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Los Angeles Times Magazine l Prime Time
With celebrity deaths so much in the news this summer, Ovation TV ’s weeklong event “ Live Fast , Die Young ” seems particularly poignant. The prime-time programming block kicks off with the U.S. premiere of the Australian documentary Heath Ledger: A Tribute (8 p.m. ET/PT), followed by shows on James Dean, Jimi Hendrix, Marilyn Monroe, Kurt Cobain and other brilliant, tragic icons still central to our national psyche. Begins August 2, ovationtv.com.
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Advertising Age l How Gardenburger Grew Its Media Buy With a Niche Network
YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) -- How does Gardenburger's garden grow? Consumers can find out for themselves in a new marketing campaign running on Ovation TV. Sixty-second interstitials airing on the niche cable station detail the planning and planting of the first Gardenburger-sponsored edible urban garden in New York.
The edible urban garden follows the branding strategy of the Kellogg-owned Gardenburger, which has declared its commitment to community gardens.
NBC l Heath Ledger Documentary To Air On Ovation
The life and work of Heath Ledger will be celebrated in an hour-long documentary on Ovation TV,
according to The Hollywood Reporter. The documentary about the Oscar-winning actor will premiere in August for the cable channel's "Live Fast, Die Young," a week-long event, which delves into the lives of stars who died young. Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Belushi will also be featured.
"Throughout his short career, Heath Ledger seemed...
Taking the Bait | Networks Cross Platforms to Lure in More Viewers
Taking The Bait Networks Cross Platforms To Lure In More Viewers by George Winslow -- Multichannel News, 5/18/2009 12:00:00 AM MT Despite a tough economy, independent programmers are beefing up their investment in multiplatform plays, using online, on-demand, HDTV and mobile offerings to gain viewer, advertiser and operator attention.
Some newer networks have already found that a multiplatform strategy can help overcome a tough distribution climate...
Art & Living: The Art of Film and TV
Charles Segars, CEO of Ovation TV, is no stranger to the nature of the creative process. After all, he is himself a successful Hollywood writer and executive producer of such box-office blockbusters as National Treasure and National Treasure: Book of Secrets. And it is his innate creativity that fuels his drive as the head of a major cable TV network. “We know that the arts are alive, well, and thriving around the world,” he says. “The mission of our network is to bring that...
Big Year for Ovation TV
Big Year for Ovation TV
Cable channel looks to grow in '09 after doubling its subscribers last year
David Tanklefsky -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/20/2009 11:14:34 AM MT In a stagnant growth environment for many cable channels, Ovation TV bucked the trend in 2008. The Hubbard Broadcasting-owned arts and culture channel doubled their distribution from 15 to 30 million subscribers through major market launches in Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago...
Mulitple Persona Follies
JANUARY 16, 2009 Multiple Persona Follies By NANCY DEWOLF SMITH It is a sign of our television times that a number of the series with premieres this week go way out on a limb in the credibility department. These include Showtime's "United States of Tara" (Sunday, 10-10:30 p.m. ET), a "dramedy" about a housewife afflicted with what used to be called multiple-personality disorder. Over on Fox, meanwhile, we have the only slightly less goofy...
The Best 'Nutcracker'? Online Voters Pick a Familiar Dysfunctional Work
“The Hard Nut,” by Mark Morris, is the repeat winner of Ovation TV’s second “Battle of the Nutcrackers.” Mr. Morris will host a “Nutcracker” marathon on Thursday.
By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO
Published: December 23, 2008
The results are in for Ovation TV’s second annual “Battle of the Nutcrackers,” and it’s a repeat: Mark Morris’s “Hard Nut” will keep the crown.
In what wasn’t quite...
Multichannel News | Formulas for VOD Success
Formulas for VOD Success
Programmers, Operators Seek Models to Make VOD Pay Off
by Craig Kuhl -- Multichannel News, 7/28/2008
As the call for video on demand keeps growing, operators and networks continue to define and refine their VOD game plans. On-demand strategies run the gamut from brand building and customer retention to revenue generation, but the bottom line is the same: Strategies may vary, but you'd better have one.
“There's really not...
World Screen | Channel Profile
PROFILES
Ovation TV
World Screen Weekly, August 28, 2008
COUNTRY: U.S.
LAUNCH DATE: First available in 1997, Ovation TV relaunched under new management, with expanded distribution, on June 20, 2007.
OWNERSHIP: Hubbard Media Group, together with Arcadia Investment Partners, Corporate Partners II, Perry Capital and The Weinstein Company.
DISTRIBUTION: Almost 30 million homes via cable, satellite and broadband, with carriage agreements...
Playbill | Ovation TV Will Broadcast U.S. Premiere of "Leonard Bernstein Reflections"
Ovation TV Will Broadcast U.S. Premiere of "Leonard Bernstein Reflections"
By Andrew Gans
September 11, 2008
"Leonard Bernstein Reflections," Peter Rosen's first full-length documentary that was kept off American TV because of rights clearance issues, will finally make its U.S. broadcast debut Sept. 23 on the Ovation TV network.
Ovation TV, the network devoted exclusively to art, culture and personal creativity, will air the 30-year-old documentary...
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.
Portfolio.com | TV for People Who Don't Watch TV
TV for People Who Don't Watch TV
by Robert Levine September 2007 Issue
A&E couldn’t do it. Neither could Bravo. So why does an unlikely group of investors think it can turn a profit with a television channel about the arts?
RARE AIR Ovation TV's programming includes Matthew Bourne's version of The Nutcracker and an example from the recent Art or Not series: "Beware Live Art." Photograph by: Catherine Ashmore (top left); Illustration...
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 Photography: Right Time, Right Place " (9-10...
B&C | Ovation TV Examines The Art of War
Ovation TV Examines The Art of War
Documentary kicks off week of war-related programming on arts network beginning Aug. 17.
By Brittney Fennell -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/29/2008 11:34:00 AM Ovation TV will examine the ways in which war has been depicted in art with The Art of War , which kicks off a week of war-related programming on the arts network beginning Aug. 17.
The programming schedule will feature classic films and documentaries, including Stanley Kubrick...
B&C | Ovation TV to Hit the Road
One-hour music series Bonefish Grill's: Notes from the Road to debut in August.
By Brittney Fennell -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/14/2008 4:40:00 PM
Ovation TV will premiere Bonefish Grill’s: Notes from the Road , a new one-hour music series, in August.
The series will feature live performances and conversations from popular music artists who are touring the country this summer, as well as behind-the-scenes tour footage. Each episode will be shot on...
Multichannel News | Ovation TV's Summer Series Hits The Road
Ovation TV’s Summer Series Hits The Road
Network's "Notes From The Road" Will Also Be Featured on XM Radio
By Larry Barrett -- Multichannel News, 7/14/2008 12:45:00 PM
Ovation TV is launching a new weekly original music series, taking viewers on the road to see some of the hottest bands and artists touring U.S. this summer, network officials said Monday.
Bonefish Grill’s Notes From The Road will feature bands and artists including 3...
TV Week Blink | Faces of New York
Faces of New York July 6, 2008 8:40 PM
Some familiar faces started popping up all over New York last week, thanks to Ovation TV. The fine arts network just kicked off a monthlong programming stunt called “American Revolutionaries,” in which all of its prime-time shows are dedicated to world-changing American artists. It has taken over billboards, city buses, kiosks and wild postings around Manhattan, including in Times Square and along Museum Row. Artists paid...
944.com | Standing Ovation
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Standing Ovation
Say No to Dancing with the Stars and Tune In to the New Network That Expands Your Mind
With the uncertainty involved in the upcoming elections, the slumping economy and frustratingly similar reality shows, it’s nice to know that an intelligent alternative is just a click away.
Originally founded in 1996, Ovation TV re-launched in 2007 with a revamped focus to become a multi-platform destination for all things related to art. The 24...
Animation Magazine | Ovation TV will host the world television premiere of Dante’s Inferno
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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...
Advertising Age | Ovation TV Teams With Major Museums
Ovation TV Teams With Major Museums
Jointly Develops Programming for TV, Exhibits
By Beth Snyder Bulik
Published: June 10, 2008
YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) -- Ovation TV is finally ready for its close-up. Ten years after its birth, and one year after a major overhaul and rebirth under new ownership, the now-national arts and culture TV channel has lined up marketing partnerships and integrated promotions to boost subscriber cable systems and attract more marketers by partnering...
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, about...
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, Smithsonian Channel...
Precision Decision: Starcom Makes New Metrics Condition Of Upfront Buys
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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.
There are scores of emerging...
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 upcoming exhibition...
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 terrific new weekly series Live from the Artists' Den (tonight at 8 pm/ET). Somewhat...
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, starting...
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 Ovation will wage the Battle...
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Hundreds of Channels, but Where's the Artsy Stuff?
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HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: OVATION SEES 'REAL OPPORTUNITY'...
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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 1996 with a somewhat narrow focus on classical and fine arts. Today, the ad-supported network begins...