AIMS Working Group Promotes SMPTE Standards for Pro AV Industry IP Transition

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) is promoting a single set of common, ubiquitous protocols for interoperability over IP in the pro AV industry that’s based on the SMPTE ST 2110 standards suite for video, audio and data transport, it said Friday. The pro AV industry is facing issues the broadcast industry confronted three years ago in transitioning to IP infrastructures and the decision whether to adopt proprietary technologies and closed systems or to unite behind an open standards approach, said David Chiappini, AIMS Pro AV working group chair. An IP technology infrastructure based on open standards “provides the industry with the maximum agility and flexibility to adjust business models, capitalize on new revenue opportunities, and add new capabilities and services without having to constantly rebuild workflows,” Chiappini said.