Passion Signs With Compact For Long-Term Affair

Leading rights management company, Compact, has announced that it has signed a worldwide exclusive representation agreement with Passion Distribution for their roster of productions that they represent on a long-term basis. This is a further addition to Compact's raft of distribution companies on its books.
Compact will collect the revenue for international cable and satellite retransmission, educational copying and private copy levies for most of Passion Distribution's growing catalogue of popular quality programming and formats. This includes factual entertainment, reality, documentaries, lifestyle, game-shows and comedy. Passion represents UK and US producers and broadcasters including World of Wonder, Reef TV, Daisybeck TV and Landmark Films.
John O'Sullivan, CEO of Compact, said: "My team and I are very pleased that Passion Distribution has signed with Compact. We have worked with the principals of Passion in their different roles in the industry through the years and have admired the relationships they have cemented with top UK and US producers who supply programming that appeals to international audiences. When they formed this new venture it was particularly gratifying that we could work with them on a long term deal rather than a short fling - we believe this will be a great appointment for a flourishing company and will ensure Passion maximises revenues on behalf of its clients."
Sally Miles, CEO of Passion Distribution, added: "It is our job to ensure that no stone is left unturned when it comes to revenue opportunities and exploitation on behalf of the producers and broadcasters we represent. Compact are market leaders in the area of collecting revenue that sit outside of our license agreements."
In the last three years alone, Compact has collected more than £50 million on behalf of its clients. The market leader in secondary and tertiary television rights administration has a proven track record of increasing revenue for broadcasters, distributors and production companies including BBC Worldwide, FremantleMedia Enterprises and ITV Global Entertainment.
(KMcA/JM)