| MUMBAI:
AGICOA, the Geneva-based TV collective rights management organization, has appointed
Paul Duggan as chief executive officer, effective immediately. AGICOA
organizes the international collection of rights payments from the re-transmission
of programming on cable and satellite. Prior
to this, Duggan was CEO of the consultancy firm Intermedia Partners where he was
responsible for advising corporations and governments in Europe, Asia and the
Middle East on understanding the media marketplace, developing and establishing
policy and business initiatives for media and technology products and services.
Said
Duggan, "Currently, digital technology is transforming the media landscape
and adding new dimensions to broadcasting in choice, content and re-broadcast
platforms. This offers huge potential for growth and revenue opportunities, and
the associated challenges for rights holders in tracking secondary use of their
products." "At
AGICOA, we are committed to obtaining, collecting and distributing the royalties
that lie beyond the reach of individual rights holders, and that is my focus as
CEO of the organization," he added. | 
