{"id":4955,"date":"2013-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2013\/05\/17\/ovation-hires-new-vp-of-originals-head-of-digital\/"},"modified":"2013-05-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T00:00:00","slug":"ovation-hires-new-vp-of-originals-head-of-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/ovation-hires-new-vp-of-originals-head-of-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"Ovation Hires New VP of Originals, Head of Digital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">SANTA MONICA: The U.S. arts network Ovation has tapped Jason Black as its new VP&nbsp;of original programming and head of digital media. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Black will be responsible for overseeing the management, development and execution of all original programming on the linear channel, and is also responsible for Ovationtv.com, the network&#8217;s YouTube channel and VOD. Black will be reporting to Douglas Strasnick, the network&#8217;s new senior VP&nbsp;and head of programming and content strategy. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&quot;Jason is a media rock star. I&#8217;ve worked with Jason for nearly 10 years, and there aren&#8217;t many folks who can drive this growth in original content with such a unique, diverse background in traditional and digital,&rdquo; said Robert Weiss, Ovation&rsquo;s chief creative officer. &ldquo;Jason is the rare executive who not only has terrific creative acumen, but who is also a passionate and sincere disciple of every form of arts and entertainment&mdash;from music, film and fine art to theater, literature and dance.&rdquo; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA MONICA: The U.S. arts network Ovation has tapped Jason Black as its new VP&nbsp;of original programming and head of digital media. 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