Richard Friedel retired from Fox Corporation and created a consultancy, Broadcast.Advocate Ltd., focused on furthering his ongoing efforts to support technology advancement in media & entertainment.

During his 26-year career at Fox, Richard held various executive positions responsible for technology strategy, engineering, and day to day television operations for Fox’s national broadcast and cable networks, their regional sports networks and the Fox television stations group. Early in his time at Fox, he was a member of the executive team that launched Fox News Channel.

Before joining Fox, Richard held various leadership and engineering positions at Capital Cities/ABC, NBC News and local television and radio stations.

Richard serves as Chair Emeritus of the Advanced Television Systems Committee and President of the Video Services Forum. He is also a fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, a life member of the Audio Engineering Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers.

Richard was honored by the National Association of Broadcasters with the 2015 NAB Engineering Achievement Award and has been awarded several technical Emmy awards by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences including one for lifetime achievement in 2018. In 2022, Richard was recognized with the International Achievement Award from the North American Broadcasters Association.