Matthew Goldman

Matthew Goldman is Vice President Technology, Solution Area TV, Ericsson, a world leader in live, on-demand, and content distribution solutions.

Mr. Goldman has been actively involved in the development of DTV systems since 1992. He was a prominent participant in the Moving Picture Experts Group where he helped create the MPEG-2 Systems standard, the baseline transport technology used in direct broadcast satellite, digital cable, terrestrial broadcasting, and DVD-video. He served as project editor for the MPEG-2 DSM-CC standard, the control signaling used in video-on-demand systems, switched digital video, and for DTV data downloads and carousels. Committed to improving the Advanced Television Systems Committee DTV standards, Mr. Goldman was a co-developer of the Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) standard, which is used by DTV receivers to navigate and tune to broadcast DTV services. He also has been influential in other industry organizations including the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, the ATIS IPTV Interoperability Forum and the Consumer Electronics Association.

Mr. Goldman has presented numerous papers at industry trade events and has been a contributing writer to various trade magazines. He is an author of the NAB Handbook and has been published in the IEEE Proceedings. Recent activities include educating service providers about how to prepare for and support their subscribers after the analog turn-off.