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.
Sponsoring members
We thank our sponsoring members for their continued financial support.
Amazon Studios |
Apple Inc. |
Ateliere Creative Technologies |
British Broadcasting Corporation |
Comcast Cable Communications Management LLC |
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. |
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. |
EIDR |
EIKON Group |
Mathematical Technologies, Inc. Film |
Netflix, Inc. |
Pixelogic Media Partners, Inc. |
Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc.- DVS |
Sony Pictures Entertainment |
Tedial |
Telestream |
The Walt Disney Studios, Inc. |
Vubiquity, Inc. |
Warner Bros. Discovery |
All members
3rd i Digital |
Afinal Filmes |
Alex4D |
Amazon |
Andy Quested |
Apple Inc. |
Arjun Ramamurthy |
Ateliere |
Ben Schofield |
Beyond the Nametag |
Black Photon |
Bob Brown Consulting |
BBC |
CineCert Inc. |
Cinematiq |
CinePostproduction |
CineTechGeek |
Cinnafilm |
Coincident Media |
Colorfront |
Comcast (and NBCUniversal and Sky) |
CST |
Cube-Tec |
Dan Germain |
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. |
DI Factory |
Dicentia Studios |
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. |
EIKON Group |
Elite Media Technologies, LLC |
Eluvio |
EIDR |
Eon Media |
Erik Dobberkau |
Etere Pte Ltd |
European Broadcasting Union |
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 |
Marquise Technologies |
MTI Film |
MediaArea |
Media Answers |
MediA Digital Nutty |
mediagaps |
Merrill Weiss Group |
Mill Road |
MovieLabs |
Mr MXF |
nablet |
Netflix |
nomalab |
NABA |
Pixelogic |
Alex Prohorushkin |
RheinMain University |
Robert Emanuel |
Rohde & Schwarz - DVS |
Sandflow Consulting |
Sequence Key |
Siegfried Heep |
SMPTE |
Sony Pictures Entertainment |
Steve Silva |
Synaflux |
Tedial |
Telestream LLC |
Testronic |
The Foundation |
The Walt Disney Studios |
Thierry Beaumel |
TMD |
Trench Digital |
Turner Media Consulting |
UCLA Extension |
unravel |
Venera Technologies |
Videomenthe |
Visible Light |
Vubiquity |
Walden Pond |
Walter Arrighetti |
Warner Bros. Discovery |
Wavelet Consulting |
WildAcre |
Envoi |
Yella Umbrella |