ATSC Elects New Board Members

Kutzner, Friedel, Goldstone, Matheny and Reitmeier begin new terms in January of 2013

By George Winslow -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/28/2012 7:38:11 PM

Members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc. (ATSC) have elected members of its Board of Directors that include four new members.

These include Ira Goldstone, VP of engineering for Univision Television group; Richard Friedel who oversees Fox Networks Engineering and Operations; Sam Matheny, VP of policy and innovation for Capitol Broadcasting Company; and Glenn Reitmeier, senior VP of advanced technology at NBCUniversal.

Their three-year terms will begin January 2013.

Also, James Kutzner from PBS was re-elected to serve a second term on the Board of Directors. Kutzner will also continue to chair Technology Group 3 (TG3) on the development of ATSC 3.0. 

A number of other current directors will continue their terms into 2013. These include Lynn Claudy, NAB; Mark Eyer, Sony; Brett Jenkins, LIN Media; Brian Markwalter, CEA; Andy Scott, NCTA; Bob Seidel, CBS; Dave Siegler, Cox Media Group; Peter Symes, SMPTE; John Taylor, LG Electronics; and Yiyan Wu, CRC (representing IEEE).

In announcing the new elections, the ATSC also thanked a number of retiring board members whose terms expire at the end of 2012. These include current Chairman John Godfrey, Samsung; Jay Adrick, Harris Broadcast; Tony Caruso, CBC, Craig Todd, Dolby Laboratories; and Wayne Luplow, Zenith (representing IEEE).