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:
New SMPTE Standards and Public Committee Drafts are available! SMPTE ST 2120-1:2026-03, Extensible Time Label — Structure and SMPTE ST 2067-201:2026-03, Interoperable Master Format — Immersive Audio Bitstream Level 0 Plug-in are now available. ST 2136-10 is also available as a Public Committee Draft until May 5.
The 2026 NAB Show was last week, and SMPTE held several educational sessions including VIBE and the SMPTE ST 2110 IP Media Roadshow. SMPTE had a great show this year, and we made a lot of connections and had some great experiences. Read all about it in our Substack post!
SMPTE and Backblaze held a special Webcast this week! Leaders from Backblaze, Qencode, and Sardius Media unpack what resilience actually looks like inside production environments operating at scale. The webcast will be available on SMPTE’s Substack and YouTube in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!
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!