Discovery U.K. Promotes Underwood

LONDON, May 24: Discovery U.K. has promoted Keith Underwood
from head of U.K. strategy to the newly created role of VP commercial
controller for Discovery Communications Europe U.K., reporting directly to Dan
Brooke, Discovery U.K.’s general manager.

In his new role, Underwood will assume responsibility for
content distribution on both linear and non-linear platforms and oversee
business development in the U.K. market. As commercial controller, he will be
managing relationships with all commercial partners for Discovery U.K. He
joined Discovery U.K. in 2005 and currently heads up the U.K. strategy
department. Prior to joining Discovery U.K., Underwood served as the senior
strategy analyst at BSkyB in their corporate strategy department for three
years.