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Turner Hires Gerhard Zeiler To Run International Unit After He Exits RTL Group

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday February 7, 2012 @ 12:48pm PSTTags: Phil Kent, Turner Broadcasting System

Turner Broadcasting System has landed one of Europe’s top TV executives, Gerhard Zeiler, and is making him president of its international division. The announcement today comes hours after Zeiler stepped down as CEO of RTL Group, Europe’s largest TV production and broadcast company. As president of Turner Broadcasting System International, he will report to TBS Inc chairman and CEO Phil Kent and lead a 3,800-person division across Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Zeiler will have executive oversight for all entertainment and kids networks and media services offered outside of North America; the distribution and commercial operations of CNN’s international services; all of Turner’s international joint ventures; and all licensing and merchandising. Turner operates more than 130 channels in more than 30 languages in about 200 countries and operates versions of CNN, TNT, Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies, as well as country- and region-specific networks and businesses. READ MORE »

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Turner’s Phil Kent Keynote To Open NATPE

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 15, 2011 @ 3:56pm PSTTags: Monaco Media Forum, NATPE, NATPE 2012, Phil Kent, Turner Broadcasting System

Turner Broadcasting System chairman and CEO Phil Kent has been tapped to give the keynote address on the first day of NATPE|Content First, the annual global content market for buyers and sellers that is set to run January 23-25 in … Read More »

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