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09/02/08

Huffington Post | The Art of War and Summer by Kimberly Brooks

The Art of War and Summer
By Kimberly Brooks
Huffington Post

Ahh... Don't you love the summer? Lemonade, frozen grapes and former presidential nominee scandals? It's so easy to get a little lost in the stream of life --How shall I keep the kids busy? Should I "friend" that Colombian guy on Facebook with no mutual friends? Can I afford to drive to any body of water this weekend? It's quite easy to forget that...um...THERE'S A WAR GOING ON.

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08/15/08

Captured for History, Wall Street Journal

Captured for History
By NANCY DEWOLF SMITH
August 15, 2008; Page W7C

When Ovation TV planned a week of war-themed programming, there was no way of knowing that Russia's assault on Georgia would make it seem timely. Even so, "The Art of War" series, which begins Aug. 17 and includes music, opera and Hollywood movies about war or conflict, takes up a timeless theme.

One documentary in the series, "Genius of

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08/06/08

OVATION TV TO SHOWCASE “THE ART OF WAR” IN WEEK-LONG PROGRAMMING EVENT BEGINNING AUGUST 17

Unprecedented Programming Event Looks at the Many Ways Artists have Attempted to Depict and Deal with the Concept of War

Program Highlights Include:  Uncensored and Uncut Version of Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, The Genius of Photography:  Right Place, Right Time, and US Premiere of War Oratorio
 

  
LOS ANGELES, CA (July 29, 2008) – War and its impact on society have historically been sub

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07/17/08

"Bonefish Grill's Notes From The Road" will premiere August 7 on Ovation TV

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011629567

AllHeadlineNews.com
Celebrity News Service

7-17-08 
Jan Westmark - Celebrity News Service

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - A new weekly original music series featuring some of the hottest bands and artists touring the U.S. will soon premiere on Ovation TV. The one-hour "Bonefish Grill's Notes From The Road" will premiere August 7.

The debut episode will feature live performances and

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07/16/08

OVATION TV ORIGINAL MUSIC SERIES‘BONEFISH GRILL’S NOTES FROM THE ROAD’ PREMIERES AUGUST 7

OVATION TV ORIGINAL MUSIC SERIES‘BONEFISH GRILL’S NOTES FROM THE ROAD’ TO FEATURE THE BRAVERY ON AUGUST 7 PREMIERE
 
Upcoming Episodes to Include Intimate Performances and Exclusive Interviews With Hottest Bands and Artists on U.S. Summer Tours,  Including 3 Doors Down, Josh Kelley, Gavin DeGraw, Vanessa Carlton, Ben Folds, Jason Mraz, Matisyahu
 
‘NOTES FROM THE ROAD’ Also to Air on XM Radio
 
LOS ANGELES, CA (

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06/18/08

Animation Magazine | Ovation TV will host the world television premiere of Dante’s Inferno

http://www.animationmagazine.net/article/8483
Link to site, which includes artwork:

Animation Magazine
Ovation Airs Dante’s Inferno
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
By: Ryan Ball

Cable network Ovation TV will host the world television premiere of a new animated feature titled Dante’s Inferno on Thursday, June 19 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) as part of its week-long programming event dubbed “Unreal Worlds: The Art of Animation.” Currently running, th

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06/04/08

OVATION TV TO PRESENT WORLD PREMIERE...

OVATION TV TO PRESENT WORLD TV PREMIERE OF PROVOCATIVE ANIMATED FEATURE DANTE’S INFERNO 

 

Award-Winning Animated Programs Featured in Week-Long
Ovation TV Programming Event, “Unreal Worlds: The Art of Animation” Beginning June 15

LOS ANGELES, CA (June 4) -- Ovation TV, the only network devoted exclusively to art, culture and personal creativity, will salute the art of animation with a week-long programming event, “Unreal Worlds:&n

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04/20/08

Television Week: Q&A: Passion For Arts Propels Ovation TV

Q&A: Passion For Arts Propels Ovation TV
Independent Channel Rebounds

There’s an independent network that’s causing the television industry to take notice. Cable’s 24-hour Ovation TV is the only network dedicated to serving consumer interest in the arts and personal creativity. Since relaunching in June, the network has made great strides. TelevisionWeek correspondent Allison J. Waldman spoke with Ron Garfield, chief operating officer of Ovation TV,

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03/19/08

EVEN MORE CHOICES NOW AVAILABLE...

EVEN MORE CHOICES NOW AVAILABLE ON THE NO.1 VIDEO-ON-DEMAND SERVICE - VERIZON'S FIOS TV

 
New VOD Content Includes CBS, Discovery Channel in HD, Smithsonian Channel, Ovation TV and More

March 19, 2008: 04:50 PM EST

NEW YORK, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- FiOS TV customers now enjoy even more home entertainment choices as Verizon expands its industry-leading video-on- demand (VOD) offer with recently added programs from CBS, Discovery Channel, S

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03/14/08

Precision Decision: Starcom Makes New Metrics Condition Of Upfront Buys

MEDIAPOST.COM
Precision Decision: Starcom Makes New Metrics Condition Of Upfront Buys

by Wayne Friedman, Friday, Mar 14, 2008 8:00 AM ET

STARCOM HAS PUT A LINE in the upfront sand: no precision metrics, no upfront deals.

Starcom is focusing on small cable networks, syndicator programmers and one kids' network; all are unrated. None are measured by the national ratings data--which Starcom has bought in the past.

Ther

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03/12/08

AIMEE MANN TO PERFORM ON SEASON FINALE...

AIMEE MANN TO PERFORM ON SEASON FINALE OF ‘LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN’ ON OVATION TV 

 

Special Concert Performance at Los Angeles’ Historic St. Vibiana Cathedral

LOS ANGELES, CA – (March 12)   Capping a stellar first season of intimate, live performances, Ovation TV will present the World Premiere of “Live From the Artists Den:  Aimee Mann” Thursday, March 20, 8-9 p.m. ET/PT.  The series’ season fin

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02/27/08

OVATION TV LAUNCHES VIDEO-ON-DEMAND...

OVATION TV LAUNCHES VIDEO-ON-DEMAND SERVICE MARCH 1 INCLUDES HIGH DEFINITION, LOCAL CONTENT ACROSS ALL OF NETWORKS PROGRAM GENRES

Los Angeles, CA February 27 -- Ovation TV, the only network devoted exclusively to art and personal creativity, will launch its free video-on-demand VOD service March 1.  Announcement of the service being unfolded by the network was made by Ron Garfield, COO, Ovation TV.

The VOD offering will include a growing library of high definition progr

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02/07/08

OVATION TV PROMOTES KEY NETWORK EXECUTIVES

Gaynor Strachan Chun Named Senior Vice President, Marketing;
Rob Canter Named Vice President, Production and Creative Services;
Debra Balamos Named Vice President, Affiliate and Advertising Sales Marketing;
Michelle Zajic Named Vice President, Programming

Los Angeles, CA,–- February 5–- Ovation TV, the only network dedicated exclusively to art and personal creativity, has promoted four key executives in its marketing, programming,  and production and cr

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01/28/08

Ovation TV to pair first with MOCA in series partnership

By Diane Haithman
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

January 28, 2008

A co-production by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and Ovation TV will be the first in a series of collaborations between cultural institutions and the cable arts network to create programming intended to raise the profiles of both partners.

As part of a long-term initiative to be announced today, the network and MOCA have produced a 10-minute video about MOCA's upcomin

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01/28/08

OVATION TV ANNOUNCES UNPRECEDENTED CONTENT...

OVATION TV ANNOUNCES UNPRECEDENTED CONTENT AND MARKETING ALLIANCES WITH MAJOR U.S. CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND ARTS EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS
 

Partnerships Include: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; The Harlem School of the Arts; LA Opera;  Los Angeles County Museum of Art;  Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Institute; P.S. ARTS, Los Angeles

Los A

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01/17/08

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER...

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: POP STAR K.T. TUNSTALL TAKES FANS INTO THE 'ARTISTS' DEN'

 

Thursday, January 17, 2008
By Joseph Hudak
TV GUIDE

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tvguide/347707_tvgif17.html

Short of venturing out into the cold and going to an actual concert, there may be no better way to see and hear live music than on Ovation TV's terrif

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01/11/08

Suddenly I See...Live Performances on Ovation TV, Paste Magazine.com

Writer: Katie Heimer
News, Published online on 11 Jan 2008

Josh Ritter live from…the L.A. Natural History Museum? Fountains of Wayne play to a capacity crowd…on a 100-year-old ship? To see live broadcasts of these and other emerging and established musical acts playing in unconventional concert venues across North America and Europe, tune into the new weekly Ovation TV series, “Live From the Artist’s Den,” airing Thursdays, 8 PM EST, star

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01/07/08

OVATION TV NETWORK ACQUIRES IMF...

OVATION TV NETWORK ACQUIRES UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP’S IMF - THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FEED 
 
 
Gains Key Resources in Music Category
And Boosts Ovation TV Distribution to 25 Million Homes;

Continues Network’s Successful Transformation
Int

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12/13/07

OVATION TV & AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS ANNOUNCE...

OVATION TV AND AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF OVATION TV ‘ARTS PROGRAMING AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE’ FOR QUALITY ARTS PROGRAMMING

 

Los Angeles, CA, December 13 -- Ovation TV, the only national television network devoted exclusively to art and creativity, in partnership with Americans for the Arts, is proud to announce the winners of Ovation TV Arts Programming Awards for “excellence in original arts broadcast programs” in thre

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12/10/07

INNOVATIVE ORIGINAL MUSIC SERIES...

INNOVATIVE ORIGINAL MUSIC SERIES ‘LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN’ PRESENTED BY OVATION TV AND GREY GOOSE ENTERTAINMENT TO PREMIERE ON OVATION TV JANUARY 13

 

First Season Lineup Includes Crowded House, KT Tunstall, Fountains of Wayne, Patty Griffin, Ben Harper.

Los Angeles, CA (December 10) -- An innovative new weekly music series featuring acclaimed artists performing in extraordinary s

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11/25/07

CLASSIC, FLASHY, NAUGHTY...

CLASSIC, FLASHY, NAUGHTY: WHICH NUTCRACKER WORKS FOR YOU?

 

By EDWARD WYATT

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 — From Baryshnikov to Barbie, anyone who has ever spent time on toes, it sometimes seems, has danced “The Nutcracker.”

But whose “Nutcracker” is the best.  Ovation TV, one of the few television channels devoted exclusively to culture and the arts, is determined to find out.

Over the next month Ov

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10/11/07

Ovation TV Launches ‘Destination ArtHouse’

SATURDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES SHOWCASING CLASSIC WORLD CINEMA


In Collaboration with Preeminent Independent Film Distributor Janus Films; Film Series Premieres October 13; Shown with Limited Commercial Interruption

Santa Monica, CA, October 11
— For cinephiles and regular fans of terrific films, Ovation TV will premiere “Destination ArtHouse,” a new film series featuring legendary classics of world cinema

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09/26/07

OVATION TV PROMOTES THE PERFORMING ARTS...

OVATION TV THE ONLY NATIONAL NETWORK DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO ART AND CREATIVITY
TO PROMOTE THE PERFORMING ARTS NATIONALLY THROUGH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING, EXPERIENCES AND REWARDS


Audience Rewards<

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09/13/07

Ovation TV Premieres First Original Series, 'Art & the City'

CULTURAL TOURISM SERIES EXPLORES CHICAGO, PARIS, LOS ANGELES, NE W YORK CITY, NEW ORLEANS

Special Premiere October 7,
Hosted by Los Angeles Times Reporter David A. Keeps;
Produced by Award-Winning World of Wonder 


Santa Monica, CA,  September 13 – Ovation TV, the only network dedicated exclusively to art and personal creativity, will premiere its first original series since re-launching i

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08/15/07

Ovation TV on National Public Radio

Hundreds of Channels, but Where's the Artsy Stuff?
by Nate DiMeo  Click to Listen

Ovation TV, The Ovation TV, www.OvationTV.com

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06/20/07

OVATION TV ASKS THE QUESTION: "ART OR NOT?"

OVATION TV ASKS THE QUESTION: "ART OR NOT?"

 

DURING TWO-WEEK PROGRAMMING EVENT FEATURING ARTISTS WHO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DEFINITION OF ART

Event Highlighted by Ovation TV Original Special “Art or Not?”, World Premiere and U.S. Premiere Programs

Santa Monica, CA - August 1, 2007 – Continuing its commitment to “Make Life Creative” Ovation TV, the only television network dev

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06/20/07

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: OVATION SEES 'REAL OPPORTUNITY'...

See the actual article here!

By Kimberly Nordyke and Carly Mayberry

More than 10 years after its launch, arts-themed network Ovation TV is aiming to fill a void in the cable and satellite landscape as it makes its nationwide debut today with a revamped focus.

Ovation, which touts itself as the only network devoted to the arts and arts-related programming, launched in 19

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06/04/07

Ovation TV Presents "American Revolutionaries"

Ovation TV To Present 'American Revolutionaries,' 15-Day Programming Event Featuring American Innovators Who Changed The Meaning Of Art

Event Celebrates Ovation TV Re-Launch with June 20 Premiere On DIRECTV, Channel 274

For First Time in Its History, Network Has Full National Coverage

Santa Monica, CA - June 4, 2007 - With a commitment to "Make Life Creative," Ovation TV, the only television network devoted exclusively to art and per

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04/30/07

OVATION TV RELAUNCH JUNE 20, 2007

OVATION TV RELAUNCH JUNE 20, 2007

 

MULTI-PLATFORM STRATEGY DRIVES OVATION TV RE-LAUNCH
AND PREMIERE ON DIRECTV JUNE 20

"Ovation TV, Make Life Creative" Redefines Art on Television, Provides Local Opportunities for Operators with Content Delivered Across Linear Channel, VOD and Broadband Platforms

Santa Monica, CA - April 30, 2007 - With a mission to "Make Life Creative," Ovation TV, the only network devot

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02/14/07

DIRECT TV TO ADD OVATION TV...

DIRECT TV TO ADD OVATION TV TO NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP


Satellite Launch Targeted for Mid-2007 Nearly Triples Network's Carriage

Los Angeles, CA, February 14, 2007 - Ovation TV, the only network devoted exclusively to art and art-related programming, has completed a carriage agreement with DIRECTV (NYSE: DTV), the nation's leading satellite television provider, and is targeting a mid-2007 launch on the satellite service. The announcement w

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08/29/06

OVATION TV ACQUIRED BY HUBBARD MEDIA...

OVATION, THE ARTS NETWORK, ACQUIRED BY HUBBARD MEDIA AND INVESTMENT GROUP
 

Investors Include: The Weinstein Company, Corporate Partners II, Perry Capital, Arcadia Investment Partners

Ken Solomon Joins as Chairman; New Executive Management Team Includes Charles Segars, Chief Executive Officer; Ron Garfield, Chief Operating Officer; Chad Gutstein, Executive Vice President

Los Angeles, CA – Hubbard Media Group leads a group of private investors who have acquire

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