The IPTC, based
in Windsor, UK, is a consortium of the world's
major news agencies, news publishers and news industry
vendors. It develops and maintains technical standards
for improved news exchange that are used by virtually
every major news organization in the world.
Currently about 55 companies and organisations
from the news industry are members of
the IPTC, they are drawn from all continents except
South America and Africa. More on IPTC membership
can be found on the "How
to Join" page.
A brief history:
The IPTC was established
in 1965 by a group of news organisations including
the Alliance Européenne des Agences
de Presse, ANPA (now NAA), FIEJ (now WAN) and
the
North American
News Agencies (a joint committee of Associated
Press, Canadian Press and United Press International)
to safeguard the telecommunications interests
of the World's Press.
Since the late 1970's
IPTC's activities have primarily focussed on
developing and publishing
Industry Standards for the interchange of news
data.
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