Chuck Ross

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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.

If the Mantra for Retailers is ‘Location, Location, Location,’ the Mantra for TV Programmers and Consumer Distributors Alike is ‘Marketing, Marketing, Marketing.’ Here’s the Best of Cable Marketing

The best of cable marketing–both on the programming and distributing sides of the business–is honored every year by CTAM’s Mark Awards, helped along by their traditional media trade partner, our friends at Multichannel News. Given the importance of marketing in these…

As Cablevision and Fox Battle, the Winner May Be Upstart Ivi TV

With no settlement in sight between Fox and Cablevision, certainly one winner in the dispute is online re-broadcaster ivi (pronounced Ivy) TV, writes TVWeek contributor Aimee Picchi in an article she’s written for AOL’s Daily Finance. According to the article,…

2010 CTAM Mark Awards–Network and Content Provider Sizzle Reel

2010 CTAM Mark Awards–Distributor’s Sizzle Reel

2010 Mark Awards Network and Content Provider Winners

Congratulations to the 2010 Mark Awards Network and Content Provider winners. Affiliate Marketing – Campaign Gold WinnerRoyal Rewards Summer PromotionNBC Universal & USA Network Silver WinnerVancouver Games Affiliate CampaignNBC Universal Silver WinnerNFL Network’s Thursday Night Rush PromotionNFL Network Bronze WinnerWallpaper CampaignShowtime Networks Inc….

2010 Mark Awards Distributors Winners

Congratulations to the 2010 Mark Awards Distributors winners. Acquisition and Upgrade Marketing – Campaign Gold WinnerComcast Local HeroesComcast Silver WinnerBundle Up for the HolidaysBuckeye CableSystem Silver WinnerFastest FastCableQuest Bronze WinnerSecuritySuddenlink Communications Acquisition and Upgrade Marketing – TV Spot or Promo Gold…

CTAM’s Mark Awards For Marketing Excellence

To see the winning DISTRIBUTOR entries, please click here. To see the winning NETWORK and CONTENT PROVIDER entires, please click here. Congratulations to the 2010 Mark Awards winners. The Mark Awards is the premier competition for recognizing marketing excellence in…

Talk Show Host Named Most Influential Man of 2010

The host of a cable talk show has beaten out President Barack Obama and everyone else to be named the nation’s most influential man of 2010 by AskMen.com, USA Today reports. The honor goes to Jon Stewart, host of Comedy…

News With a Sheen: The Latest on Charlie–When the Cops Were Summoned to NY’s Plaza Hotel, Was It Too Much Alcohol or a Bad Reaction to Medication? We Report, You Decide

The star of CBS’s "Two and a Half Men" was involved in an incident in a New York hotel room early Tuesday morning and subsequently hospitalized for what was reported to be a bad reaction to medication, according to E!…

‘Rachael Ray’ Plans 3-D ‘Halloween Bash’

A special 3-D "Halloween Bash" episode of “The Rachael Ray Show” is planned for this Friday, MediaPost reports. The syndicated show is putting on the event as part of a promotion with Sara Lee in which 2.4 million sets of…