© 2013 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
"International Press Telecommunications Council" is the business name of the company and the business address (to where all postal mail should be sent) is:
IPTC
25 Southampton Buildings (new since 1 November 2012)
London, WC2A 1AL
United Kingdom
On the Board of Directors are:
Vincent Baby, Director, Chairman of the Board
Andreas Gebhard, Director
Stéphane Guérillot, Director
Michael Steidl, Managing Director
Amy Sweigert, Director
Guowei Wu, Director
