WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) have elected four media and technology executives to serve on the ATSC Board of Directors for three-year terms that begin in January 2023.
Richard Friedel of Broadcast Advocates LLC completes both his first term and position as board chair this month. Friedel, a former Fox Television Executive VP, has been re-elected for a second three-year term.
The board will elect the 2023 Chair at its first meeting of the new year.
Also elected to the ATSC Board are former directors Adam Goldberg of Sony Electronics, Anne Schelle of Pearl TV, and John Taylor of LG Electronics.
ATSC’s five founding organizations (NAB, CTA, NCTA, IEEE and SMPTE) each year appoint their representatives to the ATSC Board. This year two of these organizations will appoint new representatives. IEEE is naming Dr. Yiyan Wu of Canada’s Communications Research Centre. SMPTE is anticipated to announce their representative in the coming weeks.
Completing their terms at the end of 2022 are Dr. Jong Kim of the Zenith R&D Lab at LG Electronics, Glenn Reitmeier of GlennReitmeierTV LLC, Pete Sockett of Capitol Broadcasting, David Siegler representing SMPTE, and Wayne Luplow representing IEEE.
ATSC also acknowledges current board members whose terms continue in 2023:
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Mark Aitken, Sinclair Broadcast Group
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Lynn Claudy, National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
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Mark Corl, Triveni Digital
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Jim DeChant, Amazon
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Fred Engel, PBS North Carolina
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Jon Fairhurst, Samsung
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Brett Jenkins, Nexstar Media Group
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Brian Markwalter, Consumer Technology Association
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Andy Scott, NCTA – The Internet and Television Association
