Broadcast and media industry suppliers including Grass Valley, Imagine Communications, Lawo, Snell Advanced Media and Nevion have collaborated to form the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS). The not-for-profit trade association's mandate is to bring IP solutions to market that offer interoperability, are based on open standards, and integrate into media workflow environments. The group's efforts will be focused 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.
Specifically, AIMS will prioritize three key strategies:
Initiatives that facilitate the education and adoption of open standards
Facilitation of activities that accelerate the development of solutions that support these open standards
Nurturing the creation of new standards by supporting standards bodies with participation and testing in real-world environments
Open standards work for the IP transition is already underway by the 74-member Video Services Forum (VSF), with the support of organizations such as SMPTE and the EBU. AIMS endorses the work of the VSF and will continue to lend support in the development of a standard approach to IP. The group represents the interests of both broadcast and media companies and technology suppliers. Membership in AIMS is available to all individuals and companies that support open standards and share a commitment to the group's founding principles.
