Video Interview with Turner International’s Gerhard Zeiler

NEW YORK: World Screen talks to Turner International’s Gerhard Zeiler, who has been serving as the company’s president since 2012.

Gerhard Zeiler was appointed president of Turner International in 2012. He spent the first 12 months or so reorganizing the group; after that, he focused on building the portfolio of brands, increasing digital offerings, expanding the licensing and merchandising business and extending that business into hotels and theme parks.

For all the talk of cord-cutters and cord-nevers in the U.S., the international pay-TV business remains robust. Turner International increased revenues and profits in 2015. Zeiler—whose career has included posts as head of the Austrian public broadcaster ORF, head of the German commercial broadcaster RTL Television and CEO of the RTL Group—believes must-have brands and must-see programming offered to consumers in a variety of ways will ensure the ongoing health of the channels business.

This video is available with subtitles in Spanish, Mandarin and French.