Kenneth Ripley

Ken Ripley, Executive Vice President of Global Advertiser Sales, manages a global sales team dedicated to working with national advertisers and marketers to place messaging within IGA’s Radial Network. He comes to IGA from Discovery Communications where he was Vice President of Sales Development and National Sales Manager for Discovery’s Emerging Networks group, including: Discovery HD Theater, Discovery Home, Discovery Times, The Science Channel, The Military Channel, Discovery Kids Channel and Discovery Kids on NBC. 

Prior to joining Discovery Networks, Ken was with TiVo, serving as National Director, Advertiser Sales and Partnerships. At TiVo Ken created the TiVo Charter Advertiser Program; a marketing and research based partnership for national advertisers and also launched TiVovision, interactive televisions first marketing system for advertiser messaging on-demand

Before joining TiVo, Ken spent six years with Columbia TriStar Television as Vice President, Advertiser Sales and Marketing where he managed sales for Game Show Network, (a division of CTT) and DirecTV.

Ken is a frequent speaker on behalf of interactive television and digital media, having been featured at numerous marketing conferences including such venues as the AAAA’s Media convention and the ANA Annual Television Conference.

He holds a BA in Economics from Denison University.