Mitch Singer (born June 3, 1955) is a lawyer and digital media executive who has taken a leading role in establishing secure delivery systems for premium content.
Sony
Singer joined Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1990 as Counsel in the Litigation Group. In 1991, he became Counsel to the Television Legal Group, and was promoted to Senior Counsel in 1992. He was named Assistant General Counsel in 1994 and became Vice President in the Television Legal Group in 1996. That same year, he was named head of Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment Legal Affairs. In 1997, Mr. Singer became Senior Vice President and transferred to the Intellectual Property Department for SPE. In this capacity he was responsible for traditional intellectual property issues such as copyright and trademark, new technology licensing and content protection.
Singer was Chief Digital Strategy Officer,
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, acquires, and distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs, and rec ...
. At Sony Pictures, Singer collaborated with the studio’s various business units on strategies to address the ongoing digital transformation of the entertainment industry – helping to identify digital business opportunities, exploring new products, formats, and services, representing SPE in industry forums, and working to mitigate digital theft. He focused on emerging and disruptive technologies and evaluates and develops adaptive business models to stay ahead of the technological curve.
In addition to developing new consumer usage models, Singer played a central role in Sony Pictures’ worldwide anti-digital theft and digital rights management efforts. Singer was the lead negotiator for Sony Pictures in content protection technology licensing issues.
Singer was laid off by Sony in January 2014.
Other posts
Singer also serves as President of
Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem
The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE, LLC.) was a consortium of major film studios, consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers, networking hardware vendors, systems integrators, and digital rights management (DRM) vendors listed ...
, the 75-member, cross-industry consortium behind
UltraViolet
Ultraviolet radiation, also known as simply UV, is electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths of 10–400 nanometers, shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays. UV radiation is present in sunlight and constitutes about 10% of ...
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the effort to create open standards for digital entertainment distribution enabling consumers to acquire and play content across a wide range of services and devices.
Singer sits on the boards of Motion Picture Laboratories, DVD CCA,
Entertainment Technology Center USC,
the
HDBaseT Alliance as well as the HQME (“High Quality Mobile Experience” Steering Committee
He also was appointed to the copyright committee for The National Academies’
Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
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Honors
The Hollywood Reporter’s 2012 Digital Power 50
2012 Inductee into Variety’s Home Entertainment Hall of Fame
2012 Home Media Magazine 2nd Annual Digital Drivers Issue
The Daily Variety’s Dealmakers Impact Report 2011: Executives
2011 Home Media Magazine Digital Drivers Issue
Education
Mr. Singer received both his JD and MBA from the
University of San Diego
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References
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1955 births
Living people
American lawyers
American media personalities