Metadata and Registers (30MR)

Paul Treleaven obtained a First Class Honours degree in electrical engineering from Imperial College, London in 1972. He started his career in broadcast engineering with BBC Designs Department. His work included design of the interpolation system for the BBC's ‘ACE’ four-field standards converter. In 1979, Treleaven co-founded Avitel, a company designing and manufacturing video, audio and timecode distribution and processing equipment. He continued with Avitel as Technical Director until 2001. — Treleaven is a member of the International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers' Technical Task Group, representing the IABM at SMPTE and AES standards meetings and ABU technology committee meetings. He is also a member of the UK's National Standards Body for IEC TC100. Treleaven has served as SMPTE International Region Governor and is a SMPTE Fellow. He is currently co-chair of the SMPTE Technology Committee on Metadata and Registers and has Chaired other SMPTE standards groups.