Robert J. Ott

Robert Ott is the VP & General Manager of BMG Music Publishing Canada (6yrs), President of the CMPA (5yrs), sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA) and formerly on the board of Songwriters Hall Of Fame (CSHoF).

Since coming to BMG, Robert has notably signed: Love Inc. currently enjoying their 2nd Top 10 hit in U.K., Platinum album, ~4 million compiled singles, two Junos, Wave (Gold) and has presided over unprecedented international success of BMGMP Canada songwriters responsible for international hits by NSYNC, Steps and Kenny Chesney, Atomic Kitten, Alex Parks and J.C. Chasez among others.

Under his leadership BMG Music Publishing Canada has established a string of media properties for BMG that are responsible for branding BMG Music Publishing as #1 in the Sync market and have resulted in a 4yr, 400% gain in film &TV revenues. The company has also delivered 6 consecutive successful business plans and built domestic income to 20% of total revenue vs. only 7% at the beginning of that period. 2003 results are +44.2%.

The BMG Music Publishing roster includes artists/songwriters Wave, Ben Dunk, Tom Cochrane, Chris Sheppard (a/k/a Love Inc.), Justin Gray, Dean McTaggart, Vince Degiorgio, Bryan Potvin and Bradley Daymond.

Robert came to BMG from a decade as owner of Lunar Music, a music production and publishing company.

Through Lunar Music Robert was involved in the management of songwriter/recording artists and served as a copyright consultant for network programs at the CBC Business Affairs, where he handled copyright clearances for Rita & Friends, all CBC Sports, Venture, Man Alive and numerous network specials

One of the top four multinational music publishing groups, BMG Music Publishing has offices in more than 35 countries around the world. With over 700,000 copyrights in its diverse catalogue, BMG Music Publishing represents music in every genre from some of the world's hottest songwriters including Nelly, Robbie Williams, Coldplay, Elvis Costello, Rammstein and the Bee Gees. BMG Music Publishing is also the third largest serious music publisher worldwide representing major works from such legendary composers as Puccini, Verdi, Ravel, Saint-Saens, Milhaud, Roussel and Bartok. A global leader in production music, BMG Music Publishing's libraries include Killer Tracks, Network Music, Atmosphere, Match Music and, through a joint venture, Koka Media (the largest production music company in France). BMG has production music offices in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Scandinavia, South Africa, Spain and throughout Asia.

BMG Music Publishing is a unit of BMG, the global music division of Bertelsmann AG, one of the world's leading media companies with annual revenues of $17.86 billion. BMG has more than 200 record labels in 42 countries including Arista Records, RCA Records, RCA Label Group-Nashville and Ariola. In addition, BMG owns one of the world's largest music publishing companies.