Turner EMEA gets new regional structure -

London, 25 February 2014: Turner Broadcasting System EMEA makes a further step in its reorganisation and aligns territories around new regional divisions, it was announced today by Giorgio Stock, President of Turner Broadcasting System EMEA.

Southern Europe and Africa will be led by Jaime Ondarza, who is promoted to Senior Vice President Southern Europe & Africa. In his new role, Jaime will lead all editorial and commercial operations for Turner in Italy, France, Iberia and Africa, reporting to Giorgio Stock. In his Iberia role, Jaime will take on the position previously held by Domingo Corral who after 15 years building the Spanish business at Turner will leave to pursue new opportunities.

Pierre Branco is promoted to Vice President Southern Europe and Africa and General Manager France and Portugal. Reporting to Jaime, Pierre will have direct responsibility for all French speaking territories in the region, as well as Portugal, Angola and Mozambique.

Giorgio Stock, President of Turner EMEA said: The new territory alignment around Southern Europe and Africa will allow us to leverage competencies and invest in products and services that will greatly benefit from joined up resources and planning. Through this alignment we expect continuity, improved efficiencies and a greater coherence in editorial and brand strategy allowing us to focus on super serving local audiences.

Jaime Ondarza is the natural choice for this regional division, as he combines entrepreneurship and a deep understanding of our Channel business. These qualities will be instrumental in sustaining the leadership of our brands in this region and promoting new services and business models in a constantly changing environment. Pierre Branco's promotion similarly reflects our desire to build on our strong talent in the region and push on aggressive development of our branded products and services across territories.

We sincerely wish Domingo Corral the very best in his new endeavours. His legacy is one of the best and most talented teams in Europe and he leaves behind a great line-up of successful channels and brands including TNT, Boing, CNN and TCM in Spain and our recently launched local language Cartoon Network in Portugal.

Domingo Corral said: I am very grateful for the time I have had at Turner, and for the support I've always received from my team, many great colleagues and business partners. I am also pleased to see that Jaime Ondarza, one of the best leaders I have ever met, will take on the Spanish business. I have no doubt that under his leadership Turner will be in a very strong position to meet future challenges .

Giovanni Parenti, Vice President and GM Italy will continue to report into Jaime.

Tal Hewitt, General Manager Turkey, Middle East and Africa, will cooperate closely with Jaime and Pierre on the strategy for Africa, reporting into Jaime Ondarza. She will continue reporting into Rani Raad, in her role as General Manager Turner Middle East and Turkey.

UK and Ireland, which previously fell under Jaime's responsibility, will now fold into a new Northern Europe division which will also comprise Nordics and Baltics. New leadership will soon be announced. In the interim Anthony Lukom, Vice President and General Manager UK and Bo Ostergaard, Vice President and General Manager Nordics will report into Giorgio Stock.

The German speaking countries, Benelux, Central Eastern Europe and Russia will continue to be led by Senior Vice President Hannes Heyelmann , reporting into Giorgio Stock.

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Notes to editors:

Jaime Ondarza, Senior Vice President Southern Europe & Africa, joined Turner Italy's media and marketing team in 2000, after an early career in some of the world's top advertising agencies. He became general manager in 2003, and in 2010, added the role of general manager for France and the French-speaking territories to his portfolio of responsibilities, followed in 2012 by the UK

Pierre Branco, Vice President Southern Europe and Africa and General Manager France and Portugal, joined Turner in 2006 when he managed Distribution and Business Development. With responsibility on all revenues of the French unit, Branco was promoted Deputy General Manager and, in September 2012, he became Vice President & General Manager TBS France.

Domingo Corral, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Spain and Portuguese regions joined Turner in 1999 to launch and manage TCM in Spain and became general manager in 2003, in charge of all the entertainment networks. Previously, he worked as a journalist for the Canal group and was part of the team that launched Spain's first DTH platform, Digital .

About Turner Broadcasting EMEA

Turner Broadcasting System International operates versions of core TBS brands including CNN, TNT, Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies, as well as country- and region-specific networks and businesses in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific. It teams with Warner Bros. and HBO to leverage Time Warner's global reach. In the EMEA region, Turner currently broadcasts 73 channels in 23 languages to 125 countries. Committed to innovation and development, its brands are available to audiences across the EMEA region via the web, VOD, DVD, gaming, mobile, merchandising, publishing or emerging platforms. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS) is a Time Warner company.

Contacts:

EMEA - Claudia Coles 44 20 7693 0946; Claudia.Coles@turner.com

Madrid - Juan Zavala 34 91 436 7900; Juan.Zavala@turner.com

Paris - Adrien Fallu 33 (0) 1 72 25 18 20; Adrien.Fallu@turner.com

Rome - Martina Margiotti 390-66966-512 Martina.Margiotti@turner.com

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