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Burbank, CA-based Warner Bros has Promoted Ana de Castro as Deputy General Counsel
About the Company
Warner Bros. ENTERTAINMENT is a global leader in all forms of entertainment and their related businesses across all current and emerging media and platforms. A Time Warner Company, the fully integrated, broad-based Studio is home to one of the most successful collections of brands in the world and stands at the forefront of every aspect of the entertainment industry from feature film, television and home entertainment production and worldwide distribution to DVD and Blu-ray, digital distribution, animation, comic books, video games, product and brand licensing, and broadcasting. The company`s vast library, one of the most prestigious and valuable in the world, consists of more than 61,000 hours of programming, including nearly 6,500 feature films and 3,000 television programs comprised of tens of thousands of individual episodes. Warner Bros. Entertainment has employees in over 30 countries. The company is headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios lot, 142 acres in Burbank, California, which is considered one of the foremost motion picture and television production and post-production facilities in the world and is also home to 35 soundstages (including one of the world`s tallest stages, which has an in-ground tank capable of holding more than two million gallons of water). Warner Bros. Studio Facilities also manages the company`s studio in the U.K., Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, which is a 160-acre production facility that has been the production site of many highly acclaimed Warner Bros. movies including the eight Harry Potter films.
About the Person
Ana de Castro has been Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs of Warner Bros. Consumer Products Inc. since February 28, 2007. Before that, she was vp legal affairs within the division. Ms. De Castro is responsible for all business and legal operations across the globe, negotiating license agreements for use of the studio's theatrical and television properties in consumer products, promotions and theme parks of Warner Bros. She joined the company in 1996 after serving as assistant general counsel-marketing at Unilever United States Inc. She began her career as a corporate attorney at Morrison & Foerster.
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