IPMX is based on the SMPTE ST 2110 standard deployed throughout broadcast but adapted specifically for pro AV needs, with the addition of HDCP copy protection, network discovery and registration, and I/O management, including multichannel surround sound. IPMX is designed to be simple to deploy, requiring only basic networking equipment; it scales, supporting any bitrate with compressed or uncompressed streams; and is video format-agnostic.
You know it’s coming, and you need to be ready for it, but the path to supporting AV-over-IP in your next generation product is still really confusing and choosing a particular protocol implementation feels like a gamble that you just can’t afford to lose!
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has announced a newly elected 2020-2021 board of directors that will lead the organization’s effort toward a standards-based IP infrastructure for professional media.
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has announced it will host ‘Game On,’ an interactive and immersive remote technical conference experience at SMPTE 2020, running 10-12 November.
The IP Showcase will host a live channel on Oct. 19, the first day of the show, to provide attendees with an overview of current progress toward standards-based interoperability in the IP realm.
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) announced today it will host Booth A4 at SMPTE 2020: ‘Game On,’ an interactive and immersive remote technical conference experience running Nov. 10-12. With on-demand access to video sessions presented by AIMS leaders, as well as an array of white papers and other educational resources, SMPTE 2020 attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about how AIMS is working to promote and support the broadcast industry’s move to standards-based IP infrastructure for real-time professional media applications.
“The industry’s embrace of IP has accelerated in past months, with new business pressures and technical challenges driving adoption and innovation,” said AIMS Chairman Mike Cronk. “Ongoing education is vital to the success of new and expanding media-over-IP implementations, and the SMPTE annual technical conference is an ideal forum in which to share expert perspectives, insights, and practical advice on leveraging standards and specifications to achieve interoperability in the IP environment.”
AIMS presentations at SMPTE 2020 will be available for on-demand viewing in the On Demand content section of the event and will include the following:
Introduction to AIMS
Michael Cronk, AIMS Chairman, Grass Valley
In this 30-minute session, Cronk will provide background into the industry challenge AIMS is seeking to solve and explain the role AIMS plays in tackling that challenge in close collaboration with other key industry organizations. He will also provide a window into the current and future activities of AIMS as the organization seeks to foster the adoption of a common set of standards and open specifications for interoperability over IP for the media and entertainment and Pro AV industries.
Evolutions of the AIMS Roadmap and JT-NM Roadmaps
John Mailhot, AIMS TWG Chairman, Imagine Communications
The Joint Taskforce on Networked Media (JT-NM) began in early 2013 with collections of user requirements around the evolution of television infrastructure into an IP/virtualized future. In the seven years since, an enormous amount of industry focus and collaboration has led to the development and deployment of SMPTE ST 2110, AMWA NMOS, and JT-NM TR-1001-1. Mailhot will review the historical drivers and evolution of the JT-NM and AIMS technology roadmaps and look forward through the lens of current technology trends to project the future for these roadmaps — including the evolution of virtualized, cloudified, and xAAS deployment methodologies and the standardization opportunities that accompany them.
IPMX: Debunking the Myths
David Chiappini, AIMS Pro AV Chairman, Matrox
IPMX is an AV-over-IP standard for the ProAV market based on SMPTE ST 2110 and the NMOS set of open standards and specifications. Chiappini will describe how IPMX builds on top of this solid foundation to fulfill the requirements of ProAV customers. — and dispel the common misconception that SMPTE ST 2110 is overdesigned for most ProAV use cases and will result in unnecessarily complex and expensive solutions. His presentation will highlight some of the unique characteristics of IPMX that enable simpler, more cost-effective solutions.
AES67 on the WAN
Nicolas Sturmel, Senior Technologist, Merging Technologies
During this session, Sturmel will discuss WANs, LANs, and their similarities and differences as well as address questions including “Why would I need AES67 on the WAN?” and “What performance should I expect?”
Further information about SMPTE 2020: “Game On” is online at https://2020.smpte.org/. More information about AIMS is available at https://aimsalliance.org.
Dynamic Virtual Event Unites Tech Developers and End Users to Discuss Progress Toward All-IP Ecosystem for Media Production
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has published the presentation schedule for IP Oktoberfest 2020, a live, interactive, virtual event for broadcast and pro AV professionals to be held Sept. 29 – Oct.1, 2020. The event will highlight the industry’s significant progress toward an all-IP ecosystem supporting today’s real-world media productions.
“As a dynamic, real-time event, IP Oktoberfest 2020 will offer informative presentations with plenty of opportunity for discussion,” said AIMS Chairman of the Board Mike Cronk. “We have built an impressive presentation lineup, with experts from leading technology suppliers and forward-looking media organizations sharing their insights and experiences. We’re confident that any operation moving toward IP will benefit from the remarkable knowledge and expertise our presenters bring to the table.”
Running daily from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT, IP Oktoberfest 2020 is not a webinar. This live event will provide participants with numerous opportunities for education, interaction, and networking in a dynamic, online environment that makes it easy to move freely between meeting areas — including a live presentation stage, virtual pub, and meeting and networking areas.
IP Oktoberfest 2020 presentations will include:
NMOS – Ready, Steady, Go!
Gareth Sylvester-Bradley, Principal Engineer, Sony Europe
Felix Poulin, Director – Media Transport Architecture and Lab, CBC/Radio Canada
Richard Hastie, Senior Director, Business Development, NVIDIAProper Network Designs and Considerations for SMPTE ST 2110
Robert Welch, Principal Architect, AristaCase Study: Dropbox HQ ST 2110
Kevin Gross, Media Network Architect, David Carroll Associates
David Carroll, Founder, David Carroll AssociatesUnderpinning the Pyramid: Security in NMOS Systems
Jonathan Thorpe, Principal Engineer, SonyRadio France Transforms Maison de la Radio with Next-Generation IP Technology with BCE France and Orange
Philippe Mauduit, CEO, BCE FranceIEEE Std 1588-2019 (PTP v2.1) — Must-Have or Deal-Breaker?
Andreas Hildebrand, Technology Evangelist, ALC NetworXST 2110 in the Cloud: Audio Workflows for Mixing, Processing, Communications, and More
John Schur, President, Solutions Group, Telos AlliancePTP/ST 2059 Best Practices Developed From PTP Deployments and Experiences
Leigh Whitcomb, Architect, Imagine Communications
Mike Waidson, Application Engineer, Telestream
Robert Welch, Principal Architect, AristaVirtualizing ST 2110 – How We Need to Interface ST 2110 in a Virtualized Soft Future
Andy Rayner, Chief Technologist, Nevion
There is no cost to participate in IP Oktoberfest 2020, and registration details are online here. More information about AIMS is online at https://aimsalliance.org.
Interactive Virtual Event Will Run Sept. 29-Oct. 1
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) today announced that registration is open for IP Oktoberfest 2020, a live, interactive virtual event for broadcast and pro AV professionals to be held Sept. 29-Oct. 1. The three-day event will highlight the industry’s significant progress toward an all-IP ecosystem supporting today’s real-world media productions.
There is no cost to participate and registration details can be found HERE.
Running daily from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT, IP Oktoberfest 2020 is not a webinar. This live event will provide participants with numerous opportunities for education, interaction, and networking in a dynamic, online environment that makes it easy to move freely between meeting areas — including a live presentation stage, virtual pub, and meeting and networking areas. Attendees will learn how the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards and the AMWA NMOS technology stack are improving media workflows for large and small deployments. The event will also highlight the new IPMX proposed set of open standards and specifications and the benefits they can bring to pro AV workflows.
Throughout the event, multiple themed “pub rooms” will facilitate group and private discussions about the issues that matter in further standards-based IP deployment and provide opportunities to network with technologists and industry peers on topics including AES67, NMOS, SMPTE ST 2110, JPEG XS, and IPMX.
IP Oktoberfest 2020 is designed to continue to provide attendees with the informative presentations and interactions they enjoyed from AIMS at live events in past years. Bringing technology developers and end users together and fostering interaction and open discourse will be prioritized throughout the event. Standards-based IP adoption has been successful because of the community of people — across engineering, product management and marketing — that has united to discuss and address issues. IP Oktoberfest 2020 will provide an online platform for continuing this work, and participants will once again have the opportunity to meet face to face in the virtual realm.
Further information on IP Oktoberfest 2020, including registration details, is now online at https://ipoktoberfest.com/.
This virtual event will look at SMPTE ST 2110, AMWA NMOS, and the proposed IPMX standards.
Highly Successful IBC2019 IP Showcase Highlighted AV-Over-IP and Key New Element of AIMS Roadmap: JT-NM TR-1001-1
The IP Showcase at IBC2019 has come and gone, and it’s one for the record books. Held for the fourth time at IBC, this year’s Showcase offered over 50 presentations in the IP Showcase Theatre, with around 40 vendors on hand to highlight their real-world deployments of SMPTE ST 2110-compliant and AV-over-IP solutions. We were excited to see the large numbers of IBC2019 attendees that came to the IP Showcase and participated in the full spectrum of activities.
For the uninitiated, the IP Showcase has become a standard feature at major industry trade shows – an education and demonstration pavilion that highlights the benefits of a common set of IP standards and specifications for real-time professional media applications and the growing industry momentum for standards-based IP installations. This year’s IP Showcase at IBC emphasized two new areas: the adoption of the JT-NM TR-1001-1, a set of specifications and guidance designed to make it possible for broadcasters to automate installation and eliminate complexity when deploying IP-based systems, and the emergence of open standards for AV-over-IP interoperability.
JT-NM TR-1001-1, also known as the JT-NM Tech Stack Part 1, is the latest update to the AIMS roadmap for a standards-based approach to applying IP technologies in broadcast operations. Developed by the Joint Task Force on Networked Media (JT-NM) to automate installation and eliminate complexity, the JT-NM Tech Stack Part 1 is a set of specifications and guidance designed to make SMPTE ST 2110-based systems easier to deploy and operate, leading to greater efficiencies for broadcasters. At AIMS, we believe that
it is a critical link in the continuum of standards that are paving the way for easier IP operations – especially as the broadcast industry is seeing broader and more mainstream IP deployments.
At IBC2019, IP Showcase attendees were able to learn a lot more about the JT-NM Tech Stack Part 1 and talk to experts about the capabilities it enables. In addition, the JT-NM Tested program gave visitors a firsthand look at vendors that have implemented aspects of the new JT-NM TR 1001-1 specification. Sponsored by the JT-NM and administered by BBC R&D, the EBU and IRT the JT-NM Tested program conducted third-party testing of IP-capable equipment from a range of vendors, the results of which are published in this online catalog.
Also front and center at the IBC2019 IP Showcase were real-world technology solutions
for AV-over-IP interoperability based on the SMPTE ST 2110 suite. This demonstration area reflected AIMS’ ongoing efforts and the latest progress in defining an open-standards approach for the pro AV industry’s migration to IP media. At the IBC show, we delivered a clear message: that SMPTE ST 2110 and related technologies provide real world benefits that pro AV professionals want and need. We were able to show that true interoperability is possible in a multivendor AV-over-IP environment using equipment that end users can buy today.
The IP Showcase is sponsored by a consortium of industry partners including the Audio Engineering Society (AES), the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA), the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers® (SMPTE®), and the Video Services Forum (VSF). Since making its debut at IBC2016, the IP Showcase has become an important event at major industry trade shows around the world and has helped the industry to galvanize behind the standards-based approach to IP.
The IBC2019 IP Showcase displays and theatre delivered a fantastic opportunity for both vendors and users to learn about standards, strategies, real world use cases, and solutions for making IP installation, maintenance, and security easier and more straightforward. We’d love to hear from broadcast professionals that are in the trenches as they work to migrate to standards-based IP operations. Were you able to attend the IP Showcase at IBC2019? If so, how did you benefit and what new knowledge did you walk away with? Let us know @ info@aimsalliance.org