Constanze Gilles joins TV streaming provider Zattoo as General Manager Direct-to-Consumer (DTC).
In this newly created position, Gilles is responsible with immediate effect for the end user business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Gilles previously spent more than three years as Senior Vice President Partnerships & Business Development at ProSiebenSat.1/Discovery streaming joint-venture Joyn.
Gilles has been active in the media and entertainment industry for 20 years. During this time, she has been primarily involved in business development, strategy and partnerships and has worked with a variety of national and international partners and brands.
From 2009 to 2019, Gilles worked at Sky Deutschland, where she was most recently Vice President Partner Channels, responsible for management, strategic development and cooperation with the pay-TV provider’s channel partners. She then moved to streaming service Joyn, where she was Senior Vice President Partnerships & Business Development, responsible for overall B2B strategy and execution, and was instrumental in maximising monetisation of the streaming product.
At Zattoo, Gilles will assume overall responsibility for the further development of the company’s end user business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This includes all activities of the DTC team, especially in the areas of marketing and communications, business development, customer service and selected areas of product development.
“The streaming market is in an exciting phase. I am very much looking forward to seizing new opportunities in this dynamic environment with the experienced Zattoo team and driving user growth,” said Gilles.
As General Manager DTC, Gilles reports to Jörg Meyer, who assumed responsibility for the development of Zattoo’s B2B business in September 2021 as Chief Commercial Officer in addition to the DTC business.
“With the newly created position of General Manager, we enable our DTC team to be even more focused on the development of the end user business”, said Meyer, Chief Commercial Officer of Zattoo. “With Constanze, a great leader with a lot of knowledge and experience within the TV industry joins the Zattoo team. For me, it’s a good feeling to know that the DTC team we’ve built over the last 12 years is in good hands.”
