Ovation Promotes Liz Janneman To EVP, Ad Sales

Ovation today elevated Liz Janneman to EVP, ad sales. Janneman joined the network in April 2009 as SVP of ad sales. During her tenure, Ovation said, the network has doubled its upfront revenue, secured new upfront advertisers and became Nielsen rated as of fourth quarter 2010.  

“Liz has been a tremendous asset to Ovation,” said Ovation CEO Charles Segars.  “Under her leadership, our ad sales team has grown annual revenue by 40%. Now, with our distribution up to 43 million households, and extremely favorable results in our first quarter of being rated, we anticipate another banner year. We are pleased to acknowledge Liz’s accomplishments with this well-earned promotion.”

Before joining Ovation, Janneman spent nearly 20 years working in advertising sales at Current TV, Weather Channel, AOL/Time Warner, Turner Entertainment and Saatchi & Saatchi.