Mark Krivosheev

Mark Krivosheev
Born(1922-07-30)July 30, 1922
DiedOctober 16, 2018(2018-10-16) (aged 96)
Resting placeRakitki cemetery
Alma materMoscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics
Known forRec. 601, Rec. 709
AwardsOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", Order of Honour, Order of Friendship, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Labour Valour", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Medal "Veteran of Labour", Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy", Ordre national du Mérite, State Prize of the Russian Federation, USSR State Prize, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour
Scientific career
FieldsTelevision broadcasting
InstitutionsNIIR, Soviet Ministry of Communications, Russian Ministry of Communications

Mark Iosifovich Krivosheev (July 30, 1922 – October 16, 2018) was a Soviet and Russian engineer and academic who made pioneering contributions to the development of television technology as a head of television study groups at CCIR and ITU-R. He was a key figure in establishing Rec. 601 and Rec. 709 technical standards for digital television broadcasting.