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
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 - Bruce Devlin Chief Media Scientist Dalet & Mr MXF speaking
for the UK on the highest Board in SMPTE. Read about the Sections growth

SMPTE UK section welcomes the SMPTE Standards meeting

at Sky 20 to 23 September

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 the Motion Imaging Journal (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 100 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 £120 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

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 on the fast track to a broadcast specification

Event Type(s):

Section Meeting

Event Date(s)

28 Sep 2017

The Interoperable Mastering Format - IMF SMPTE ST2067 has just begun to get wide adoption in the Film industry, after its birth in 2011. It clearly solves many issue for the film industry where the creation of many discrete distribution copies is being replaced with a single all encompassing master copy with metadata to extract the destination copy requirements. In a special collaboration, the DPP and SMPTE are engaged on a fast track route to a SMPTE specification for “IMF for Broadcast and Online ”

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