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Delivering Standards
Since 1916

Where Quality Meets Interoperability

About Standards  

As an internationally recognized standards organization, SMPTE provides a vital technical framework to the industry with over 800 standards, recommended practices, and engineering guidelines that touch nearly every piece of motion-imaging content. SMPTE standards ensure that this content is seen and heard in the highest possible quality on any display screen, while they enable repeatable workflows for content creators and distributors, as well as the manufacturers who support them.

2026 TC Chairs

TC 10E - Frederick G Walls

TC 27C - David Deelo and Steve LLamb

TC 30MR - CJ Flynn

TC 31FS - Wolfgang Ruppel

TC 32NF - John Mailhot and Bill Redmann

TC 34CS - Karyn Reid and Paul Treleaven

TC 35PM - JoAnne Kim and Veronica Pineda

SMPTE’s Standards Liaisons

3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)

Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA)

Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC)

Association for Smart Home Professionals (CEDIA)

Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB)

Audio Engineering Society (AES)

Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA)

Consumer Technology Association (CTA)

Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI)

Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE)

Digital Video Broadcast Technical Module (Audio & Video Coding) (DVB TM-AVC)

European Broadcast Union (EBU)

InfoComm International; Name changed to The Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association (AVIXA)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Precision Time Protocol (PTP) (IEEE P1588)

International Electrotechnical Commission, Technical Committee 100, “AUDIO, VIDEO and MULTIMEDIA systems and equipment” (IEC TC100)

International Standards Organization, Joint Technical Committee 1, Information Technology, Sub-Committee 29, “Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information” (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC29)

International Standards Organization, Technical Committee 36 - Cinematography (ISO/TC36)

International Standards Organization, Technical Committee 42 - Photography (ISO/TC42)

International Telecommunications Union - Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R)

International Union of Cinemas (UNIC)

Joint Taskforce on Network Media (JT-NM)

North American Broadcasters Association (NABA)

Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, Digital Video Subcommittee (SCTE DVS)

Ultra HD Forum (UHD Forum)

Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA)

Video Services Forum (VSF)

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

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By providing structure, organization and interoperability, SMPTE has helped advance the motion-imaging industry through all of its major transitions. From the advent of sound and color to the shift from analog to digital formats, receiving an Oscar® and multiple Emmy® Awards for its work, SMPTE has been the innovator of some of the most iconic standards for high-quality content, as well as those that are facilitating the transition to an IP-based multiscreen world. And SMPTE continues to innovate at a rapid clip.

Today's key standards include Material eXchange Format (MXF), Interoperable Master Format (IMF), and Serial Digital Interface (SDI and HD-SDI), while emerging standards, like High Dynamic Range (HDR) and ST 2110 for digital video over IP, continue to ensure that all areas of the industry have a common foundation for development, operation, and quality.

SMPTE is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and recognized by the International Standards Organization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as an Approved Reference Organization.

Standards development is a collaborative process dedicated to improved workflow, global interoperability, and uncompromising quality. We encourage all interested SMPTE members to take advantage of this unique opportunity by volunteering to work with the industry's top technologists to help shape the future through Standards development.