Brian Doherty Email & Phone Number

1 Stephen Street, London, W1T 1Al

The Rights Team is a central resource providing rights support and expertise to the FM Group globally as well as advising independent producers. We support and promote the widest possible exploitation of FM's programme assets through efficient and effective management of the company's rights and through the upkeep of DPS (the corporate rights database). The team are also involved at all levels in driving forward rights policies for the group internally and externally to ensure FM is… Show more The Rights Team is a central resource providing rights support and expertise to the FM Group globally as well as advising independent producers. We support and promote the widest possible exploitation of FM's programme assets through efficient and effective management of the company's rights and through the upkeep of DPS (the corporate rights database). The team are also involved at all levels in driving forward rights policies for the group internally and externally to ensure FM is positioned to maximise revenues from all areas of rights exploitation including tape sales, formats and licensing. We negotiate secondary blanket agreements with UK Music Collecting Societies (MCPS & PPL) and manage & influence our agreements with UK talent guilds via PACT (Equity & Writers Guilds). We also manage our relationships and administration of the Music Publishing Agreement, currently with BMG and retransmission agreement with 560. The Rights team negotiate renewals and extensions across all underlying rights within our properties and acquire additional rights were needed. Show less

33 Foley Street, London, W1W 7Tl

Year on year the US Consumer Products team hit their revenue targets. From London I managed all the stakeholders involved: forged closer ties with Content & Production and Channels to manage programme investment, acquisition and delivery, collaborated with the Digital teams to best exploit scheduling windows; active product innovation involvement with Design & Licensing teams; and working with the Marketing, PR and Social Media teams to create formidable and cogent release strategies.I… Show more Year on year the US Consumer Products team hit their revenue targets. From London I managed all the stakeholders involved: forged closer ties with Content & Production and Channels to manage programme investment, acquisition and delivery, collaborated with the Digital teams to best exploit scheduling windows; active product innovation involvement with Design & Licensing teams; and working with the Marketing, PR and Social Media teams to create formidable and cogent release strategies.I was also the primary point of contact for the all agents and talent on BBC Worldwide's Stand-up distribution label 2entertain. Responsible for programme investment, a stakeholder in talent development and acquisition, I oversaw the compliance of the material and the live recordings. I also commissioned and managed the creation of original online content. I represented the business at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.Key Achievements:◦Developing new brand partnerships: Soho Theatre, AudioGo, Amused Moose, Foxtel, Playstation, Xbox. ◦Successful extensive project to exploit deep catalogue digitally, through IPTV and 3rd party licensing with major partners such as Hulu, Criterion and Acorn.◦Increased TV sales by 150%, including first-time sales to US broadcasters. ◦Overhaul of compliance procedures to enable development of streaming revenue and allow ancillary exploitation. Show less

London

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGASPIRE is an accelerated leadership development programme offered annually to only 12 individuals following a rigorous selection process conducted across BBC Worldwide. 12 months are spent developing a project that benefits the business, mentored by a member of the BBC Worldwide Board of Directors. As part of the 2012 cohort, I was able to develop my leadership potential with bespoke training in a range of areas, such as project management akin to PRINCE2… Show more PROFESSIONAL TRAININGASPIRE is an accelerated leadership development programme offered annually to only 12 individuals following a rigorous selection process conducted across BBC Worldwide. 12 months are spent developing a project that benefits the business, mentored by a member of the BBC Worldwide Board of Directors. As part of the 2012 cohort, I was able to develop my leadership potential with bespoke training in a range of areas, such as project management akin to PRINCE2, communicating & influencing and change management. I also managed a Corporate Responsibility Project analysing supply chain sustainability. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Reporting into the International Director I managed the relationship with our offices in Sydney, Tokyo & Hong Kong. This meant overseeing all aspects of Home Entertainment licensing in the territories from investment and acquisition through to sales & marketing; negotiation of output deals in excess of £10m, development and implementation marketing strategy on key brands, packaging design, talent approvals and representing our business at trade fairs such as MIP and Showcase. Responsible for… Show more Reporting into the International Director I managed the relationship with our offices in Sydney, Tokyo & Hong Kong. This meant overseeing all aspects of Home Entertainment licensing in the territories from investment and acquisition through to sales & marketing; negotiation of output deals in excess of £10m, development and implementation marketing strategy on key brands, packaging design, talent approvals and representing our business at trade fairs such as MIP and Showcase. Responsible for sign off of all deals over £50K.Key Achievements:◦ ASPAC revenue increased from £5m in 2006 to over £14m in 2010.◦ Negotiation of several successful cover-mount campaigns with News Ltd In Australia generating £2m revenue over 2 years with continuing successive revenue results.◦ Winner of the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise 2009 for International Trade. Show less

London, United Kingdom

I facilitated all aspects of DVD publishing in Australia and the Far East. This entailed ensuring timely delivery of cleared masters in a format suitable to the relevant territory, layered artwork, DVD menus, publicity information, press kits and all relevant paperwork. Handling third party and talent approvals and relations, I managed all rights clearances and license applications.Key Achievements:◦ Successful multi-platform launch of Top Gear in Japan.◦ New Direct… Show more I facilitated all aspects of DVD publishing in Australia and the Far East. This entailed ensuring timely delivery of cleared masters in a format suitable to the relevant territory, layered artwork, DVD menus, publicity information, press kits and all relevant paperwork. Handling third party and talent approvals and relations, I managed all rights clearances and license applications.Key Achievements:◦ Successful multi-platform launch of Top Gear in Japan.◦ New Direct Marketing deals in ASIA with UCAN supplying unused back catalogue which has returned overages of £7m 2007-2012. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Rights acquisitions and artist contracts for Factual, Arts & Classical Music programming for radio & television. Negotiating fees and rights with talent and agents for actors, musicians, presenters and interviewees based in UK and overseas. Key Achievement: Key stage of BBC Radio 7 (now BBC Radio 4 Extra) negotiations.

London, United Kingdom

Acquiring and negotiating rights in order to facilitate the sale of BBC programming. This involved clearing rights for exploitation on Television, Audio, Video and DVD platforms. I was also required to research and clear new content for added value on DVD releases, as well as negotiation and renewal of contributor contracts.Key Achievement: Initiated the formation of successful ‘backlog’ hit squad.

London, United Kingdom

Based in the Television Rights department at LWT, part of the Granada Media Group my responsibilities included sourcing programme information from a wide range of sources, analysing rights and resolving rights and copyright issues and communicating information to international sales teams. Disseminating music copyright information was my area of expertise.Key Achievement: Successful implementation of a new PARIS rights database system.

London, United Kingdom

Managing team of on-site collators of all music played live and broadcast and liaising with artistes and tour managers to ensure an accurate catalogue of all copyrighted material used.Key Achievement: Development of a self reporting system for all the major festivals eg Glastonbury, Reading and Cheltenham Music Festival.

Cultural Studies, English Literature Major, Political Theory, History, Philosophy, Literary Theory, Media Theory, Film/Video Studies., 2:1 (Hons)

Activities and Societies: Founder member of the Irish Society, DJ at campus radio staion, singer in a few gigging bands, film-maker.

3 A-Levels: English Literature, Geography, Sociology