BOTHELL, Wash.—The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has announced that it has expanded its membership access to individuals such as consultants, engineers, and educators including sole employees or sole proprietors of a corporation and individuals who do not formally represent any company within the media industry. 

The new membership level is also open to students, researchers, and others actively associated with an institution of higher education.

"AIMS Individual Membership expands access to the work we're doing to promote adoption of IP-based media workflows across broadcast and Pro AV and gives the alliance the benefit of more diverse participation and perspective," said AIMS Board chairman, Steve Reynolds. "We look forward to welcoming individual members to AIMS and to the valuable contributions these members will bring in helping to facilitate the shift toward standards-based IP media workflows."

Annual dues for an AIMS Individual Membership are $175 U.S. and membership will be subject to approval by the AIMS Board of Directors. Further information and an application form are available at https://aimsalliance.org/join.

Additional information about AIMS is available at www.aimsalliance.org.

HSINCHU, Taiwan—Lumens Digital Optics has joined the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS Alliance) and will focus on the development of the IPMX format, the company said today.  

“The industry is moving to IP at a bewildering speed. While the benefits of cost-savings, speed of installation and remote management are clear for all to see, there is a danger that this rush to IP adoption will spawn multiple incompatible production and distribution formats,” said Lumens CTO Gary Zheng. “We at Lumens want to help shape the future of IP standards to be open, interoperable and easy to use. We are therefore delighted to be part of the AIMS family.”

AIMS has invited Lumens to join its IPMX working group to contribute to the format’s development. The IPMX open standard protocol is built on the collaborative effort of various manufacturers and developers. It will support resolutions beyond 8K, deliver sub-frame latency and provide broadcast quality video over 1-gigabit connections.

“We are thrilled that Lumens has joined the open standards effort,” said Andrew Starks, AIMS Board Member and Marketing Work Group chair. “Lumens clearly shares our passion to keep the transport technology that supports every aspect of our industry open to everyone.” 

“Like every member of AIMS, Lumens believes that developing standardized and efficient IP protocols is the best way to grow the pro AV industry and to serve the market," he continued. "That's why we're thrilled to count them as a member.”

Steve Liang, vice president of product development at Lumens noted that until now different IP formats have been used by broadcasters and the AV industry. “IPMX is being developed as a single protocol that will meet the needs of everyone from unified communications and digital signage, to live event production and broadcast television. Lumens is very excited to be part of the IPMX development program at AIMS,” he said.

More information on the Lumens Digital Optics and the AIMS Alliance is available online.

BOTHELL, WASH.—The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) will join forces with the Audio Engineering Society to host the first audio-over-IP technology pavilion at AES New York 2018, at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City, Oct. 17–19.

The AoIP Pavilion will consist of six demo pods, an AIMS demonstration area and a Pavilion Theater, all of which will highlight the latest in AoIP technology and compatibility, including AES67 and associated technologies as they relate to SMPTE ST 2110.

“AIMS and AES created this pavilion because we recognize the growing importance of media networking in the pro audio and broadcast industries,” said Michael Cronk, AIMS board chair. “Whether you deal with networked audio for broadcast and streaming, live sound or studio recording in any number of applications, everyone from audio networking novices to experienced audio and networking engineers will walk away from the AoIP Pavilion with valuable insight into media networking from many of the leading experts in this field.”

AIMS members will participate in the demonstration area, which will feature IP audio devices that include compatibility between AES67 and SMPTE ST 2110. The demo will consist of three racks of interoperable audio equipment exchanging IP streams.

The Pavilion Theater will offer educational presentations from representatives of industry groups, manufacturers and AIMS members. The presentations will cover topics such as the basics of AES67; the relationships between AES67 and SMPTE ST 2110; IP audio-stream monitoring; the anatomy of a full-stack implementation; and successful real-world deployment. The Pavilion Theater’s 30-minute presentations will run continuously throughout the three days of the AES convention and are free to all attendees of both AES New York 2018 and the 2018 NAB Show New York.

The AoIP Pavilion will also include six individual demonstration pods, four of which will be occupied by AIMS members ALC NetworX, Riedel Communications, Studio Technologies, and The Telos Alliance. Several of the pods will be connected to the main AIMS demonstration area, providing a live demonstration of audio networking over IP.

Companies participating in AIMS demonstration area are:

• ALC NetworX

• Archwave

• Artel Video Systems

• DirectOut

• Focusrite Audio Engineering

• Genelec

• Lawo

• Luminex Network Intelligence

• Meinberg

• Merging Technologies

• Riedel Communications

• Solid State Logic

• Studio Technologies

• The Telos Alliance

• Ward-Beck Systems

• Wheatstone Corp.

• Yamaha

To learn more about what’s happening in the AoIP Pavilion Theater visit the AES New York 2018 website.

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NEWBURY, ENGLAND—SAM has announced that it will be participating in the recently formed Alliance for IP Media Solutions, or AIMS. This independent trade association is making its priority to “bring IP solutions to market that offer complete interoperability, are based on open standards, and integrate seamlessly into media workflow environments to foster industry innovation and efficiency.”

AIMS is currently focusing on promoting the adoption, standardization, development and refinement of open protocols for media over IP. The group’s initial emphasis is on VSF TR-03 and TR-04, SMPTE 2022-6, and AES67.

“AIMS’ mandate dovetails precisely with the issues that we have identified from our R&D work and initial IP deployments on the production and playout side: we need to push forward with standardization,” said Tim Thorsteinson, CEO of SAM. “Without this, we won’t see a true market develop around IP products and therefore the full benefits won’t be realized.”