WASHINGTON, D.C., May 15, 2006 – Arthur W. Allison III was honored last week as this year’s recipient of the Bernard Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award. The presentation was made in Chantilly, Virginia at the Westfields Marriott, during the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) Annual Meeting held Wednesday, May 10, 2006.

“Art Allison has been an outstanding contributor to the work of the ATSC for over a decade, and in a variety of other standards forums as well throughout his career. Art epitomizes the values of dedication,
hard work, and cooperation that are vital to the success of the ATSC,” said Mr. Mark Richer, ATSC
President. “Art’s commitment to the standards development process and his attention to detail has
been a key factor in the development of ATSC Standards and Recommended Practices.”

Mr. Allison served as the chair of the Implementation Subcommittee from 1997 to 2004. Under his
leadership the Implementation Subcommittee helped the industry address real world of DTV
implementation issues including technical challenges such as the implementation of PSIP and
captioning, lip sync and the postage stamp effect. The initial work of the Implemention Subcommittee
led to important standards development work in ATSC, CEA and SMPTE.

Mr. Allison participates in nearly all of the technical work of ATSC. He has been actively involved in the
specialist groups of the Technology and Standards Group (TSG). He is currently chair of TSG/S1
(PSIP Metadata Communication) and is also deeply involved in the work of many other specialist
groups.

Mr. Allison is the Director of Advanced Engineering in the Science & Technology Department of the
National Association of Broadcasters. He joined NAB in September 1995, and his responsibilities
include technical issue management with a focus on policy and technical developments of advanced
television systems.

Prior to NAB, his experience included being the chief architect of the ARBITRON in-home electronic TV
channel identification system. Mr. Allison earned a B.S.E.E. from Clemson University and a M.E.A. from
George Washington University.

The Bernard J. Lechner Award was established in 2000 to recognize outstanding technical
contributions to the ATSC. The award is named after the first honoree, Bernard J. Lechner, now a
consultant to government and industry and an expert on all aspects of television and display systems.

Past recipients of the award are:

2000 Bernie Lechner, Consultant
2001 Rich Chernock, Triveni Digital
2002 Regis Crinon, Microsoft
2003 Glenn Adams, Extensible Formatting Systems, Inc
2004 Graham Jones, NAB
2005 John Henderson, Hitachi

-END-

For more information, contact Lindsay Shelton-Gross, ATSC (202) 872-9160, or lsheltongross@atsc.org