MUNICH—5G broadcast technology got a test run in Brazil during September’s Rock in Rio festival, organized by the Grupo Globo TV network and Rohde & Schwarz.

The Rock in Rio festival was broadcasted in an experimental UHF channel using 5G broadcast technology, with Rohde & Schwarz providing its R&S TMU9evo transmitter and R&S BSCC network component to aid in the field trial.

This project was similar to the 5G Today trial that has been going on in Bavaria, Germany, since December 2018, also supported by Rohde & Schwarz. The goal was to validate the operability and market opportunities for 5G broadcast technology in Brazil and worldwide.

BOTHELL, WASH.—A pair of international broadcast companies have joined the ranks of the Alliance for IP Media Solutions, Brazil’s Grupo Globo and Japan’s Fuyoh Video.

Grupo Globo, a media group responsible for creating, producing and distributing TV, news, film, online and music content, has joined AIMS as a full member. The broadcast and video equipment manufacturer Fuyoh Video will be an associate member.

Both Grupo Globo and Fuyod Video will now ollow the AIMS bylaws, which provide specific guidance to members and to the media industry via its AIMS Roadmaps. The organization officially endorses an IP transition that includes support for SMPTE 2022-6, AES67, VSF recommendations TR-03 and TR-04, and AMWA NMOS IS-04.

For more information on AIMS and a full list of its members, visit www.aimsalliance.org.