Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that Scott Ehrlich has been named to the newly created position of Chief Innovation Officer. The announcement was made by Chris Ripley, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sinclair. In the newly created role, Ehrlich will build on the company's rich history of innovation and create the company's first dedicated cross functional research and development group to coordinate and accelerate efforts across content, technology, audience development and distribution.

The new group will also incorporate a corporate strategy function to further innovation and growth across Sinclair and its assets. Ehrlich, who joined Sinclair in 2017 and was most recently SVP, Growth Networks and Content, will retain oversight of the company's OTA national networks, COMET, CHARGE! and TBD, as well as digital and OTT streaming platforms NewsON and STIRR.

Ehrlich has built a track record of successfully creating new ventures in television, technology and new media platforms. He's held roles spanning licensing, production, creative development, technology, network management and programming. In a previous role as Founder and CEO of Agility Studios, Ehrlich led the development of the award-winning franchise; The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, created by Jon M. Chu, into a multi-faceted business. He also served as Executive Producer for award winning digital series including Two Bellmen and Business Usual (Marriott Content Studio), as well as licensing content to and from digital and traditional platforms. Before Agility, Ehrlich founded Impulse Media, where he was a strategic advisor to startups and established companies focused on digital video products, distribution and business models.

Prior to Impulse, Ehrlich served as Vice President of Media Acquisition and Distribution for RealNetworks. Earlier in his career, Ehrlich was the Senior Vice President and Executive Producer of News America Digital Publishing at News Corporation and Director of Audience Development at NBC Cable. Ehrlich received his master's degree from The Graduate School of Political Management and his undergraduate degree from Kenyon College.