IPMX

What it is

IPMX (Internet Protocol Media Experience) is an open AV-over-IP standard suite curated by the AIMS Alliance and built on the SMPTE ST 2110 family. AIMS officially launched IPMX as a fully developed, certifiable standard at ISE 2026, announcing its first 48 certified products, from vendors including Cobalt Digital, Matrox and Evertz.

How it differs from ST 2110

• 1 Gbit/s networks — IPMX typically carries JPEG XS-compressed video (as an ST 2110-22 stream) so 4K60 fits into 1 GbE, where uncompressed ST 2110-20 video needs 10/25 GbE for the same canvas.
• Optional PTP — IEEE 1588 PTP synchronisation is mandatory in ST 2110 broadcast workflows but optional in IPMX, which permits asynchronous video for ProAV.
• Native HDCP — content protection is built in, so commercial HDMI sources work without bridging.
• NMOS-managed — uses NMOS IS-04 for discovery and IS-05 for connection management instead of vendor-proprietary control planes.

Why it matters in 2026-2027

Tender language for new control rooms and situation centres is shifting: AVIXA now advises writing IPMX certification into 2026 tenders, and requirements for IPMX + NMOS support are a direct response to buyer fatigue with vendor lock-in inherent in SDVoE, NDI, and proprietary KVM matrices.

Where it fits next to NDI and SDVoE

NDI remains the simpler plug-and-play option for production workflows. SDVoE gives lower latency and uncompressed or visually lossless quality but requires 10G infrastructure end-to-end. IPMX sits in the middle: standardised, works on standard IT switches, and is the only one of the three with a real path into broadcast through ST 2110 lineage.

Common pitfalls

• Treating IPMX as a single protocol — it is a suite (video, audio, ancillary, management) and tenders need to specify which sub-parts are required.
• Confusing it with SMPTE ST 2110 — broadcast facilities choose 2110; ProAV control rooms increasingly choose IPMX. Trying to specify both for one project usually means specifying neither well.

Related terms

• SMPTE ST 2110
• NMOS
• AV over IP
• NDI (Network Device Interface)
• SDVoE