---
title: SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers)
slug: Glossary/SMPTE
tags:
  - Engineers
  - Glossary
  - Motion Picture
  - Movies
  - SMPTE
  - Specifications
  - Television
  - standards
---
The **Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers** (**[SMPTE](https://www.smpte.org/)**) is the professional association of engineers and scientists that develop and define standards and technologies used to create, broadcast, store, and present entertainment media.

For example, SMPTE defines the standards used for digital cinema used by modern digital movie theaters.
