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.
Reliable Internet Stream Transport, an open specification for reliable low-latency transport of high-quality video over public IP networks.
Internet Protocol Media Experience, a proposed open standard for interoperable AV over IP based on SMPTE ST 2110 and NMOS.
Ground-Cloud-Cloud-Ground work focused on transport and timing concerns for distributed workflows with cloud components.
A VSF activity group focused on reviewing codec choices for IPMX use cases and publishing test plans and results.
Freely available VSF recommendations and specifications produced by the activity groups.
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.
