Welcome to the SMPTE Sum-Up, the weekly publication that details the recent and current events of your favorite standards development organization. Recently at SMPTE:
SMPTE Washington DC held a joint meeting with SBC Chapters 37 & 46 at Maryland Public Television this week on the state of the industry! Featuring leadership from NAB, NABA, Pearl TV, and TV Technology, this meeting discussed strategic outlooks ahead of the NAB Show in Las Vegas. It also discuss federal cuts to Public Media funding and how the issues stemming from said cuts were being addressed.
SMPTE New York also held a joint meeting this week! Representatives from KMH, Panasonic and JP Morgan to discuss the full ST-2110 integration at the new JP Morgan headquarters. The meeting, obviously, did not take place at JP Morgan headquarters for security reasons. However, the meeting demonstrated the versatile capabilities of SMPTE standards.
SMPTE San Francisco held another event for professionals and students following the success of their last one! The meeting took place at the Chase Center, home of Golden State Warriors, and featured a tour and discussion of their SMPTE ST 2110 IP connectivity infrastructure. They also held an after party at a brewery for some added fun!
SMPTE Florida held a meeting that discussed the technology behind the most recent Olympics broadcasts! The meeting was held virtually, and featured Darryl Jefferson, SVP, Engineering & Technology, NBC Sports & Olympics, revealing the strategies and execution for the 2026 Winter games, including remote production, resiliency at scale, immersive formats, AI and automation, and what these advancements may mean for the road to LA 2028.
The 2026 Media Technology Summit Call for Papers is here! Those wishing to participate in MTS2026 can submit one of two ways: The regular conference track requires a 300-400 abstract of a scientific paper, as well as an 800-1000 word outline of said paper. The journal track is for those with full, publish-ready manuscripts between 3,000 and 5,000 words. More details and submissions links for the MTS 2026 Call for Papers can be found here.
The SMPTE Job Board has been updated!