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Skydance Names Leaders for International Streaming, Sales and TV Networks
After the merger, Skydance is setting leadership for Paramount and Warner Bros.
Discovery’s operations outside the US, which include streaming, TV networks and content sales.
JB Perrette will oversee streaming and networks outside the US in his new Skydance role.
He previously led global streaming at Warner Bros.
Discovery and helped roll out HBO Max internationally.
David Decker will lead sales of content worldwide, including well-known shows such as NCIS and The Big Bang Theory.
Bryon Rubin is temporarily in charge of 5 and Network Ten, the UK and Australian free-to-air networks.
The companies have not yet settled how international territories will be divided or who will oversee each one.
A decision on the networks’ permanent future is expected in the coming weeks.
JB Perrette will oversee streaming and networks outside the United States as part of his new Skydance roles.
David Decker has been named president of content sales, handling titles from the Paramount and Warner libraries.
CBS Chief Operating Officer Bryon Rubin is temporarily taking charge of the UK’s 5 and Australia’s Network Ten.
Perrette’s other reports include Chief Revenue Officer Jay Askinasi and President of Distribution Ray Hopkins.
The future leadership arrangements for the free-to-air networks and some international territories remain unsettled.
- Who
- JB Perrette, David Decker and Bryon Rubin are among the executives named to international roles at Skydance.
- What
- Skydance has assigned leaders for international streaming, content sales and free-to-air networks.
- When
- The appointments were reported on October 13, 2026. Rubin’s responsibility is temporary, with a more permanent arrangement expected in the coming weeks.
- Where
- The roles cover markets outside the United States, including the UK and Australia.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Skydance began unveiling its senior executives, while its international leadership remained unclear.
Davis Ellison held a town hall, but international insiders still lacked clarity, according to Deadline.
Skydance’s top international leadership roles began to be clarified.
Deadline reported that Rubin was temporarily taking charge of 5 and Network Ten, with a more permanent arrangement expected in the coming weeks.
- Perrette’s roles
- Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer, Skydance TV; Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer, Skydance Direct-To-Consumer
- Content sales
- David Decker named President of Content Sales
- Free-to-air networks
- Bryon Rubin temporarily taking charge of 5 and Network Ten
- Perrette’s reports
- Jay Askinasi and Ray Hopkins
- Permanent network plans
- An announcement is expected in the coming weeks
What people are saying
Everyone is in the dark at the moment, and I think that’s probably true for almost everyone globally,
Sources
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