The Video Services Forum (VSF) is an international industry association that drives interoperability and standardization in professional video networking. It is best known for publishing the TR-03 and TR-04 technical recommendations that later became the SMPTE 2110 standard, a widely adopted framework for video over IP. VSF also organizes the annual VidTrans conference and facilitates interoperability testing and educational programs for its members.
The GCCG team focuses on the transport and timing concerns of distributed workflows, including those with a hosted/cloud component.
IPMX is a proposed open standard for interoperable AV over IP.
RIST addresses lack of compatibility between devices that provide reliable low-latency transport of high-quality video over public IP networks.
VSF’s technical recommendations page now lists new 2026 RIST recommendations, including Part 8 for satellite-hybrid out-of-band transport and Part 9 for OTA-hybrid IP transport.
Richard Friedel
President
