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Why Should You Join the SVTA?
The SVTA provides you the opportunity to not only work with others to solve technical challenges in your own streaming video tech stack, but it affords you an opportunity to have a say in specifications which may help define the industry going forward. And, if you are a technology vendor, it provides a unique opportunity to listen to your potential, or existing, customers talk about their own challenges.
SVTA Membership Levels
Membership Feature
Supporting
Principal
Members can send an unlimited number of people to any working group calls.
Members can send an unlimited number of people to face-to-face quarterly meetings.
Members can vote on the ratification of SVTA projects such as documents or software code.
Members can hold a position on the SVTA Board of Directors. For Sponsor members, this is a permanent seat. For Principal members, 2 Principal members are voted to the board by the SVTA Principal members each year (board seat runs from 6/1 to 5/31).
Members can be selected to be a working group co-chair. These selections are done at the discretion of the board. Each working group should have 3 co-chairs.
Members can be selected as a project lead.
Members can write sections in SVTA documents, contribute to code projects, etc.
SVTA Membership Pricing
SVTA memberships are effective from 1/1 to 12/31 each calendar year. Members are invoiced in November for the following year. Membership fees are also prorated. The table at the bottom explains the fee structure based upon the quarter in which the company joins.
Startup
For Companies Under $2.0MM Annual Revenue and No Series-A
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Principal
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Can't Co-Chair
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No Board
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Can't Lead Projects
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No Document Voting
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All Other Principal Benefits Apply
Small Business Principal
For Companies Under $10MM Annual Revenue
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Principal
Grant
For Companies Under $1.5MM Annual Revenue and No Series-A
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Principal
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By Application Only
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Application Window 10/1 - 10/31
Public Service
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Principal
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By Application Only
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Must demonstrate company is a "public service"
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Board approved
Pricing Proration
Membership fees are also prorated. Below we explain how much you are charged for membership fees based on the quarter in which you join the SVTA.
First Quarter (1/1 to 3/31): 100% of Annual Membership
Second Quarter (4/1 to 6/30): 75% of Annual Membership
Third Quarter (7/1 to 9/30): 50% of Annual Membership
Fourth Quarter (10/1 to 12/31): 25% of Annual Membership + 100% of Annual Membership for the following year
Please Review the Membership Documents
Questions You Might Have Before You Decide to Join the SVTA
Yes. All of our annual membership fees are prorated quarterly. So, if you join in Q2, a Principal membership, for example, would only be $6,000. Subsequent years, though, are invoiced at the regular, annual fee.
Yes. We have lots of member companies that tried a Supporting Membership at the beginning. After realizing that they wanted their opinion as part of a Working Group’s document, they upgraded to a Principal Membership so that they could contribute more actively.
No. Memberships are billed annually. If you cancel mid-way through the year, it just means that you will not receive a renewal invoice.
Yes. We have no problem accepting a credit card.
No. We do not currently offer individual memberships at this time.
Yes. There is a nominal cost to cover food and beverage as well as other operational expenses. The early bird registration fee is $400. If you register after the early bird period ends, the fee is $500.