Deborah D. McAdams / 11.28.2012 04:54PM
ATSC Board Members Elected
Kutzner, Friedel, Goldstone, Matheny, Reitmeier Terms Begin in January
WASHINGTON – Members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee
have elected four new members of board of directors. Ira Goldstone of
Univision; Richard Friedel of Fox; Sam Matheny of Capitol Broadcasting/WRAL;
and Glenn Reitmeier of NBC Universal have each been elected to three-year
terms, beginning January 2013.
James Kutzner of PBS; was
re-elected to serve a second term. He will also continue to chair Technology
Group 3 (TG3) on the development of ATSC 3.0.
Other current directors whose terms continue in 2013 include Lynn Claudy
of the NAB; Mark Eyer of Sony; Brett Jenkins, of LIN Media; Brian
Markwalter of the CEA; Andy Scott of the NCTA; Bob Seidel of CBS; Dave
Siegler of Cox Media Group; Peter Symes of SMPTE; John Taylor from LG
Electronics; and Yiyan Wu of CRC, representing IEEE.
The ATSC thanks retiring board members whose terms expire at the end of 2012:
Current Chairman John Godfrey of Samsung; Jay Adrick of Harris Broadcast; Tony
Caruso of CBC, Craig Todd of Dolby Laboratories; and Wayne Luplow of Zenith
representing IEEE.
Ira Goldstone, vice president
of Engineering for Univision Television group, is a long-time participant
in the ATSC and industry digital TV efforts, including previously serving
on the board. Goldstone is the 2004 recipient of the National Association
of Broadcasters Engineering Lifetime Achievement, recipient of the Tribune
Broadcasting Co.’s Onward and Upward award for leadership and implementation of
HDTV to the Tribune family of television stations; he also received the 2001 Broadcast & Cable magazine
“Technology Leadership Award” for outstanding contributions to TV technology.
He is a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and
continues to serve on numerous technology-related boards and committees
including the NAB Television Engineering Committee, OMVC Technology Advisory
Group, and STE. He has also served in various capacities as advisor to Emerson
College, including serving on board of overseers, supporting the College in
development of new facilities and curriculum for students.
Richard Friedel oversees
Fox Networks Engineering & Operations, the News Corp. unit responsible for
engineering, operations and technology supporting Fox’s national and regional
television businesses. He manages the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles, which
provides facilities and technical services for Fox Broadcasting Co., Fox
Sports, Fox Cable Networks Group, Fox International Channels including MundoFox
and the Twentieth Television syndication division. In addition, Friedel is in
charge of the Fox Network Center-Houston, home of Fox Sports’ regional
networks, as well as providing technical support for their regional production
centers. Prior to Fox NE&O, Friedel was a member of the team that launched Fox
News Channel. Before joining Fox, he served in various positions at Capital
Cities/ABC, NBC News and several television stations. A graduate of Drexel
University in Philadelphia, Friedel is a fellow of the SMPTE and a member of
AES, SBE and SCTE. He serves as President of the Video Services Forum, is a
member of the IEEE BTS Adcom and is the Fox representative on the North
American Broadcasters Association board. Friedel contributes to the ATSC S6,
S6-3 and S6-4 working groups.
Sam Matheny is vice
president of Policy & Innovation for Capitol Broadcasting Co. With more
than 20 years of broadcasting and digital networking experience, his focus is
on strategic media applications, and he is currently focusing on mobile
wireless content delivery, smart TV, and Internet distribution models. Sam
serves on the board of StepLeader, Inc., a mobile solutions provider partnered
with hundreds of broadcasters and carriers to enable smart phone and video
content distribution. He has presented at numerous trade shows and conferences
on topics including Internet and mobile usage patterns, MDTV, ATSC 2.0, and the
next generation of broadcast standards. Matheny chairs the TG1/S11 Specialist
Group on ATSC 2.0, and he is involved with TG3/S1 Specialist Group on System
Requirements. Matheny lead WRAL’s recent demonstration of the Mobile Emergency
Alert System (M-EAS). Matheny is a member of the Academy of Digital Television
Pioneers, Open Mobile Video Coalition, Mobile Marketing Association, and serves
as an advisory board member to NCSU’s Poole College of Management.
Glenn Reitmeier is senior vice
president of Advanced Technology at NBC Universal, leading the company’s
technical efforts on industry standards, government policy, commercial
agreements, anti-piracy operations and advanced engineering. A former ATSC chairman,
Reitmeier spent 25 years in digital video R&D at Sarnoff Laboratories. Early
in his career, he was instrumental in establishing the ITU 601 component
digital video standard that is the basis for SDI and HD-SDI. Reitmeier led the
Sarnoff-Thomson-Philips-NBC development of Advanced Digital HDTV, which
pioneered the use of MPEG compression, packetized transport, and multiple video
formats. He was a key member of the Digital HDTV Grand Alliance, which
ultimately lead to establishing the ATSC digital television standard. Reitmeier
served as Chairman of the ATSC from 2006-2009. He is President of the Open
Authentication Technology Committee, and a NABA Board member. Reitmeier is a
Fellow of the SMPTE and is a recipient of the Progress Medal and the Leitch
Gold Medal. He is also an inaugural member of CEA’s Academy of Digital
Television Pioneers and a recipient of the NAB Television Engineering Award for
lifetime achievement. He holds more than 50 patents in digital video technology
and is recognized in the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame.