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Rebecca Platt

Senior Associate

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

Rebecca trained at legacy firm Olswang and has a breadth of experience in commercial and regulatory matters for the traditional and digital media sectors and wider industries. She works for a range of TV, film, publishing, advertising, music, fashion and sports clients including the BBC, BBC Studios, BT, Paramount, Amazon Music, Audible, Dentsu Aegis Network, NBCUniversal, Burda Media, Centre for Fashion Enterprise, the International Cricket Council and Chelsea FC. She has also been seconded to key media clients including Amazon Music, BT TV and Sport and Dentsu Aegis Network.

Rebecca was selected to join the British Screen Forum’s Future Leaders’ programme and is also a member of industry body Women in Film & Television. She sits on the business development board of the Ovarian Cancer Action charity and is a Charity Committee member and pro-bono champion at CMS. Rebecca is also a member of The Lawyer’s Circle (a collective within The Circle NGO) and was a contributing author to the report “Fashion Focus: The Fundamental Right to a Living Wage”.

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Relevant experience

  • A long term global content partnership between BBC Studios and Discovery to power its new global streaming service.
  • BBC’s strategic partnership with ITV to launch Britbox, a new streaming service for UK audiences offering access to the best of British TV.
  • The International Cricket Council’s digital content rights tender process, leading to a ground-breaking partnership with Facebook which will become the exclusive digital content rights partner for ICC global events in the Indian sub-continent and will also carry post-match recaps throughout the rest of the world from 2019 through to 2023.
  • BT’s multi-year cross-supply deal with Sky enabling BT to market and sell Sky’s NOW TV service to its customers.
  • Carriage negotiations, EPG deals, regulatory issues and corporate partnerships for Viacom (MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and Channel 5).    
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Education

  • 2010 – LPC, BPP University Law School, London 
  • 2009 – LL.B., King’s College London
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12/01/2017
Olswang advises Hubert Burda Media on acquisition of the UKs Immediate...
This article was produced by Olswang LLP, which joined with CMS on 1 May 2017. International technology, media and telecoms law firm Olswang has advised Munich-based technology and media company Hubert...
15/08/2016
Olswang advises indie production company 72 Films on BBC Worldwide's minority...
This article was produced by Olswang LLP, which joined with CMS on 1 May 2017. International TMT law firm Olswang has advised independent factual production company 72 Films, headed by senior TV industry...
08/08/2016
Olswang advises top film and TV execs on launch of new prodco House Productions...
This article was produced by Olswang LLP, which joined with CMS on 1 May 2017. International technology, media and telecoms law firm Olswang has advised Tessa Ross, producer and former head of Film4...

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01/05/2024
CMS Media Update Morning 2024
 Our popular Media Update Morning returns and we are excited to welcome you in person to discuss a range of topical areas including:The latest changes to the Media Bill and FAST channel regulation - Victoria Gaskell, John Enser and Sam OustayiannisWhy you need to know about ECCTA now! - Kitty St AubynThe busy world of regulation (tax credit changes, online safety and more) - Rebecca PlattPrivilege quiz (how to keep it and lose it) - Tamsin BlowPlease do come early and join us for coffee and breakfast. As ever, the content will be tailored for the media industry, and we invite you to submit any specific questions in advance by emailing us at Events@cms-cmno. com. To RSVP, please click the button below.  
08/08/2022
CMS Media Update Morning 2022
In April this year, the long awaited media white paper was finally published. While changes in Government may have delayed publication of the draft media bill until after the summer recess, media partner Victoria Gaskell is here, alongside Senior Associates Sam Oustayiannis and Rebecca Platt, to give us a comprehensive introduction to the white paper and overview of what exactly it covers. They then drill down on three particular areas of reform that are focused on in the white paper, being: enhanced VOD regulation; the revised prominence regime and potential changes to the listed events regime. With the continued political uncertainty it remains to be seen when exactly the draft media bill will be published, however, we’ll be sure to update you as soon as we know more.
14/07/2022
CMS Media Update Morning
Our popular Media Update Morning returns. We are delighted that this session will be our first in person media event since before the pandemic and we are very excited to see you all. Please do come early...
30/09/2021
CMS advises ViacomCBS and Comcast on joint venture partnership to launch...
International law firm CMS has advised ViacomCBS and Comcast on aspects of their partnership to launch a new subscription video on demand (SVOD) streaming service, SkyShowtime. The partnership will be...
11/03/2021
The rising tide of platform regulation
Covid-19 has brought many things to the fore, not least the role that online platforms play in everyday life. However regulation has struggled to stay ahead of the curve due to the speed at which some...
26/01/2021
Media Update Morning Winter 2021: Content distribution online - the new...
This session will focus on key considerations for online platforms and those companies distributing their content online (or those keen to protect the distribution of their content). Regulators in the...
21/07/2020
AVMS Update – European Commission publishes guidance on calculation of...
The European Commission (the Commission) has provided two sets of non-binding guidelines to help Member States implement the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS Directive) into national...
17/10/2019
CMS advises ICC on ground-breaking digital content partnership with Facebook
International law firm CMS has advised the International Cricket Council (ICC) on its latest digital content rights tender process, which saw Facebook become the exclusive digital content rights partner...
19/07/2019
CMS advises BBC on transformational partnership with ITV to launch BritBox...
International law firm CMS has advised the BBC on its strategic partnership with ITV to launch BritBox, a new streaming service for UK audiences offering access to the best of British TV. BritBox is already...
01/09/2015
Gambling operators pledge to ban TV adverts before the watershed
This article was produced by Olswang LLP, which joined with CMS on 1 May 2017. The gambling sector will no longer promote sign-up offers to new customers on television before 9pm in a move to protect...