{"id":4628,"date":"2012-12-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2012\/12\/04\/ovation-appoints-chief-creative-officer\/"},"modified":"2012-12-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T00:00:00","slug":"ovation-appoints-chief-creative-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/ovation-appoints-chief-creative-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ovation Appoints Chief Creative Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">SANTA MONICA: Robert Weiss, a cable TV veteran and digital media entrepreneur, has been hired as Ovation&#8217;s chief creative officer, a newly created position.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">In his new role, Weiss will be responsible for the strategic direction and creative vision for the company&#8217;s content and brand across all media platforms. His duties will include managing programming, development, marketing, talent relations, digital operations and research, among other things.&nbsp;He will work out of Santa Monica, where he will report to Charles Segars, the CEO of Ovation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Weiss previously served as the chief operating officer of EQAL, a digital media company. Before that, he was the CEO and founder of Parkwood Media Ventures. He has also held senior-level executive positions with cable networks such as VH1, FX and FUSE. In addition, he spent a decade working as the co-CEO of&nbsp;Buccieri &amp; Weiss Entertainment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">&quot;Rob knows how to build entertainment brands made for the 21st Century, and he has that rare combination of both business and creative acumen to grow that brand into a multiplatform powerhouse.  I have no doubt that Rob will bring energy and new thinking to Ovation,&quot; said Segars.  &quot;Ovation&#8217;s growth has been unprecedented over the past six years and now is the perfect time to seize upon the success our team has had in ratings, distribution and advertising.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Weiss remarked: &quot;There is only one cable network that focuses on the arts and culture&mdash;and Ovation is it.  What a huge opportunity it is to grow Ovation&#8217;s audience.  I&#8217;m excited to tap into millions of media consumers who crave innovative and compelling entertainment&mdash;both those viewers who already know about Ovation and those new viewers who will soon discover Ovation&#8217;s awesome programming to come in 2013.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA MONICA: Robert Weiss, a cable TV veteran and digital media entrepreneur, has been hired as Ovation&#8217;s chief creative officer, a newly created position. In his new role, Weiss will be responsible for the strategic direction and creative vision for the company&#8217;s content and brand across all media platforms. 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