U.S. Broadcaster Plans for Provision of ATSC Mobile DTV

Sterling E. Davis, a broadcasting veteran for more than 40 years, is vice president, technical operations for Cox Media Group. Davis joined Cox Broadcasting's KTVU in Oakland in 1992, as director of operations, managing all aspects of engineering production, including electronic newsgathering editing, and traffic. He was promoted in 1998 to vice president of engineering for Cox Broadcasting in Atlanta and assumed responsibility for 15 television and 86 radio stations. — Davis was honored with the Broadcasting and Cable, “Technology Leadership Award” in 2006, Radio Ink's, “One of the Most Admired Engineers in Radio” in 2008, and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) “Engineering Achievement Award” in 2009. — Davis chaired the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) Planning Committee for three years. He is a member of the board of directors and participates on several technical committees. Davis has been a member of SMPTE since 1974. He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Audio Engineering Society (AES), Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) and Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA).