The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) today announced the results of its second IPMX Product Certification Test Event, held Aug. 24-28 at European Broadcasting Union headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Eight manufacturers submitted 14 products for testing, and all 14 were officially certified to the Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) standard, qualifying them to carry […]
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) announced the second IPMX Product Testing and Certification Event alongside the European Broadcasting Union. The week-long gathering is scheduled for Aug. 24-28 at the EBU headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. AIMS said that the event is open to AIMS and VSF member companies and will expand the growing IPMX-certified […]
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) announced that the Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) suite of standards and specifications has been named a winner of the 2026 NAB Show Product of the Year Award in the IT Networking/Infrastructure and Security category. The NAB Show Product of the Year Awards are designed to recognize products […]
ISE 2026 showcased a wide array of AV innovations. With new product launches, next-level innovations and surprise announcements, the show was unforgettable. The rAVe [PUBS] team gathered over 2,300 videos of the latest solutions, as well as podcasts, photos and news coverage of hundreds of products. You can find it all on our ISE Microsite. […]
Cobalt Digital Inc. announced that multiple company products successfully completed the inaugural Internet Protocol Media Experience Product Testing and Certification Event . Cobalt Digital products that received IPMX certification include members of its TOPAZ family of processors, PACIFIC encoders/decoders, INDIGO ST 2110 gateways, SAPPHIRE mini convertors, UltraBlue MV-SW multiviewers, and the ARIA AUD-MON – the […]
PlexusAV today announced that four of its AV-over-IP solutions have earned official Internet Protocol Media Experience certification after the recent IPMX product testing and certification event in Switzerland. The P-AVN-4 IPMX Transceiver, P-AVN-4E encoder, P-AVN-4D decoder and P-AVN-3-HDBT Gateway Transceiver were the first PlexusAV products to receive certification under IPMX control, transport and interoperability standards. […]
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions, in collaboration with the Video Services Forum, the Advanced Media Workflow Association and the European Broadcasting Union, announced that 48 products have been certified to the Internet Protocol Media Experience standard following a recent IPMX Product Testing and Certification Event in Geneva, Switzerland. The newly certified products, representing 10 […]
BOTHELL, Wash. — Feb. 5, 2026 — The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), together with the Video Services Forum (VSF), the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA), and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), today announced that 48 products were officially certified to the Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) standard at the recent IPMX Product Testing […]
Hosted by AIMS, VSF, AMWA and EBU, Event to Validate the First Wave of IPMX-Compliant Products in January 2026 BOTHELL, Wash. — Dec. 10, 2025 — The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), together with the Video Services Forum (VSF), the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), announced today that […]
Cobalt Digital has expanded its product line with new hardware designed to support the IPMX open standard, including converters, encoders, audio monitors and multiviewers for AV-over-IP installations. The company debuted two new models in its SAPPHIRE BBG-2110 compact mini converter line: the SAPPHIRE BBG-2110-4Hi/4Sio and the BBG-2110-2Hi2Ho/4Sio. Both support IPMX standards and offer HDMI inputs, […]
THIS IS A PROMOTED POST By Aaron Doughten PlexusAV Over the past year, the ProAV market has experienced a seismic shift with the advent of IPMX (Internet Protocol Media Experience). This transformation is not just about learning what IPMX is but recognizing its immense benefits and now building solutions based on this new standards-based technology. […]
I received some new product scoop on today’s pre-InfoComm-2024 videocast via Matrox Video’s business development manager, Ron Berty. Ron explained that the new Vion lineup will allow Matrox’s ConvertIP AV-over-IP product lineup — using the IPMX standard — to ingest and output video and audio virtually anywhere (even to competitive decoders or from competitive encoders)! […]
Welcome to my 24th annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball! It’s been an honor to have written this for 24 straight years and even more of an honor for it to have so many thousands of readers annually — it’s almost always our most-read article of the year on rAVe [PUBS]. So, if you’re reading this right […]
BOTHELL, Wash., and SEA ISLE, N.J. — Jan. 30, 2024 — In a landmark event for the Pro AV industry, the Video Services Forum (VSF), in collaboration with the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), is proud to announce at ISE 2024 a significant milestone in the development of the Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) […]
In a “landmark event” for the ProAV industry, the Video Services Forum (VSF), in collaboration with the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), announced a milestone in the development of the Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) standards. Concluding a rigorous VSF testing event was held at the Matrox Video facility in Munich, where multiple manufacturers […]
At ISE 2024, Macnica will unveil its MEG1 IPMX to HDMI AV over IP ethernet gateway, a 1Gb/s solution that provides a direct ramp to IPMX product development for ProAV and broadcast equipment manufacturers. Macnica will demonstrate the MEG1 at Stand 5G800 in the Fira Barcelona, Gran Via from Jan. 30-Feb. 3. The MEG1 is […]
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) announced its newest members: Brompton Technology, an LED video processing for live events, film and television company; Nextera Video, a specialist in the education and development of SMPTE ST 2110, NMOS, and IPMX solutions; and ProITAV USA, a global OEM/ODM company committed to the design, development and manufacturing […]
Matrox Video’s director of sales, Americas, Ron Rundell, joins me on my videocast today. Matrox will be at InfoComm 2023 in booth #2917 with the new LUMA Series of graphics cards capable of driving two 8K resolution displays (and will celebrate the launch at InfoComm with a reception). The ConvertIP IPMX-based AV-over-IP lineup has also […]
Sencore, a broadcast production company, started a sister division aimed at AV-over-IP solutions for the ProAV market. Dubbed PlexusAV, its approach is unique — the company says all its products are designed and engineered using a standards-based AV-over-IP solution called IPMX, from the AIMS Alliance. Based on SMPTE ST 2110, PlexusAV claims to “eliminate the […]
In 2013, I did my first blog on video extension technology for rAVe. That was the year that Valens and HDBaseT exploded into the market based on it’s successful beta with Crestron, driving their original Digital Media product line. There were some manufacturers doing AV over IP at that time as well, companies like Just […]
This month, we began a temperature check where we put out a survey on the newest AV tech topics to gauge your thoughts and opinions. In January, we took a look at the expected 2023 trends and the results are in! First up: the IPMX standard for AVoIP which sets open specifications for the transport […]
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) announced that it will be highlighting the global ProAV market’s increasing adoption of Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) — a set of open standards-based protocols designed to ensure interoperability for AV-over-IP systems — at ISE 2023, Jan. 31 to Feb. 3 in Barcelona, Spain. Visitors to AIMS’ Booth […]
Gary was joined on this pre-InfoComm 2022 videocast with Matrox‘s Vice President of Sales – AV/IT Group; Americas & Asia Pacific, Samuel Recine. Matrox has its own booth (N1563) at the show but will also be demonstrating new encoding and decoding products in the IPMX/AIMS Alliance booth as well as the HDBaseT booth. It’s all […]
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) will host its first live interoperability demonstration of Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) — a set of standards-based protocols designed to ensure interoperability for AV-over-IP — at InfoComm 2022, June 8-10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Booth W106. The demo will feature networking equipment and hardware […]
Barco announced today that it has become a member of the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS). This is a giant boost for the proposed AV-over-IP standard. With AIMS’ new Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) set of open standards and specifications gaining traction, the Barco membership means you will likely see IPMX (the AIMS proposed […]
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) launched a new website Monday dedicated to the alliance’s Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) proposed set of open standards and specifications. “The IPMX website makes it easy for anyone to learn more about this exciting approach to AV over IP,” said David Chiappini, working group chair, Pro AV […]
At ISE 2020 in Amsterdam in stand 15-B250, the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) ProAV Working Group introduced Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX), a set of open standards and specifications designed to enable carriage of compressed and uncompressed video, audio and data over IP networks. IPMX addresses the ProAV industry’s need for a single […]
