Credentials

This is a selection of some of the main deals I have led or been involved with.

Royal Opera House and…

BBC – renewal of agreement for production and distribution of Royal Opera House Operas by Radio, TV and i-player

Pillar Entertainment – Digital Cinema distribution agreement

Imediacast – Digital downloads sales, marketing and distribution agreement

LOCOG – Live Event agreement for the 2012 Olympics

Boosey and Hawkes – Commissioning agreement for new Richard Thomas/Mark Anthony Turnage Opera.

Opus Arte and …

Decca – DVD and digital licensing agreement for Decca Artists with the Royal Opera House’s DVD division
EMI – DVD and digital licensing agreement for EMI Artists

Naxos – international DVD distribution agreement

MySpace and …

EMI Music Publishing/CELAS – licence agreement for MySpace Music service

Universal Music/SACAM – licence agreement for MySpace Music service

SanDisk and …

Universal – Digital Content licensing and distribution agreement

Sony – Digital Content licensing and distribution agreement

Music Technology and …

Tesco – download fulfilment service provider agreement

Fremantle – licensing and distribution agreement for X-Factor branded app

Associated News – licensing and distribution agreement for Mail On Sunday branded app

Pete Tong – development and sales partnership for Pete Tong branded app

Quintessentially – development and distribution partnership for Quintessentially branded app

Record of the Day – development and distribution partnership for Record of the Day branded app

Rocks Back Pages – development and distribution partnership for “Freekly” branded app

Syco

Simon Cowell – Joint venture agreement and renewal

Syco and Fremantle – Production and distribution agreement for X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent

Through Fremantle production agreement; Nokia – sponsorship agreement for X Factor

Through Fremantle production agreement; ITV – Commissioning Agreement for Britain’s Got Talent and X-Factor

Fox –negotiation and renewal of joint venture including American Idol and first look deal for Syco

Syco and 19 Entertainment – settlement of litigation.

NBC, Fremantle and Syco – Commissioning agreement for America’s Got Talent

Syco and CAA – Promoter’s agreement for X Factor tour

Fever Media – Television JV with ex BBC Heads of Entertainment David Mortimer and Richard Hopkins

Sony BMG and 19 Entertainment – agreement for worldwide recording rights for Pop Idol

Sony BMG and …

Vodafone – Digital Sales agreement

O2 – Digital sales and marketing agreement for downloads

T-Mobile – Digital Sales agreement for downloads

Orange – Digital sales agreement for downloads and videos

Virgin – Digital sales agreement

3 Network – Digital sales and marketing agreement for downloads and videos

Napster – Digital sales agreement for download, subscription, a la carte and streams

ITunes – Digital sales agreement for downloads

Valueclick – Delivery of advertising to websites

Trinity Street – Service agreement for website sales of tickets and merchandise

Buongiorno Vitaminic – Sales aggregator agreement

Jamba – Ringtones agreement

Pandora – Streaming service

lastfm – Digital sales agreement for downloads.

Tune Tribe – Digital sales agreement for downloads

BBC 6 – Streaming agreement

7 Digital – Digital sales agreement for downloads

BBC Worldwide – sales and distribution agreement for Fever Media

Freedom Media – Co-Production agreement for “Christmas Calling” on Channel 4

At It Productions – Co-Production agreement for “Chancers” on Channel 4.

Sony Ericsson – Brand endorsement agreement

Pringles – Brand endorsement agreement

Tresseme – Brand endorsement agreement

Audi – Brand endorsement agreement

Gizmondo – Brand endorsement agreement

Duracell – Brand endorsement agreement

Getty – photo syndication agreement

Recording agreements

Gareth Gates

Natasha Bedingfield

Kasabian

il Divo

Take That

Eurythmics

Annie Lennox

Five

Lisa Stansfield

Simply Red

Enya

The Pretenders

Miscellaneous

Acquisitions

BMG and Cheeky records (home of Dido and Faithless) – purchase agreement

BMG and Eagle Rock video company – purchase and subsequent re-sale

BMG and Zomba – purchase of Conifer records

Industry Agreements

BPI/MCPS – Trade agreement for DVD/CD and online rates

IFPI/BIEM – European-wide mechanical copyright rates

PPL and BBC – renegotiation of BBC licensing agreement

VPL and Channel 4 – renegotiation of Channel 4 licence for videos

BPI and Musicians Union – renegotiation of industry-wide session rates agreement

Competition law matters

BMG and European Commission – successful referral of purchase of Zomba Records

BMG and OFT – successful rebuttal of OFT Inquiry into parallel imports

BMG and European Commission – successful rebuttal of Minimum Advertised Pricing Enquiry

Music Publishing

BMG Publishing and Rick Astley – Composer agreement

BMG Publishing and BeeGees – Sub publishing agreement

BMG Publishing and EG Music – Purchase of Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music, and Robert Fripp catalogue

BMG Publishing and Bonnie Tyler – Purchase of catalogue

BMG and…

Simon Cowell – Initial TV and records joint venture

MTV – European wide video licensing agreement

Robbie Williams – settlement of litigation