Another first for AIMS

WORLD: Following the news last week that Broadcast Solutions had become the first systems integrator to join AIMS, the Alliance for IP Media Solutions has announced Euro Media Group (EMG) as the first technical service provider to become a member.

EMG provides broadcast facilities and services across seven European countries, and offers services that enable customers to manage ‘high value-added broadcast and internet content’. The company has joined AIMS as it states that the migration towards IP-based technical production solutions is one of the largest challenges currently facing the broadcast industry.

‘Having an open standard is crucial to enable our industry to make the right and necessary investments and, via AIMS, we are able to have a strong voice in the future of those standards,’ said EMG CTO Ronald Meyvisch. ‘EMG is excited about the new possibilities and workflows we will be able to offer to our customers thanks to an IP based virtualised infrastructure. To achieve this, broadcasters, manufacturers and service providers need to work together towards open standards and guaranteed interoperability between all vendors.’

With EMG and Broadcast Solutions both joining the alliance, AIMS has strengthened its foothold in the European market. ‘We are thrilled that these esteemed European broadcast companies have joined the alliance,’ noted AIMS chairman Michael Cronk. ‘Broadcast Solutions and EMG bring new insight and experience to our membership as we seek to foster the adoption of true standards in the migration to IP.’

www.aimsalliance.org
www.broadcast-solutions.de
www.euromediagroup.com