Four New Members Join AIMS

Four new members have joined the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), it has been announced.

Juniper Networks has joined as a full member, while Atos, Encompass Digital Media, and sonoVTS have signed on as associate members.

Juniper Networks partners and co-innovates with customers to deliver open, automated, scalable, and secure high-performance networks, enabling customers to unlock new business models and capitalise on new growth opportunities.

Atos SE (Societas Europaea) supports digital transformation in a range of business sectors. In the broadcast, publishing, and entertainment industries, Atos helps media companies understand their audiences in order to capitalise on their media assets with special emphasis on data analytics and cloud delivery and monetisation.

Encompass Digital Media is a global technology services company focused on supporting TV networks, broadcasters, sports leagues, and digital leaders with the delivery of their linear/nonlinear video content across television and digital platforms. Encompass designs, implements, and operates video solutions that capture, process, and deliver clients' video content from any source, in any format, to any destination efficiently and reliably. Its global connectivity, scalable technology infrastructure, and strategic partnerships create a single, synchronised content delivery environment.

sonoVTS provides complete application-specific packages for broadcast and professional video and audio companies, including designing and integrating outside broadcasting vans, broadcasting studios, and live events for fixed installations or mobile applications. The company offers system design and integration, equipment rental and operation, service and consulting, and distribution of professional broadcast products. sonoVTS also manufactures the broadcast display product lines hd2line and Q-Series.

Michael Cronk, AIMS board chair, said: "The more companies we have working together toward a single standards-based approach to IP transmission, the better. That's why we're so pleased to welcome Juniper Networks, Atos, Encompass, and sonoVTS. We are particularly pleased this month to welcome four companies representing entirely different segments of our industry: an IP networking company, an IT services company, a broadcast services provider, and a systems design and rental company. This illustrates the broad appeal and acceptance of AIMS' approach."

www.aimsalliance.org

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