Richard Berger, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Richard Berger
Senior Vice President of Global Digital Strategy and Operations
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Mr. Berger recently joined the newly formed Global Digital and Commercial Innovation Group within Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE).  He is responsible for developing digital strategy and overseeing digital distribution operations.  His focus is on developing new digital usage models, applications and services that both increase the overall value proposition for SPHE digital media and contribute to the growth of the overall digital business. He also is responsible for evaluating emerging platforms and disruptive technologies that create new digital business opportunities.

Before joining SPHE, Berger was SVP New Media & Technology at Sony Pictures Entertainment where he was responsible for establishing digital policy across all Sony Pictures digital distribution businesses. He also was one of the principle architects of DECE and helped launch the consortium.

Berger previously worked in the Sony Digital Entertainment department and the office of the CTO at Sony Corporation of America (SCA), where he was responsible for digital media strategy and anti-piracy efforts. He also worked in SCA’s Interactive Services Group and Sony Music Entertainment’s New Media Department where he developed Sony Music’s first Enhanced CDs.

Before joining Sony, Berger worked in the Interactive Multimedia Practice at Anderson Consulting (now Accenture) and at Bell Communications Research as a Member of the Technical Staff. He has a Master’s Degree in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU’s Tisch Graduate School of the Arts and a BA in Computer Science from Rutgers College.

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