Richard Green (telecommunication)

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Richard (Dick) Green is a director of Liberty Global Corporation,[1][2] Shaw Communications Inc.,[3] and chairman of the Space Sciences Institute[4] and the University of Colorado Boulder's ATLAS Institute[5] in Boulder, Colorado. He was president and CEO of not-for-profit research and development consortium CableLabs.

Green began his career in research as an assistant professor at the University of Washington. During his residency in Seattle, he also was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff of the Geo-Astrophysics Laboratory, a component of the Boeing Scientific Research Laboratory. In that role he published numerous articles on lunar and planetary subjects including a study of lunar geo-morphology in 1969.[6]

Following a move to Los Angeles, Green became a Department Manager in the Laser Division of the Hughes Aircraft Company, before beginning his career in television as manager of ABC’s Video Tape Post Production Department in Hollywood in 1977. Green was briefly Director of Engineering at Times Fiber Communications in 1979 developing technology for cabling of fiber- and electro-optic and laser technology for application in cable television distribution before accepting the role of director of the CBS Advanced Television Technology Laboratory in 1980. During his time at CBS, Green worked to develop digital and high definition television technology and helped to organize and establish the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), a multi-industry-supported organization founded to develop voluntary national standards for advanced television, where he held the position of executive director until 1983.

Following his work with the ATSC, Green acted as senior vice president of Broadcast Operations and Engineering at the Public Broadcasting Service where his contributions included construction of national network origination and transmission facilities until the founding of CableLabs in 1988.[7] There, Green was president and CEO. Green's instituted and managed key technology projects that helped the cable industry develop new services and achieve standardization and interoperability among multiple industry companies and suppliers. Green retired from CableLabs in 2008.[8][9][10] He received the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award in 2012.[11] In recognition for his achievements in broadcast television and cable, Green received the Charles G. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award in 2012.[12]

Telecommunications standards[edit]

Green has been actively involved in a number of standards-setting efforts within the telecommunication industry; including the establishment of guidelines governing the management of HDTV signals,[13][14] the creation of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), and the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification.[15][16]

Green has also chaired numerous Committees in the International Communication Union (ITU) including the US team behind ITU-R Recommendation BT.601, a worldwide television standard for digital signals,[17] and ITU-T Study Group 9;[18][19] the group behind the ITU's recommendations concerning voice, data and video IP applications over CATV networks (IPCablecom), interactive cable television service, high-speed data services, and IP-based video distribution.[20]

Education[edit]

Education:

  • BS degree from Colorado College (1959)
  • MS in physics from the State University of New York in Albany (1964)
  • PhD from the University of Washington (1968)

Honors and awards[edit]

Publications[edit]

Astrophysics publications:

  • "An Analysis of Distribution of the Thermal Anomalies on Eclipsed Moon." Transactions-American Geophysical Union 49 (2):520 (1968)
  • An Analysis of the Distribution of the Major Surface Characteristics and the Thermal Anomalies Observed on the Eclipsed Moon. Seattle: Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Geo-Astrophysics Laboratory, 1969.
  • "A Stochastic Model of Distribution of Lunar Thermal Anomalies." & "Relative Dating of the Lunar Surface". Transactions-American Geophysical Union 50(2):61 (1969)
  • Ronca, Luciano B., and Richard R. Green. "Large-scale Evolution of the Lunar Surface."Astrophysics and Space Science 3.4 (1969): 564-78.
  • Ronca, L. B., and R. R. Green. "Aeolian Regime of the Surface of Venus." Astrophysics and Space Science 8.1 (1970): 59–65.
  • Ronca, L. B., and R. R. Green. "Statistical Geomorphology of the Lunar Surface." Geological Society of America Bulletin 81.2 (1970): 337.

Engineering publications:

  • Mirachi, M., and R. Green. "Military Laser Range Finding--A Status Report." IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 5.6 (1969): 327.
  • Richard, Green R., and Morass F. Dwight. "Production Experience in High Definition Television." Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Journal (1984): 169–74.
  • Future Challenges for Cable Television: Lectures in Cable Television. [University Park, Pa.]: National Cable Television Center and Museum in Association with College of Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University, 1990.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Officers and Directors". Liberty Global. April 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-08-14. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  2. ^ "People: Liberty Global PLC (LBTYA.O)". Reuters. 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  3. ^ "Shaw Board Membership". Shaw Communications. 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  4. ^ "Space Sciences". Reuters. 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  5. ^ "ATLAS Board Membership". colorado.edu. April 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  6. ^ Green, Richard (1969). An Analysis of the Distribution of the Major Surface Characteristics and the Thermal Anomalies Observed on the Eclipsed Moon. Seattle, WA: BOEING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH LABS SEATTLE WASH GEO-ASTRO PHYSICS LAB. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  7. ^ Schwartz, Evan I. "Technology; It's the Birthplace Of 300 Channels." New York Times, April 17, 1994, pF12.
  8. ^ "CableLabs CEO Richard Green to Step Down". Business Wire. September 25, 2008. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
  9. ^ Spangler, Todd. "Green to Leave CableLabs." Multichannel News, Sept. 29, 2008, p6.
  10. ^ Marich, Robert. “CableLabs' Green Tackles TV's Tough Tech Issues” Broadcasting & Cable, May 19, 2008
  11. ^ "Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards announced". Broadcast Engineering. October 11, 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  12. ^ "Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards announced". Broadcast Engineering. October 11, 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  13. ^ "F.C.C. Wants HDTV Glitch Solved Soon". New York Times. August 24, 1998. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  14. ^ “On the record… “ Telecommunications Reports, 64(43), Oct. 26,1998, p45-47.
  15. ^ "Docsis 3.0 gets the green light". ZDNet. June 19, 2007. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  16. ^ "First Royalty-Free IP Pool Enables DOCSIS Rollout". CableLabs. July 23, 1998. Archived from the original on July 8, 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  17. ^ "F.C.C. Recommendation ITU-R BT.601 - the milestone of DTV worldwide, celebrates 25 years on 17 February 2007". New York Times. February 17, 2007. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  18. ^ "ITU-T Study Group 9 Management Team (Study Period 1997 - 2000)". International Telecommunication Union. 2001. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  19. ^ "Home Broadband Services Demo For SG 9 Tokyo Meeting". International Telecommunication Union. September 21, 2006. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  20. ^ "Study Group 9 at a glance". International Telecommunication Union. 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  21. ^ "Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards announced". Broadcast Engineering. October 11, 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  22. ^ "RICHARD R. GREEN". Cable Hall of Fame. 2008. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  23. ^ "2008 Cable Hall of Fame - Richard R. Green Video". Cable Center. Nov 14, 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  24. ^ "2008 Cable Hall of Fame - Richard R. Green Acceptance Speech". Cable Center. Nov 14, 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  25. ^ Kerschbaumer, Ken. “Technology leadership awards: Dick Green.” Broadcasting & Cable; Apr 25, 2001, pA10.
  26. ^ "Louis T. Benezet Award". Colorado College. 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  27. ^ “Green, CableLabs, Chosen 1991 Man of the Year.” CED Magazine, January 1992, p22-44, 65.