Phil Bird

Phil Bird has spent his working life within the rights, licensing and royalty management domain. Prior to his current role of Global Sales, Media Solutions at Vistex, he worked for and with: TV and Film companies (Fremantle), music publishers (Round Hill Carlin), tech media start-up companies (Ricall – Licensing Platform for Film/TV). In his current role, Phil helps companies to navigate and choose solutions to address complex business processes related to their IP and rights exploitation.

A keen follower of media and music trends, he has contributed to articles on music royalties for Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-01-18/spotify-needs-to-profit-from-a-music-revolution) and Wired (https://www.wired.com/story/spotify-layoffs-music-streaming-future) and regularly writes blogs, as well as speaks on panels at music and media events.