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Welcome to the UK Section serving all who are working with the technology
of moving pictures  and associated sound & metadata
– creatively, practically and innovatively in any format, and on any platform.

SMPTE in the UK is a success and has grown in what it does and who it serves
across the UK over the past 5 years since reforming
– and is now the third largest section in SMPTE with over 580 members active
in the industries we cover -- including students drawn for universities across the UK.
 
In October 2015  the SMPTE established the UK Region meaning that
we have a Governor - now  Mark Harrison Managing  Director Digital Production Partnership
speaking for the UK on the highest Board in SMPTE. Read about the Sections growth
And the Education VP Rich Welsh and Standards VP Bruce Devlin are Section members
So we would like you to be part of our success by your involvement –

Join in our success  

  • Meeting others working in our industries  -  that what SMPTE meetings are all about  
  • Receiving 10 copies of Motion  Imaging Journal a year (not associate members) howto
    -  full of the latest  techniques and news from SMPTE sections around the World
  • Participating the Technology relevant webcasts  at no Charge (save $49 per event)
  • Access our archive - Look back over SMPTEs work over the past 102 years 
  • Attending events   conferences and Courses at member discount rates
    – you can easily save your subscription (and it can be offset against tax)
  • Discounts on conference papers, proceedings and Standards in the SMPTE Digital Library
  • Getting Preferential booking for our meetings 
  • Supporting those joining our industries through the Graduate Initiative
  • Taking part in standards work  and directing the way our industries move
  • Just being an active member of the world’s largest Members society for those working with the moving image, its audio and metadata- on any platform - Film, Television , Digital media

At only $145 – about £105 tax deductible - you get so much – and an opportunity to enhance your career..... And put you in touch with others working across the creative and video industries of the UK. and recent Graduates get a discount!
  (Student members free  then just $10 £7 a year) 

 It is really very easy – just Join us and Join in today

We need everyone to just do that little bit extra to take SMPTE across the UK to even greater things – and to reflect and support the breadth of the industries in the UK and your locality

Find out more about SMPTE In the future and the formation of the SMPTE UK section

If you need any help or have ideas on how we can do better just contact us
- by email or at a meeting –

SMPTE UK Section has a strong  tradition of meeting over ample refreshments
for some time before welcoming the speaker at our regular evening gatherings
Thursdays In London and often Tuesdays outside London .

Non-members can attend our meetings, from time to time, free of charge.
Add your name to our mailing list or contact us
 

We look forward to welcoming you at our next meeting

UK section meetings and events

We require all to register for SMPTE UK Section events

We meet over Ample Refreshments for 45+minutes - formal business starts at 7pm

IMF For Broadcast & Online

Event Type(s):
Section Meeting
Event Date(s)
23 May 2018

 

Join the DPP experts  to find out about the new IMF Specification for Broadcast and Online. The session will cover the business case behind the need to develop a new Mastering Format,  and how it fits in to existing programme delivery cycles, what SMPTE specifications are with a view of how IMF might evolve for advertising deliveries globally

 

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The Interoperable Master Format (IMF) — a thing of dark mystery, or one of simple beauty?

Event Type(s):
Section Meeting
Event Date(s)
06 Jun 2018

Discover how IMF will benefit broadcast and online workflows  just as it has changed existing subtitling and dubbing pipelines for Film Localisation. This meeting starts with SMPTE Standards VP Bruce Devlin (Mr MXF) giving a quick IMF Primer /101  then Steve Fish looks at IMF in Turner Internationals Television business   and finally Andy Lampard on IMF for Film Localistion-  

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Bloomberg Television - Summer Visit

Event Type(s):
Section Meeting
Event Date(s)
21 Jun 2018

Bloomberg Television launched its new state-of-the-art broadcast facility in December 2017, hosted at the organisation’s ground-breaking new European headquarters in the City. The evening will feature a tour of this stunning facility and the opportunity to learn about Bloomberg’s experience of being one of the first all-IP broadcasters in the world.Please use wait list - we are trying to fit more in

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