Newly appointed MD and EVP to look after Discovery Networks’ UK and Ireland biz is Dee Forbes.
Handling the company’s largest market outside the US, Forbes will report to Greg Ricca, CEO and president of Discovery Networks International and step into her new role in January. The UK business consists of 12 Pay TV brands, including Discovery Channel, DMAX and Real Time.
Forbes will take up her new role in January, leaving her position as SVP and GM of Turner Broadcasting System, UK/Ireland.