AIMS Wins NAB Show 2026 Product of the Year Award for IPMX

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) today announced that the Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX™) suite of standards and specifications has been named a winner of the 2026 NAB Show Product of the Year Award in the IT Networking/Infrastructure and Security category. The award was presented at the NAB Show award ceremony in Las Vegas, where IPMX was recognized alongside the most significant and promising new technologies showcased at the event.

The NAB Show Product of the Year Awards recognize products and technologies that demonstrate meaningful advancement across media, entertainment, and technology. Entries are evaluated by a panel of industry professionals on innovation, function, and technical advancement. IPMX was cited for its role as an open, standards-based framework enabling multi-vendor interoperability across AV-over-IP environments that must also align with modern IT infrastructure and security practices.

"Receiving this recognition from the NAB Show underscores what IPMX represents for the industry," said Andrew Starks, board of directors member and marketing working group chair for AIMS. "IPMX is not a proprietary platform, but an open standard built to work within the same IT frameworks that organizations already depend on for their networks, security, and infrastructure. This award reflects the growing recognition that open, certifiable, and IT-aligned AV-over-IP has arrived and is ready for deployment today."

The recognition follows a series of key milestones for IPMX to kick off 2026. In January, the inaugural IPMX Product Testing and Certification Event was completed at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in Geneva, in collaboration with AIMS, the Video Services Forum (VSF), and the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA). The event resulted in 52 certified products from 11 manufacturers across a broad range of categories including encoders, decoders, gateways, cameras, displays, and processing platforms. IPMX also received two Best of Show Awards at ISE 2026 in Barcelona in February from AVTechnology and Systems Contractor News.

IPMX builds on SMPTE ST 2110 and incorporates AMWA NMOS for device discovery and connection management. It supports both compressed and uncompressed video, enabling transport over standard 1GbE or 2.5GbE networks. IPMX supports operation with or without PTP, includes HDCP for content security, and defines a PEP for interoperable encryption of media streams across vendors. Authentication and authorization are addressed through alignment with AMWA IS-10, using TLS, OAuth 2.0, and JSON Web Tokens to support identity verification and access control consistent with enterprise IT practices.

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