What is the IMF UG?
The Interoperable Master Format (IMF) User Group (UG) is a forum for the worldwide community of users and implementers of the IMF family of standards, including content owners, service providers, content platforms, technology vendors, educational institutions and independent developers.
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The objective of the UG is to facilitate and promote the use of IMF worldwide, both on-prem and in the cloud; in coordination with other organizations; and in conjunction with other component-based workflow technologies.
To fulfill its objective, the UG:
- hosts regular member meetings;
- organizes public events;
- collects requirements;
- develops best practices and technical reports;
- conducts interoperability testing; and
- creates promotional and educational materials.
The IMF UG is organized under the umbrella of the SMPTE.
House rules
No public disclosure: No press and members are prohibited from speaking to the press or making any public disclosure about the meetings or any side discussions related to the IMF User Group.
No recording: Recording of the meetings is prohibited by all members (except for the Secretary for the express purpose of capturing minutes, after which such recording will be destroyed).
Anti-Trust: Members are prohibited from discussing items of market and business commerce that could be considered as anti-trust behavior, including, but not limited to, pricing, sales terms, territories, production levels, market supply, or other areas of competition.
Sponsoring members
We thank our sponsoring members for their continued financial support.
| Amazon Studios |
| Apple Inc. |
| British Broadcasting Corporation |
| CineCert |
| Colorfront |
| Comcast Cable Communications Management LLC |
| Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. |
| DI Factory |
| Elite Media Technologies |
| Netflix, Inc. |
| Pixelogic Media Partners, Inc. |
| Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Tedial |
| Telestream |
| The Walt Disney Studios, Inc. |
| Venera Technologies |
| Warner Bros. Discovery |
All members
| 3rd i Digital |
| Afinal Filmes |
| Alex4D |
| Amazon |
| Andy Quested |
| Apple Inc. |
| Arjun Ramamurthy |
| Ben Schofield |
| Beyond the Nametag |
| Black Photon |
| Bob Brown Consulting |
| BBC |
| CineCert Inc. |
| Cinematiq |
| CinePostproduction |
| CineTechGeek |
| Coincident Media |
| Colorfront |
| Comcast (and NBCUniversal and Sky) |
| CST |
| Dan Germain |
| Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. |
| DI Factory |
| Dicentia Studios |
| Elite Media Technologies, LLC |
| Eon Media |
| Erik Dobberkau |
| filter Media |
| Fusion Media |
| Glowing Pixel |
| GIC |
| Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences |
| Hybrik |
| Irving Harvey |
| ISAN |
| Jerry Pierce |
| Ken Mizutani |
| Koichi Sonoda |
| Le Labo Paris |
| Lesspain Software |
| Life Electronic |
| Lum::invent |
| MediaArea |
| Media Answers |
| MediA Digital Nutty |
| mediagaps |
| Merrill Weiss Group |
| Mill Road |
| Mr MXF |
| nablet |
| Netflix |
| nomalab |
| NABA |
| Pixelogic |
| Alex Prohorushkin |
| RheinMain University |
| Robert Emanuel |
| Sandflow Consulting |
| Sequence Key |
| Siegfried Heep |
| Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Steve Silva |
| Synaflux |
| Tedial |
| Telestream LLC |
| The Foundation |
| The Walt Disney Studios |
| Thierry Beaumel |
| Trench Digital |
| Turner Media Consulting |
| UCLA Extension |
| unravel |
| Venera Technologies |
| Videomenthe |
| Visible Light |
| Walden Pond |
| Walter Arrighetti |
| Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Wavelet Consulting |
| WildAcre |
| Envoi |
| Yella Umbrella |