about the World Series champion San Francisco Giants,…
Two members of the Sheen-Estevez acting family are putting their heads together to write a memoir, The Huffington Post reports. They’re actors Martin Sheen and his son, Emilio Estevez–the father and brother of "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie…
A former NBC network president will become the vice president and chief operating officer of Univision, B&C reports. The job goes to Randy Falco, who will work out of New York. Says the report: "Ray Rodriguez had been Univision president and COO. He…