© 2012 IPTC
... as a membership organisation
The IPTC, based in London, 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.
You can follow the IPTC on Twitter at @IPTC
IPTC Now
Currently more than 60 companies, organisations and associations from the news industry are members of the IPTC, they are drawn from all continents except South America and Oceania. Find all current members on this page.
Questions about IPTC membership - here you can find the answers: download and review our "Membership Q&A" document.
More on IPTC membership can be found on the "How to Join" page.
IPTC History
Since the late 1970's IPTC's activities have primarily focussed on developing and publishing Industry Standards for the exchange of news data of all common media types.
IPTC as a company
The IPTC is registered as a private company limited-by-guarantee at the Companies House for England. The registered name is "Comité International des Télécommunications de Presse", the registration number is 1010968 and the registered office is 10 Portland Business Centre, Datchet, Slough, Berks, SL3 9EG. The company is not registered for VAT.
"International Press Telecommunications Council" is the business name of the company and the business address (to where all postal mail should be sent) is:
20 Garrick Street
London, WC2E 9BT
United Kingdom
On the Board of Directors are:
Vincent Baby, Director, Chairman of the Board
Andreas Gebhard, Director
Walter Grolimund, Director
Stéphane Guérillot, Director
Tae-sung Jung, Director
Michael Steidl, Managing Director
Amy Sweigert, Director
Helge Viehof, Director
