Cablefax The Magazine - April 2014 - 41

69 | Television
without Borders
JB Perrette
Title: President,
Discovery
Networks
International
Years in
Cable: 14
Education: BA, public
policy, Hamilton College
Best Advice: Your wife is
always right.
Luis Silberwasser
Title: EVP/Chief Content
Officer, Discovery Networks
International
Years in Cable: 16
Education: BS, Industrial Engineering,
Georgia Tech; MBA,
Harvard Business School
Best Advice: Know your
stuff-don't wing it.
Perrette's passport is seeing
action like never before, as the
leader of Discovery's digital
operations switched gears to
head the company's international
business this year. It's
a crucial role for Discovery;
the company's international
business is spiraling with the
acquisition of SBS Nordics,
pan-Euro sports platform
Eurosport and the launch of
TLC in the U.K.-just to name
a few. Great ideas don't know
boundaries, and Silberwasser
led the development of 60
70 | A Solid BET thinking of your next words.
Debra Lee
Title: Chairman/CEO, BET
Networks (pictured, middle,
right side)
Years in Cable: 25+
Education: BA, political
science with an emphasis
on Asian politics, Brown
University; JD, Harvard Law
School; master's degree in
public policy, John F. Kennedy
School of Government
Best Advice: Be true to
your passion!
Stephen Hill
Title: President, Music
Programming, BET (pictured,
left, in suit)
Years in Cable: 19
Education: Brown University
Best Advice: Listen without
Loretha Jones
Title: President, Original
Programming, BET
(pictured, right, far right)
Years in Cable: Over 20
Education: BA, City College
of New York; JD, the
New York University School
of Law.
Best Advice: Pause to
enjoy your hard work.
BET had more smash hits
than a " 106 and Park " guest
this year, racking up major
ratings and critical wins.
Under the stewardship of
Lee, BET's lineup continued
to shine with tentpole shows
like " Real Husbands of
Hollywood " and " The Game "
attracting more than 6 miloriginal
series in 2013, with
more than 70 U.K. production
houses and dozens of others
from around the world. Look
for him to continue mining
DNI's local production, development
and programming
teams for original ideas that
can play on a global stage, as
he did adapting popular Italian
series " Shopping Night " into
" Shopaholic Showdown " for
international distribution.
Perrette
I watch the majority of
programming on this device:
On an iPad on a plane
Dish I can make and that
would impress a celebrity
chef: Cheese soufflé
lion and 3.5 million viewers,
respectively. Newcomer " Being
Mary Jane " is already
a bona fide hit after Jones
turned the buzzed-about
original movie (peaking at
11,000 tweets per minute)
into BET's first original
drama series. The music
programs and specials BET
births have gone a long way
in defining the network and
its success. This year was
no different as Hill's starstudded
BET Awards pulled
in its highest ratings in four
years and dominated the
day across all television.
Lee
I watch most programming
on: Television
Twitter or Instagram?
Twitter
Favorite TV show as a
kid? " The Dukes of Hazzard "
Frank Underwood or Nick
Brody? Nick Brody
Who's on tap for the next
big comeback? The Mets
Silberwasser
I watch the majority of
programming on this
Tech that will most
benefit cable over the
next year is: Mobile devices
because they give viewers
more ways to engage and
watch, download, stream and
share the content they enjoy.
TV show I'd most like to
have a cameo in: " Real
Husbands of Hollywood "
Beach or mountains? Beach
Hill
TV show I'd most like to
have a cameo in: Not even
a question. " Girls. " Marnie
needs a sugar daddy, and
you can call me Domino.
One thing I would do all
the time if I could: Eat
French fries and ice cream.
Favorite Restaurant: Pappadeaux
Seafood restaurant.
Texas-based New-Orleansdevice:
TV
Frank Underwood or
Nick Brody? Neither-
Saul Berenson.
Favorite Restaurant:
Andres Carne de Res in
Bogota, Colombia; The River
Café in London.
Favorite TV show as a
kid? " Happy Days " ■
style food that does New
Orleans style food better
than New Orleans does.
Favorite vacation spot:
Mustique with a group of
friends; all of whom I've
known from the sophomore
year of college or before.
Desert island album?
Prince, Sign O' The Times
Favorite TV show as a
kid? " Wonderama. " Made
me want to have an aardvark.
The last time I had a
good laugh: Two seconds
ago. When I thought about
the Aardvark Song from
" Wonderama. "
Jones
I watch most programming
on: iPad
My favorite newfound
hobby: Golf ■
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