John Taylor

John I. Taylor is the 2026 Chairman of the ATSC Board of Directors. Active in ATSC for decades, including serving as longtime Communications Chairman, he returned to the board in 2023 after previously serving two board terms in the 2010s. As Senior Vice President for LG Electronics USA, he is the most senior U.S. government affairs, corporate communications and industry relations executive for LG and its U.S. R&D subsidiary Zenith. Among various digital television activities, Taylor co-founded and was a driving force behind the Digital TV Transition Coalition in the 2000s and was Public Affairs Chairman of the Digital HDTV Grand Alliance in the 1990s. He is a founding member and current Chairman of the AWARN Alliance and he serves on boards of trustees of The Media Institute and the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation. Taylor is the current chairman of the Video Division of the Consumer Technology Association, where he also previously chaired the CTA Communications Committee, Video Promotion Committee, 4K UHD Working Group and HDTV Promotion Committee. He was a charter member of CTA’s Academy of Digital Television Pioneers.