Jean-Briac (JB) Perrette President Discovery Networks International

JB Perrette is President of Discovery Networks International, a division of Discovery Communications, the #1 pay-TV programmer in the world reaching nearly 3 billion cumulative subscribers.

Based in London, Perrette oversees and sets the strategy for the company’s five international operations: Latin America/U.S. Hispanic, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) and Asia-Pacific.

Discovery’s unrivalled international footprint includes an average of 8 channels in more than 220 countries and territories. Discovery’s organic international business has grown rapidly for the past several years, led by the expansion and performance of its global flagship channels including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, ID: Investigation Discovery and Science channel. Discovery also has strengthened and deepened its presence in key markets and across multiple content genres by gaining majority control of Eurosport International – Europe’s leading sports entertainment group as well as through the acquisitions of SBS Nordics, Switchover Media in Italy and Fatafeat in the Middle East. In the second quarter of 2014, Discovery’s international revenue surpassed U.S. revenue for the first time in company history, marking an important milestone since the launch of its first international channel 25 years ago.

Perrette joined Discovery in October 2011 as Chief Digital Officer, charged with building best-in-class digital and technology organizations to help establish the company’s industry-leading presence in the digital media field. In that role, he refocused and reinforced the company’s leadership as the number one non-fiction video company across all screens, and more than quadrupled the size of Discovery’s on-line video business. Perrette established Discovery’s industry-leading presence in digital video with the acquisitions of Revision3 and DeFranco Creative, strategic investments in Lumosity and Learnist, and the launches of online video networks TestTube and Animalist. Under his leadership, innovative live online experiences complementary to Discovery’s programming and brands – such as SKYWIRE LIVE WITH NIK WALLENDA and Animal Planet L!VE – were also established, enhancing Discovery’s offering and deepening viewer engagement across multiple screens.

Prior to joining Discovery, Perrette spent 11 years with NBCUniversal, most recently serving as President, Digital and Affiliate Distribution and Content Distribution Strategy, leading North American distribution of television and film content across platforms. He helped launch new digital channels Sleuth (now Cloo), Chiller and Universal HD, and played a leadership role in developing the industry-leading digital venture, Hulu. Perrette’s previous roles at NBC Universal included CFO of Bravo Media, and VP of NBC Business Development, and he also served on the boards of Hulu, A&E Television Networks, and the Sundance Channel.

Before joining NBC in 2000, Perrette was a member of General Electric’s top leadership development program based in London, and at CS First Boston in London and Tokyo. Perrette received his B.A. from Hamilton College.

吉恩 Briac（JB）Perrette 總裁 國際網絡探索頻道

JB Perrette 是探索頻道網絡國際總裁，Discovery 傳播公司的分支機構，達到近三十億用戶累計的世 界排名第一的付費頻道的程序設計員。

總部設在倫敦，Perrette 為公司的五個國際業務監督，並設置了策略: 拉丁美洲/中美西班牙，北歐， 南歐，中歐和東歐，中東及非洲（CEEMEA）與亞太地區。

探索頻道無與倫比的國際足跡包括在超過 220 個國家版圖和平均為 8 個頻道的地區。探索的有機國 際業務已在過去幾年增長迅速, 領導的其全球旗艦頻道擴展和性能, 包括探索頻道，TLC，動物星球 及 ID: 探索調查和科學頻道。Discovery 也藉著獲得大多數歐洲體育國際的控制加強了和深化了在 主要市場和跨多種內容類型的存在。歐洲著名運動娛樂集團，以及通過 SBS 北歐的收購，在意大利 和 Fatafeat 中東切換媒體。在 2014 年第二季，探索的國際收入在公司的歷史首次超過美國收入 ， 創下自 25 年前推出其首個國際頻道的重要里程碑。

Perrette 在 2011 年 10 月加入 Discovery 擔任首席數位官員，負責建設最佳一流的數碼和技術組織建 立在數字多媒體領域的公司業界領先的存在。在這個職位上，他重新調整並加強了公司的領導層在 所有屏幕的頭號非小說類視頻，並有四倍多探索的在線視頻理財週報的大小。Perrette 在數字視頻 及 Revision3 和 DeFranco 創造性的收購建立探索的業界領先,在 Lumosity 和 learnist 策略性投資, 和 在線視頻網絡使用 TestTube 和 Animalist 的發射。在他領導下，創新生活在線體驗的互補，以探索 的節目和品牌-如 SKYWIRE 生活聶瓦倫達和動物星球 LIVE-也建立，提高探索的產品和加深觀眾參與 跨多個屏幕。

在加入探索之前，Prerrette 與 NBC 環球度過 11 年，最近擔任總裁，負責數位及加盟分銷和內容 分發策略，帶領跨平台的電視和電影內容在北美地區分銷。他幫助推出新的數碼頻道偵探（現 Cloo）， 冷水機組和環球高清，而在開發業界領先數碼企業，“露露” 發揮領導作用。Perrette 以前在 NBC 環球的角色包括布拉沃傳媒 CFO 和 NBC 業務發展副總裁，他還任職於露露的董事會，A＆E 電視網 絡，和聖丹斯頻道。

在 2000 年加入 NBC 之前，Perrette 是總部設在倫敦的通用電氣的最高領導力發展課程成員，位於 倫敦和東京在瑞士信貸第一波士頓。Perrette 從漢密爾頓學院獲得了學士學位。