SMPTE people form a global professional society of individuals and corporations collaborating for the advancement of all things technical in the motion picture, television and digital media industries.

With more than 100 years of motion-imaging standards leadership, SMPTE is the innovator of some of the most iconic standards for high-quality content, as well as those that are facilitating the transition …

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 …

SMPTE Emerging Tech Webcast: Laser Science and Laser Illuminated Projection After years of anticipation and many impressive demonstrations, commercial laser-illuminated ...

SMPTE is the leading standards development body for motion-imaging standards. Individuals and organizations from around the world come to SMPTE to develop standards that are adopted by …

SMPTE is a global society of more than 5,000 diverse and engaged members, including creative professionals, media technologists, and engineers.

SMPTE virtual courses and webcasts provide a tremendous value to our members, and the media tech industry as a whole. Our courses receive consistently high ratings from attendees.

SMPTE Standards documents are available free of charge to SMPTE members and can be purchased by non-members. See How to Access SMPTE Engineering Documents for details.

SMPTE was founded in 1916 to address the lack of standards in the emerging movie industry where there was no agreement on film width, image format, perforations, etc., and only a small chance that …

Become part of the SMPTE Community We offer a variety of SMPTE membership levels that recognize distinct needs for both Individual and Corporate members.