Perrette lands at Discovery

Discovery Communications is placed to usher in former NBCUniversal digital professional Jean-Briac Perrette to mind up its very own digital companies, a resource near to the situation verifies. This news was initially reported through the Wall Street Journal.Perrette was one of many executives to ankle NBCU following the company's merger with Comcast. As they was at this company, his focus was digital distribution platforms including gaming systems an internet-based merchants under TV group prexy Shaun Gaspin (who left the NBCU throughout the sooner area of the Comcast reshuffle). Perrette also brought NBCU throughout the development of Hulu.Within the new position, Perrette will are accountable to David Zaslav - also an NBCU cable-side vet.Perrette's CV clearly sits well with Discovery: the cable conglom has already been an passionate streaming-side partner with distrib Netflix and sells its programs through Amazon . com Video and also the Apple. Recently Discovery broadened its contract with Netflix to incorporate more prior-season programming and restored its nonexclusive agreement with the organization for any further 2 yrs. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com