Video Interview: Discovery’s Lee Bartlett

NEW YORK: Lee Bartlett, the executive VP of global production management, business and legal affairs at Discovery Communications, discusses the new partnerships for Discovery Studios and more in this video interview.

Former ITV Studios managing director Bartlett joined the senior management team of Discovery Communications in September of last year, taking on the role of executive VP of global production management, business and legal affairs. Since joining Discovery, Bartlett has been part of a number of key developments at the nonfiction outfit. Most recently, he announced several new international partnerships for Discovery Studios, with the view to developing content to play on Discovery Communications’ channels around the world.

Discovery Studios, in partnership with Discovery Networks in the U.S. and internationally, is teaming up with Shine Group, ALL3MEDIA and WTFN to develop and commission original lifestyle, specialist, factual and general-entertainment formats for the Discovery portfolio. This move came on heels of other recently announced creative pacts with Eddie Barbini, Rob Hammersly and Daniel Soiseth.