The IESG has received a request from the Audio/Video Transport Payloads WG (payload) to consider the following document: - 'RTP Payload for SMPTE ST 291 Ancillary Data' <draft-ietf-payload-rtp-ancillary-06.txt> as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2016-11-03. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This memo describes an RTP Payload format for SMPTE Ancillary data, as defined by SMPTE ST 291-1. SMPTE Ancillary data is generally used along with professional video formats to carry a range of ancillary data types, including time code, Closed Captioning, and the Active Format Description (AFD). The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-payload-rtp-ancillary/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-payload-rtp-ancillary/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.