Paul Hearty has been involved in the development and standardization of advanced television systems since the early 1980s. He has worked with the International Telecommunication Union, in the FCC Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service (ACATS), and in standards development organizations such as ATSC, CTA, SCTE, and SMPTE.
Dr. Hearty currently is Owner and Principal of Technology Advisors, which provides strategic and technical advice in television and telecommunications.
Previously, he was Chief Standards Strategist in Samsung Research America’s Video Solutions, where he led standardization activities in ATSC and in other standards development organizations; his activities comprised ATSC 3.0 and other technologies.
Prior to that, he was Vice President of Technical Standards at Sony, where he spearheaded Sony and partner efforts in ATSC 3.0. He began his professional career at the Communications Research Centre, Government of Canada. He founded the Advanced Television Evaluation Laboratory, which carried out tests on behalf of ACATS, leading to ATSC 1.0. Later, as a Vice President at General Instrument/Motorola, he led in the deployment of commercial and direct-to-home satellite broadcast technologies, as well as digital compression technology for satellite and cable. Dr. Hearty has served previously on the ATSC Board and on its predecessor, the ATSC Executive Committee. He also has served on the Board and Executive Committee of SMPTE.
Dr. Hearty holds a Ph.D. from Queen’s University, Canada. He has received one Technical Emmy and has been recognized for his contributions to four others. He is an Inaugural Inductee to the Consumer Electronics Association’s Academy of DTV Pioneers, and he is a Fellow of SMPTE.
