ATSC: Beyond Standards and a Look at the Future

Jerry Whitaker supports the work of the various ATSC technology and specialist groups and assists in the development of ATSC standards and related documents. He currently serves as Secretary Technology Group on Next-Generation Broadcast Television and is closely involved in work relating to educational programs. He is a Fellow of the Society of Broadcast Engineers and a Life Fellow of SMPTE. He has served as a board member and the vice president of the Society of Broadcast Engineers. He is the author and editor of more than 35 books on technical topics, including The Standard Handbook of Video and Television Engineering, 4th ed., National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Engineering Handbook, 9th ed., DTV Handbook, 3rd ed., and SBE Broadcast Engineering Handbook. Prior to joining the ATSC, he headed the publishing company Technical Press, based in Morgan Hill, CA. He was previously an editor, the editorial director, and an associate publisher of Broadcast Engineering magazine and Video Systems magazine.

Lynn Claudy is the senior vice president of technology for the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), Washington, DC, the trade association for the U.S. commercial radio and television broadcast stations. He joined NAB in 1988 as a staff engineer and held positions of director of advanced engineering and technology and vice president before assuming his present position in 1995. He earned a BA degree from Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, a BSEE degree from Washington University, St. Louis, MO, and an MSEE degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL. He received the IEEE’s 2016 Jules Cohen Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award, serves on the FCC Technological Advisory Council, and is the current chair of the ATSC Board of Directors. He is a member of Audio Engineering Society (AES), Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers (AFCCE), IEEE, Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), and a SMPTE Fellow.