Posted on April 25, 2012 in Press Releases
ATSC’s Richer Named Chairman, DVB’s Phil Laven Vice Chair; Wenjun Zhang of NERC-DTV to Lead Technical Committee
April 25, 2012 – The Management Committee of the Future of Broadcast Television (FoBTV) Initiative, which was officially formed in Las Vegas last week during the NAB Show, today announced its leadership team.
Mark Richer has been elected FoBTV Chairman. Richer is President of the Advanced Television Systems Committee, one of the 13 global technology and standards organizations that founded the FoBTV Initiative. Phil Laven, Chairman of the Digital Video Broadcasting Project, was named FoBTV Vice Chairman.
Founding FOBTV members comprise the Management Committee:
The first Chairman of the newly formed FoBTV Technical Committee is Dr. Wenjun Zhang, Chief Scientist, NERC-DTV. Three Vice Chairs were named: Dr. Yiyan Wu, CRC’s Principal Research Scientist, Dr. Toru Kuroda, Director of NHK’s Planning and Coordination Division and Dr. Namho Hur, General Director, Department of Broadcasting System Research at ETRI. Together, they will lead the FoBTV Technical Committee’s solicitation and evaluation of technical proposals and recommendation of major technologies to be used as the basis for new standards.
FoBTV is a voluntary, non-profit association that is open to any organization that signs the MOU, which underscores the goals of the FOBTV Initiative. They include developing future ecosystem models for terrestrial broadcasting taking into account business, regulatory and technical environments; developing requirements for next generation terrestrial broadcast systems; fostering collaboration of digital TV development laboratories; recommending major technologies to be used as the basis for new standards; and requesting standardization of selected technologies (layers) by appropriate standards development organizations.
# # #
Posted in Press Releases
Subscribe to The Standard, our monthly newsletter. Learn More
ATSC is a membership organization with both voting and observer categories. Voting members include corporations, nonprofit organizations, and government entities, and they participate actively in the work of ATSC. Observers are individuals or entities not eligible to be a voting member.
Subscribe to The Standard, our monthly newsletter, to stay up-to-date with ATSC news and events around the world.
Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc.
1300 I Street NW, Suite 400E
Washington, DC 20005
Do you have questions about ATSC?
The Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc., is an international, non-profit organization developing voluntary standards and recommended practices for digital terrestrial broadcasting. ATSC member organizations represent the broadcast, broadcast equipment, motion picture, consumer electronics, computer, cable, satellite, and semiconductor industries. ATSC also develops digital terrestrial broadcasting implementation strategies and supports educational activities on ATSC standards.
© 2024 ATSC