IPMX proven at scale: mobile control rooms hit 100% reliability across 20+ events
Event Control Center (EEC) deployed PlexusAV's IPMX-based platform across mobile control rooms for over 20 large-scale European events, achieving 100% reliability. The system bridges NDI, SRT, and RTSP feeds into a unified IPMX network. EEC expanded its deployment in 2026 with 29 additional encoders.
Key Takeaways
- EEC initially deployed 20 P-AVN-4 transceivers, then expanded in Q1 2026 with 29 P-AVN-2 Encoders/Decoders, 2 additional Visual Array units, and 2 additional Stream Conversion Gateways
- The PlexusAV Stream Conversion Gateway (P-AVN-SCG) bridges NDI, SRT, and RTSP into a native IPMX network, enabling interoperability across mixed-format sources and emergency service feeds
- H.264 and H.265 codec support significantly reduced network load at temporary venues with limited infrastructure — a decisive factor in EEC's deployment
- The BTS ARIRANG comeback in Seoul deployed multiple Showcases for a Joint Agency Control Centre covering a 1.4-kilometre event area with 100,000+ attendees and a global Netflix broadcast
- New users became operational within minutes of arriving on site, with system updates completable in seconds, according to EEC's event safety manager Ruud van Buren
Why It Matters
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.
Additional Context
IPMX reached a critical milestone in February 2026 when AIMS officially launched it as a fully developed, certifiable standard at ISE 2026 in Barcelona. Per IBC, 48 products from 11 manufacturers — including PlexusAV, Matrox, Cobalt, Panasonic, and Evertz — received the first formal IPMX certifications following a testing event at the EBU in Geneva. The certified product categories span encoders, decoders, gateways, and processing platforms, establishing a multi-vendor interoperability baseline that the standard had lacked since its introduction in 2020. PlexusAV's own certification covered four products: the P-AVN-4 IPMX Transceiver, P-AVN-4E encoder, P-AVN-4D decoder, and P-AVN-3-HDBT Gateway Transceiver, per AVNetwork (February 2026). The company showcased its full IPMX ecosystem — including the Stream Conversion Gateway and Visual Array management platform used in EEC's deployment — at NAB 2026, according to TVBEurope. At NAB, PlexusAV also debuted the P-AVN-2E encoder and P-AVN-2D decoder for H.264/H.265 streaming, the same product family EEC purchased 29 units of in Q1 2026. Per AVNetwork (April 2026), AIMS is planning a second IPMX certification event later in 2026, with expanded participation expected. The next phase will focus on HKEP and HDCP handling, Privacy Encryption Protocol (PEP) for multi-vendor content encryption, and HEVC/AVC compression profiles — capabilities directly relevant to the bandwidth-constrained, multi-format environments where EEC's deployment operates. IPMX also won the 2026 NAB Show Product of the Year Award in the IT Networking/Infrastructure and Security category, per rAVe PUBS (February 2026). PlexusAV is also expanding beyond video distribution. Per AVNetwork (March 2026), the company has introduced IPMX-enabled speakers — in-ceiling, pendant, and surface-mount models — that use IPMX as the backbone for audio distribution alongside Dante and AES67. The company is also developing the P-AVN-6-S, a 25G uncompressed IPMX and SMPTE ST 2110 transceiver with native 12G-SDI I/O, targeting hybrid SDI/IP production environments. This broader product roadmap suggests PlexusAV is positioning IPMX not just as a video transport standard but as a full AV infrastructure layer.
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