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Published on: 5/11/2009
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Nick Wilson, CTO, Break Media
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Nick Wilson, CTO, Break Media: Nick Wilson is a recognized innovator in the digit
al media space, with a career spanning many forms of digital entertainment - from games though imagery, music and video.
In the 1980s, Wilson wrote some of the most popular computer games in his native UK, and was a founding employee of Apricot, a leading manufacturer of high-performance desktop workstations, where he developed advanced 2-D and 3-D graphics algorithms.
After a number of years in Corporate IT and IS as well as becoming one of the UK’s leading Technology journalists, Wilson continued at the forefront of the digital media revolution through his leadership at Getty Images, where he built the world’s largest online distribution system for rights-managed visual content (still and moving images).
Following his move full-time to the US in the late 90s, Wilson became CTO of DMX Music, a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, where he built and operated the world’s largest B2B digital music distribution system which is one of the most extensive global IP footprints spanning multiple distribution technologies including satellite, Internet and broadcast.
In early 2006, Wilson joined break.com, one of the largest online video destinations on the web, where in his capacity as CTO he leads the development and operations of a top-20 Entertainment destination site and other Break Media properties.
Wilson holds a masters degree in business administration from the Open University in London, and has several patents for digital media rights management and distribution.
He is a frequent online commentator and writer on all aspects of the digital media space and resides in Los Angeles with his wife Ashley.