IPMX proven at scale: mobile control rooms hit 100% reliability across 20+ events

This deployment is the first documented large-scale field validation of IPMX as an open AV-over-IP standard in live event production, moving it from certification-stage promise to operational reality. With 48 products from 11 manufacturers certified at ISE 2026 per IBC, the ecosystem now has a multi-vendor foundation that directly addresses the interoperability gap EEC cited when rejecting both SDI and NDI approaches. Watch whether other event operators adopt IPMX for multi-agency, multi-venue deployments — or whether the standard remains concentrated in safety-critical use cases where cross-organization interoperability is non-negotiable.

PlexusAV has continued to broaden its IPMX product line beyond the transceivers and gateways used in Event Control Center's deployment. At InfoComm 2026, the company unveiled the P-AVN-6, its first uncompressed IPMX and SMPTE ST 2110 transceiver designed for hybrid SDI and AV-over-IP workflows, alongside new network audio speaker models. The P-AVN-6 targets environments where broadcast-grade SDI infrastructure must coexist with IPMX networks, a scenario directly relevant to event production operators who manage both legacy and IP-based signal chains.

The IPMX standard itself has been gaining multi-vendor momentum. At ISE 2026 in Barcelona, 48 products from 11 manufacturers carried IPMX certification, according to coverage by IBC. This growing certified product base gives operators like Event Control Center a broader selection of interoperable hardware when scaling deployments across venues and partners, reducing the single-vendor lock-in risk that EEC explicitly cited as a reason for rejecting both SDI and NDI approaches.

The EEC deployment represents one of the first documented cases of IPMX operating in a live, multi-agency field environment rather than a controlled demo or lab setting. The system's ability to bridge NDI, SRT, and RTSP feeds into a unified IPMX network through the P-AVN-SCG Stream Conversion Gateway addresses a practical gap in event production where different agencies and vendors arrive with incompatible signal formats. PlexusAV product manager Bastian Stolk described the project as reflecting market demand for systems that are flexible, interoperable, and deployable in demanding real-world conditions, a positioning that distinguishes IPMX from proprietary AV-over-IP protocols that lack standardized interoperability guarantees.