International. Arista Networks, Cisco, EVS Broadcast Equipment SA and Telos Alliance have joined AIMS (Alliance for IP Media Solutions), the alliance of broadcast providers and the media industry, formed to promote open standards and interoperability in the transition to IP.
These four companies join the alliance's founding companies, Grass Valley, Imagine Communications, Lawo, Nervión and Snell Advanced Media in the newly formed independent trade association. The alliance was formed last month with a mandate to bring market IP solutions that offer full interoperability, are based on open standards, and integrate seamlessly into media workflow environments to foster industry innovation and efficiency.
AIMS' efforts will focus on promoting the adoption, standardization, development and refinement of open protocols for media over IP, with an initial emphasis on VSF TR-03 and TR-04, SMPTE 2022-6 and AES67.
Open working standards for IP transition are already underway by the 74-member Video Services Forum (VSF), with support from organisations such as SMPTE and the EBU. AIMS supports the work of the VSF and will continue to support the development of a standard approach to IP. More than 30 broadcasting equipment manufacturers are actively testing and validating the VSF approach today.
A number of solutions already on the market will help media companies begin the transition by introducing IP components to an SDI workflow.
The transition represents a major investment and is not going to happen overnight. An open standards approach allows media companies to apply technology over time and transition at the pace that makes sense for their businesses.
MEMBERSHIP in AIMS is available to all individuals and companies that support open standards and share a commitment to the group's founding principles.
