AIMS Chairman Mike Cronk On ST-2110; IP Oktoberfest Webinars Available On Demand

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) held its IP Oktoberfest 2020, a live, interactive, virtual event for broadcast and pro AV professionals at the end of last month and now the nine sessions are available on demand. “It was an innovative way to connect and we also had virtual rooms where people could talk to experts,” says Mike Cronk, AIMS chairman of the board. “It was more successful than we thought it would be.”

Mike Cronk, AIMS, Chairman of the Board

Cronk says that SMPTE ST-2110 continues to make gains, especially in areas like making configurations and connections simpler. And the AIMS membership continues to add members from the professional A/V community and that efforts related to IP in that community, notably IPMX and new ways to put the ST-2022 standard for compressed transport is the kind of work that could benefit the traditional broadcast market.

“Things they are working on can go back into the broadcast world and help make things simpler,” he says. “That is one of the reasons AIMS is a great clearing house as it allows for a meta conversations about what we need to do to make IP more streamlined and effective.”

IP Oktoberfest presentations can be accessed here and include:

NMOS – Ready, Steady, Go!
Gareth Sylvester-Bradley, Principal Engineer, Sony Europe
Felix Poulin, Director – Media Transport Architecture and Lab, CBC/Radio Canada
Richard Hastie, Senior Director, Business Development, NVIDIA

Proper Network Designs and Considerations for SMPTE ST 2110
Robert Welch, Principal Architect, Arista

Case Study: Dropbox HQ ST 2110
Kevin Gross, Media Network Architect, David Carroll Associates
David Carroll, Founder, David Carroll Associates

Underpinning the Pyramid: Security in NMOS Systems
Jonathan Thorpe, Principal Engineer, Sony

Radio France Transforms Maison de la Radio with Next-Generation IP Technology with BCE France and Orange
Philippe Mauduit, CEO, BCE France

IEEE Std 1588-2019 (PTP v2.1) — Must-Have or Deal-Breaker?
Andreas Hildebrand, Technology Evangelist, ALC NetworX

ST 2110 in the Cloud: Audio Workflows for Mixing, Processing, Communications, and More
John Schur, President, Solutions Group, Telos Alliance

PTP/ST 2059 Best Practices Developed From PTP Deployments and Experiences
Leigh Whitcomb, Architect, Imagine Communications
Mike Waidson, Application Engineer, Telestream
Robert Welch, Principal Architect, Arista

Virtualizing ST 2110 – How We Need to Interface ST 2110 in a Virtualized Soft Future
Andy Rayner, Chief Technologist, Nevion