ATSC Members Elect Three Board Members

ATSC MEMBERS ELECT THREE BOARD MEMBERS

Three-Year Terms for Aitken, Hearty, Oslund Start in January

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2023 – Members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc. (ATSC) have elected three media and technology executives to serve on the ATSC Board of Directors for three-year terms that begin in January 2024.

Mark Aitken, Senior Vice President at Sinclair Broadcast Group and President of ONEMedia, has been re-elected for a second three-year term. Also elected to the ATSC Board are Dr. Paul Hearty, Chief Standards Strategist at Samsung Research America, and Kerry Oslund, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development at the E.W. Scripps Company.

In addition, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers appointed Guy Bouchard as an ATSC board member representing IEEE. Bouchard, who is Chair of the Montreal Chapter of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society, succeeds Dr. Yiyan Wu of Canada’s Communications Research Centre, on ATSC’s Board.

ATSC thanks board members who are completing their terms at the end of 2023:  Mark Corl of Triveni Digital and Jon Fairhurst of Samsung.

“ATSC is working to anticipate the needs of our members and the industry, supported by our board’s strategic direction. Our board of seasoned executives from the broadcast, cable and consumer technology industries provide a wealth of experience to help ATSC steer through ongoing change and growth,” said ATSC President Madeleine Noland, who also recognized Corl and Fairhurst for their contributions to ATSC.

She also acknowledged current board members whose terms continue in 2024:

• Lynn Claudy, National Association of Broadcasters (NAB);
• Zandra Clarke, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers;
• Jim DeChant, Production Distribution & Revenue Group, LLC;
• Fred Engel, PBS North Carolina;
• Adam Goldberg, Sony Electronics;
• Brett Jenkins, Nexstar Media Group;
• Brian Markwalter, Consumer Technology Association;
• Richard Friedel, Broadcast Advocate (2023 Chairman);
• Andy Scott, NCTA – The Internet and Television Association;
• Anne Schelle, Pearl TV; and
• John Taylor, LG Electronics USA.

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