Patrick Wilson

Senior Vice President, Distribution

Patrick Wilson is the senior vice president, distribution, Tennis Channel, the only 24-hour, television-based multimedia destination dedicated to both the professional sport and passionate tennis lifestyle. Wilson is based in the network’s Los Angeles headquarters, and reports to Ken Solomon, chairman and CEO.

After joining Tennis Channel in 2009, Wilson utilized his more than 25 years of extensive cable television senior management experience to focus on adding to Tennis Channel’s rapid distribution rollout during the previous four years.

Wilson most recently spent seven years with Lifetime Networks, where he negotiated multi-million dollar affiliation agreements with major distributors and developed initial VOD services. Before this he was vice president, affiliate relations, west, for E! Entertainment Television, and drove sales distribution, marketing and local ad sales for two national cable networks, E! and Style. Prior to E! he directed nationwide sales for FX and Fox Movie Network as senior vice president of affiliate sales and marketing, after having led sales and marketing teams at both The Disney Channel and Nickelodeon/MTV Networks.