The IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting 2013, the 8th in the series, will be held at Brunel University in Uxbridge, West London. The symposium is the premier forum for the presentation and exchange of technical advances in the rapidly converging areas of multimedia broadcasting, telecommunications, consumer electronics, and networking technologies. The Broadcast Technology Society (BTS), the official sponsor organisation of the symposium, is one of the founding organisations of IEEE, and has a history that stretches to the formation of the Institute of Radio Engineers in 1912. The mission of the BTS is to serve its members by helping them to maintain and enhance their technical proficiency and the professional standing through the activities of the soceity and its chapters worldwide in the field of broadcasting. The industry-oriented symposium will bring together content originators and distributors, wireless service providers, and technology developers and suppliers of equipment, systems, and consumer platforms, focusing on research and development, applications and implementation of mobile and portable multimedia systems.