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SMPTE Content
January 8, 2026
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SMPTE Announces 2026 Leadership

 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Jan. 8, 2026 — SMPTE®, the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, today introduced the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2026. Read More
Sally-Ann D'Amato
December 28, 2025
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SMPTE End-of-Year Message From Sally-Ann D'Amato

 As we approach the end of another year, I want to take a moment to reflect on all we have...
SMPTE Content
December 10, 2025
AI

SMPTE Releases Updated Engineering Report on Artificial Intelligence and the Media

 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Dec 14, 2025 — SMPTE®, the home of media professionals, technologists,...
Eric Gsell
December 9, 2025
AI

From the Executive Vice President
Raymond Yeung
December 4, 2025
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Reports from the SMPTE Technology Committees:  Introduction from the Standards Vice President

 The SMPTE Standards Community (SC) continues the core mission of harmonization and...

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News
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October 1, 2020

New Logo and Website Are Just Two of the Major Changes Making SMPTE More Nimble, Accessible, and Inclusive

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Oct. 1, 2020— SMPTE®, the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, today introduced a new logo and website (smpte.org). Along with... Read More
Newswatch
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September 30, 2020

September 2020 - A Report on SMPTE's 2020 Progress Report

The September 2020 special edition of the SMPTE Journal offers a comprehensive and wide-ranging progress report on just about every important current trend, technology, or... Read More
News
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September 29, 2020

ConnecTech Asia - SMPTE Has Organized the Following Sessions

Colour and 8K and HDR! Oh, My! Read More
Featured
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September 23, 2020

Engineering Documents from SMPTE Will Replace Offensive Terminology with Alternative Language

The Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at SMPTE will push the Society to better embody one of its guiding principles, that SMPTE is inclusive. We recently... Read More
SMPTE 2020
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September 21, 2020

Town Hall - Annual General Membership Meeting

Free and open to all - non-members welcome! Read More
JPEG2000
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September 21, 2020

The future of the JPEG standard

The term JPEG is synonymous with digital image file types and billions of JPEGs are now created every year. However, the format is only 18 years old, introduced for the first... Read More
ST 2110
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September 21, 2020

A decade of change in cinema and TV camera technology

The worlds of cinema and TV saw profound transformations between 2010 and 2020. The movie business, while remaining relatively consistent at about 700 feature films a year... Read More
3D
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September 21, 2020

Capturing volumetric video

Volumetric video is a process that captures images of objects in a three-dimensional space, including people, that can be viewed later from any angle and at any point in... Read More
Featured
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September 16, 2020

3D Television without glasses

Traditional 3D television, where the user wears a pair of glasses specifically designed for use with a 3D capable TV, has been around for years. But it's fair to say that 3D... Read More
Newsletter
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September 1, 2020

Insights September 2020

It is a great pleasure to provide updates on the latest developments from the SMPTE Technical Committees and many of our partner organizations across the world in this annual... Read More
Motion Imaging Journal
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September 1, 2020

2020 Progress Report

Click Here to View the Current Issue Reports Message from the Executive Director: Progress in 2020Barbara H. Lange Read More
AI
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August 26, 2020

Joint ETC Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and Media

Task Force Description:The Task Force (TF) is responsible for gathering requirements and studying use cases around artificial intelligence (AI) implementations and systems... Read More
SMPTE 2020
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August 18, 2020

SMPTE Names 2020 Honorees - Medals, Awards, and SMPTE Fellow Status to Be Conferred at SMPTE 2020

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Aug. 18, 2020 — SMPTE®, the organization that is defining the future of storytelling, today revealed the industry leaders and innovators who will be... Read More
Newsletter
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August 1, 2020

Insights August 2020

By now, you know that the SMPTE 2020 Annual Technical Conference is going remote. Just like NAB, IBC, InfoComm, BroadcastAsia, and many other conference events this year, the... Read More
Newswatch
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July 31, 2020

August 2020 - Compression on a New Landscape

From the media industry’s perspective, the new pandemic-altered landscape has “had a very big effect on roadmaps for the video compression industry,” opines veteran industry... Read More
Newsletter
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July 1, 2020

Insights July 2020

It is July, and we are still working remotely here in the New York metropolitan area. It has been more than three months since I started taking care of SMPTE and HPA business... Read More
Newswatch
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June 30, 2020

June 2020 - Immersive Audio Expands its Reach

The entertainment industry’s ongoing drive to create deeper, richer audio experiences in movie theaters via the use of immersive systems and techniques has, like everything... Read More
June 25, 2020

Shooting in 8K

While it might feel like 4K video has only just started to catch on, the transition to 8K is coming. The current standard for TV manufacturers is 4K, sometimes referred to as... Read More
June 25, 2020

Broadcasting in 8K

The move to 8K content is fast approaching. Home audio and video setups are quickly becoming capable of cinema-quality experiences. But what does it truly take for modern... Read More
Standards
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June 10, 2020

The Standards Community Held Its First-Ever Virtual Technology Committee (TC) Meeting

SMPTE decided, due to the COVID-19 crisis, to hold its June series of Technology Committee Plenaries or Standards meetings as a virtual event instead of coming together... Read More
June 9, 2020

The Significance of Sound in Cinema

In the mid-1920s, the Warner brothers — the very ones the studio is named after — were in desperate need of a hit. Their numbers were down and they were getting destroyed by... Read More
June 9, 2020

Creating a Successful Soundtrack for Movies and TV Series

With such stunning cinematography in today’s films and TV series, it’s easy to overlook the work that has been done by the sound engineers to create the soundtrack. From huge... Read More
Newsletter
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June 1, 2020

Insights June 2020

The recent horrendous events sparked a reexamination of what SMPTE stands for and what actions we will take to make a positive impact. Link to Newsletter Read More
ST 2110
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May 31, 2020

May 2020 - What's Next for IP-Based Systems?

In the world of broadcast technology, if there is one key development that needs to keep pushing forward even in the face of a global pandemic and an economic downturn, it... Read More

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Erminia Fiorino | Marketing Manager | +1 914 205 2323
For information regarding SMPTE's media relations activities, or if you are an industry journalist or analyst in need of more information or an interview with SMPTE leadership, please contact Erminia  Fiorino
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