The SMPTE Sum-Up 5-9-2026

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 is pleased to announce the publication of a new Engineering Guideline, EG 428-23:2026-04, D-Cinema Distribution Master — Mastering Guideline for Japanese Timed Text. This Engineering Guideline provides several XML examples of common Japanese use cases, along with their expected appearance and mastering recommendations to respect as best as possible the intent of the content creator. To access the document:

• Members: Please log into your SMPTE account. Click your name at the top right, and then select My Account. In the left column, click the Standards Library button. The SMPTE Standards Library displays. Search or browse the library for the documents.
• Non-members: Please visit the SMPTE Store. Select Standard Document Purchase, and then follow the instructions to purchase these and other documents.

Check out SMPTE’s latest blog on Substack! This article is on SMPTE ST 2138, aka Catena. Currently in Public Committee Draft (PCD), Catena is an initiative to define a unified, open, secure, and vendor-agnostic control plane for media systems.

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!

• Media Infrastructure Engineer, LAWO, Inc
• Director BPS Field Engineering, Nation Association of Broadcasters
• Assistant Chief Engineer, WFXG
• Chief Engineer, KAKE-TV
• Demo & Training Solutions, Technical Commissioning Product Specialist, and Inside Sales Specialist, Ross Video

Apply Today!