After his graduation in telecommunications from the Technical University Munich (TUM), Christoph Dosch started a career as scientific engineer with the Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT) in Munich in 1976. The IRT is the Research and Development establishment of the public service broadcasters in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (www.irt.de). Christoph Dosch specialized in satellite and terrestrial broadcasting systems as well as on frequency planning. Inter alia, he led a number of R&D projects on digital HDTV and digital sound radio and organized pertinent system demonstrations. In 1996, he was appointed General Manager Collaborative Research having been responsible for all IRT research projects which received external funding. After having retired form this post in March 2014, Christoph Dosch continues to serve IRT as liaison officer to the ITU.
Christoph Dosch published various papers on broadcasting techniques, notably on new television and radio systems and on digital transmission. Later, his interests widened to multimedia applications and network technology and, specifically, to the convergence of broadcasting and broadband techniques including access services for people with disabilities.
Christoph Dosch was Chairman of the EBU group on satellite broadcasting from 1983 to 1992. From 1977, Christoph Dosch participated virtually in all ITU World (Administrative) Radiocommunication Conferences (WARC, WRC) working on spectrum management and radio regulations. Since the early 90s, he has been involved intensively in the technical work of ITU-R, first as participant, than as vice-chair and chair of the working party on satellite broadcasting, since 2007 as Chairman of the ITU-R Study Group 6 (Broadcasting service).
