Cobalt Digital is among the first manufacturers to verify compliance with IPMX specifications, demonstrated at the IPMX Product Testing and Certification Event held in Geneva.
UltraBlue MV-SW multiviewer
Numerous products across the Cobalt Digital portfolio have successfully completed the inaugural Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) Product Testing and Certification Event. This achievement continues the company’s work in promoting and developing open standards and interoperability, as broadcast and Pro AV technologies continue to converge.
Developed by the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) in collaboration with the Video Services Forum (VSF), the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA), and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), IPMX is a suite of open standards and specifications designed to extend ST 2110-based media transport and NMOS-based control into a wider range of markets, including Pro AV, live events, corporate media and education.
PACIFIC encoders/decoders
The IPMX program is intended to ensure that certified products deliver reliable interoperability, predictable behavior and compliance with the published TR-10 series of specifications.
The IPMX Product Testing and Certification Event was held from 19 to 23 January 2026, at the EBU headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, marking a major milestone as IPMX transitions from a developing specification to a certifiable and deployable technology. The event gave manufacturers their first opportunity to formally validate products built to the IPMX specifications for professional media over IP. Products that successfully passed the testing are now qualified to carry IPMX branding, signifying verified compliance with transport and interoperability requirements.
Following thorough testing, 48 products were officially certified in Geneva. As well as from Cobalt Digital, solutions from Bridge Technologies, Matrox, Adeas / Nextera, Panasonic, Cobalt, intoPIX, plexusAV, Megapixel, Novastar and Evertz successfully passed certification. These products will carry the IPMX branding, signaling verified compliance with published transport, control and interoperability requirements.
Cobalt Digital Products
"Cobalt Digital is incredibly proud to be among the first companies to achieve IPMX product certification and to help lead this important initiative," said Suzana Brady, SVP of worldwide sales and marketing at Cobalt Digital. "IPMX is essential to enabling a truly interoperable and scalable IP media ecosystem, and our newly certified products demonstrate our readiness to deliver on that promise."
ARIA AUD-MON – IPMX-compliant audio monitor
Cobalt Digital products that have achieved IPMX certification include several devices in its TOPAZ family of processors, PACIFIC encoders/decoders, INDIGO ST 2110 gateways, SAPPHIRE mini convertors, UltraBlue MV-SW multiviewers and the ARIA AUD-MON – the industry’s only IPMX-compliant audio monitor.
Cobalt Digital showed its IPMX-enabled gear at ISE 2026 in Barcelona where IPMX was a central theme as the industry accelerates toward converged IP media ecosystems. cobaltdigital.com
