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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.
Tom Cosgrove will run the 3D network that is a joint venture between Discovery Communications, Sony Corp. and IMAX, reports Multichannel News. The network, whose name is yet-to-be determined, is scheduled to debut in early 2011. Cosgrove slides over to…
He may be singular in his popularity: as a one time daytime soap opera star, as part of the cast of one of the most beloved family sitcoms ever–that is still popular with kids today, thanks to reruns and DVDs;…
Good to see that the folks at Wired’s Gadget Lab are looking out for us. In an article posted today they write: "The iPhone 3GS on Monday saw a price cut: The 16-GB iPhone 3GS now costs $150, down from $200, and the…
In a report that ran on "20/20" on June 1st, 2010, ABC News used footage from 6 years ago and tried to pass it off as current, according to TVNewser. Says the article, "ABC News acknowledged the error, telling TVNewser:…
Charlie Sheen’s plea deal unraveled on Monday, June 7, 2010, TMZ reports. According to a later TMZ article, "The woman who threw the monkey wrench in the Charlie Sheen plea agreement wanted to tighten the screws on Charlie to the…
A real sex tape is about to come to market featuring one of the stars of the "Real Housewives" reality shows, TMZ reports. According to the report, Hustler Inc. is about to distribute a sex tape featuring cast member Danielle…
Apple’s new Safari 5 browser, released on Monday, June 7, 2010, has a feature–Safari Reader–that can strip out ads, PCMac.com reports. According to the article, the real innovation of Safari 5–which is available for both Mac and WIndows–"is Safari Reader,…
Two New York TV stations, WNBC and WPIX, have been approached to outsource the sports part of their local newscasts,the New York Post reports. SNY, the Mets’ cable channel, is in negotiations with the two New York City television stations…
Congresswoman Maxine Waters says opponents of the NBC Universal–Comcast deal are not speaking up because they are aftaid they’ll be blacklisted, reports The Hollywood Reporter. According to the article, Waters said, "It is somewhat troublesome that many independent and minority programmers,…
Matthew McConaughey and his production company are developing a comedy cable project called "Kick Ass Militia," reports Deadline.com. McConaughey’s production company, J.K. Livin, is working on the project with FX. It’s based on source material from McConaughey’s friend JR Reed, and focuses on the…