He heads up Discovery’s portfolio content strategy and commissions in the region. Darren has created a dozen television shows, co-created and launched channels, worked as a head writer and producer on hundreds of hours of television, served as an official judge of the International Emmys, was appointed expert moderator for the Comedy Nominee Panel Session at the Emmy’s World Television Festival in New York and is an elected Member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Discovery, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is a global leader in real life entertainment, serving a passionate audience of superfans around the world with content that inspires, informs and entertains. Discovery delivers over 8,000 hours of original programming each year and has category leadership across deeply loved content genres around the world. Available in 220 countries and territories and nearly 50 languages, Discovery is a platform innovator, reaching viewers on all screens, including TV Everywhere products such as the GO portfolio of apps; direct-to-consumer streaming services such as discovery+, Food Network Kitchen and MotorTrend OnDemand; digital-first and social content from Group Nine Media; a landmark natural history and factual content partnership with the BBC; and a strategic alliance with PGA TOUR to create the international home of golf. Discovery’s portfolio of premium brands includes Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, and the forthcoming multi-platform JV with Chip and Joanna Gaines, Magnolia Network, as well as OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in the U.S., Discovery Kids in Latin America, and Eurosport, the leading provider of locally relevant, premium sports and Home of the Olympic Games across Europe. For more information, please visit corporate.discovery.com and follow @DiscoveryIncTV across social platforms.
SEEKING: Returnable character-driven factual series covering tough jobs, motoring, mystery science, blue light and precincts; documentaries focusing on true crime, sport and international people & events; female skew reality series ranging from relationships and dating to medical makeover.
RECENT SUCCESSED/COMMISSIONS: Sydney Harbour Force, Say Yes to the Dress Australia, Aussie Mega Mechanics, Demolition Down Under, The Hunt: In Search of Australia’s Big Cats, Aussie Salvage Squad, Aussie Lobster Men, Railroad Australia, John Eales Reveals: The Haka and international hits including Aussie Gold Hunters and Outback Opal Hunters.
GENRES: Crime, Current Affairs and Investigative, Factual Entertainment, History, Lifestyle, Natural History and Wildlife, Science, Sport, Travel and Adventure