Warner Bros. to Realign Television and Home Entertainment Operations to Enhance Production Capabilities and Maximize Content Value

Warner Bros. to Realign Television and Home Entertainment Operations to Enhance Production Capabilities and Maximize Content Value Warner Bros. Executives Elevated to New Roles

Peter Roth, Craig Hunegs and Jeffrey Schlesinger to Run Studios Television Businesses;

Thomas Gewecke to Become Chief Digital Officer of Warner Bros. Entertainment;

Ron Sanders and Diane Nelson to Assume Additional Responsibilities In Distribution and Games

Burbank, CA Warner Bros. today announced a strategic realignment of its television and home entertainment operations to continue the Studios focus on producing the worlds best content while maximizing its value by taking full advantage of every current and emerging exhibition platform. The organizational changes were announced by Kevin Tsujihara, CEO, Warner Bros.

The digital revolution continues to change every aspect of the way we do business, and this strategic realignment will help us address those changes to better deliver our world class content to the widest array of consumers across the globe, said Tsujihara. Warner Bros. has the worlds best television series, films, games and original digital content, and we are committed to maximizing its value to the company, our creative partners and, ultimately, consumers.

Under this realignment, which is effective immediately, the Studios worldwide television operations will be overseen by a team of longstanding executives responsible for global production and distribution; the Studios digital strategy will be consolidated under a Chief Digital Officer; and various home entertainment functions will be reassigned.

One of Warner Bros. greatest strengths has always been its people, and this realignment will tap into the expertise and experience of a number of the companys longstanding executives, said Barry Meyer, Chairman, Warner Bros. The Studio and its leadership have a legacy of adapting and evolving to meet and exceed consumers demands. The changes announced today continue that tradition and solidly position us for future success.

In television, Peter Roth will now serve as President and Chief Content Officer, Warner Bros. Television Group, while retaining his title and responsibilities as President, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Horizon Television and Animation. He will add creative oversight of Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. International Television Production to his responsibilities. Craig Hunegs will now serve as President, Business and Strategy, Warner Bros. Television Group, with responsibility for the business operations of the Group. He will also be responsible for windowing strategies and expanding production businesses. Additionally, Hunegs will join the boards of both The CW Network and Shed Media. Jeffrey Schlesinger will now serve as President, Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution and be responsible for distribution of the Studios content to all television platforms worldwide, including the sale of previously produced series and feature films to U.S. broadcast and cable outlets, domestic syndication and sales to SVOD and AVOD platforms. He will also continue to be responsible for the business operations of WBITVP.

Roth, Hunegs and Schlesinger will all report directly to Tsujihara. Roth and Schlesinger will share oversight of Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Marketing, headed by Lisa Gregorian, Chief Marketing Officer, Warner Bros. Television Group.

Thomas Gewecke, previously President, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, has been named Chief Digital Officer and Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Warner Bros. Entertainment, and is responsible for driving the Studios worldwide digital growth and managing its global business strategy. He will further be charged with coordinating the companys various digital distribution strategies to maximize the value of all of Warner Bros. content across all current and emerging digital exhibition platforms (SVOD and TVOD functions will continue to be managed by the Television and Home Entertainment Groups). Gewecke will additionally oversee Warner Bros. Technical Operations, Corporate Business Development, and Home Entertainments Direct to Consumer, Business Development and Flixster groups. Gewecke will report directly to Tsujihara.

In Home Entertainment, Ron Sanders, formerly President, Warner Home Video, will become President, Warner Bros. Worldwide Home Entertainment Distribution. In this new role, Sanders will expand his purview to include global digital transactional business (electronic sell through and VOD), as well as the global distribution activities of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE). Additionally, Sanders will help expand the retail distribution of DC Entertainment products, working closely with DCEs President, Diane Nelson. Sanders will report directly to Tsujihara.

Diane Nelson remains President, DC Entertainment, which continues to be a stand alone entity under Warner Bros. Entertainment, and she will now have a dual report to Tsujihara and Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group. Nelson adds responsibilities as President and Chief Content Officer for WBIE, where she will oversee the development, production and marketing of all video game titles for WBIE, including those based on DC characters, as well as other Warner Bros. properties and original IP. In this capacity, she will work closely with WBIEs President, Martin Tremblay, who will now report to Nelson and Sanders.

Contact Info:

Paul McGuire

Warner Bros.

(818) 601 1706

Paul.McGuire@warnerbros.com

Susan Fleishman

Warner Bros.

(818) 954 1919

Susan.Fleishman@warnerbros.com

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