AMWA at IBC 2026: Open Collaboration. Real-World Results.

As media facilities become increasingly software-defined, distributed, and IP-based, the future depends on manufacturers, broadcasters, systems integrators, and standards organizations working together to create solutions that are practical, interoperable, and ready for real-world deployment.

That collaboration is exactly what you'll see at IBC on the EBU stand (10.D21).

At IBC the EBU and AMWA will showcase how industry collaboration is delivering real results today while helping shape the next generation of media infrastructure. Whether you're looking for practical solutions you can deploy now, or want to understand where the industry is heading next, these demonstrations offer a unique opportunity to see both in one place.

1. Come See Multi-Vendor Interoperability with NMOS Minimum Status Reporting

Broadcast engineers and operators know that monitoring systems generate plenty of alarms. The challenge is knowing which ones are actually critical.

The NMOS BCP-008 Minimum Status Reporting demonstrations will show how standardized status reporting across equipment from multiple manufacturers helps operators identify, understand, and troubleshoot issues more quickly by reporting issues only when they actually matter.

The demos will bring together products from multiple vendors using NMOS BCP-008 to show consistent, meaningful status information across an interoperable system. Developed collaboratively by broadcasters, manufacturers, and systems integrators, BCP-008 helps accelerate the adoption of open monitoring and control while reducing operational complexity.

Participating companies are: Arkona, DirectOut, EVS, Leader, Nevion, Pebble, Providius, Riedel, SRF, Simplexity, and Sony. While BCP-008 demonstrates what's possible today, the Joint Task Force on the Dynamic Media Facility (JT-DMF) area of the stand will explore what's coming next.

2. Come to the DMF AMA Sessions at IBC

The Joint Task Force on the Dynamic Media Facility (JT-DMF) is all about making the DMF vision a reality.

At IBC, you'll have the opportunity to find out more through dedicated "Ask Me Anything" sessions with members of the JT-DMF community. You’ll be able to explore how the vision is continuing to evolve through collaborative industry effort.

Jump to the "Ask Me Anything" schedule here.

JT-DMF is a joint initiative between AMWA and the EBU that brings together broadcasters, manufacturers, systems integrators, and technology partners to define how media facilities can become more flexible, scalable, and software-defined through open collaboration across the industry.

Whether you're just beginning to explore what DMF can mean for you, or you're already participating in the work, this is a great opportunity to get your questions answered, find out about the latest developments, and discover how you can get involved.

>> See Collaboration in Action at IBC

When the industry comes together around open specifications and shared architectures, everyone benefits. Broadcasters gain greater flexibility and interoperability. Manufacturers can innovate on a common foundation. Systems integrators can build more predictable, interoperable solutions. And the entire industry moves forward together.

If you're heading to IBC 2026, be sure to visit AMWA on the EBU stand (10.D21).

Come see how open collaboration is delivering real-world results today through NMOS BCP-008, explore the latest JT-DMF developments, ask questions, meet the people behind the work, and discover how these initiatives can help shape the future of your media infrastructure.

DMF Ask Me Anything IBC 2026 Schedule

Friday - 11 September

11:30 CEST	Vincent Trussart, VP Software Architecture, Grass Valley. EBU DMF MXL Technical Steering Committee Co-Chairman MXL technical deep dive
12:30	Sithideth Viengkhou, Director Incubator Group, Riedel Communications JT-DMF Compute Resource Management, JT-DMF CRM
13:30	Pedro Ferreira, Founder & CEO, Bisect
14:30	Felix Poulin, Director Co-Innovation, CBC/Radio-Canada JT-DMF, EBU DMF Reference Architecture MXL
15:30	Naveed Aslam, SVP Production Technology & Engineering CBS/Paramount JT-DMF Business Track Co-Chair
16:30	Hartmut Opfermann

Saturday - 12 September

10:30 CEST	Jean-Philippe Lapointe, Head of Software Video Processing, Riedel Communications. MXL, DMF RA, Time & sync
11:30	François Legrand, Senior Director Innovation, CBC/Radio-Canada Why is DMF and MXL at the heart of our infrastructure strategy and how we are already applying the key concepts
13:30	Robert Wadge BBC R&D / JT-DMF Sync / TAMS        How synchronisation & alignment of media works in DMF and TAMS, and how they work together
14:30	Rob Porter, Project Manager, Sony Europe Limited JT-DMF Flow Connection / NMOS support for MXL
15:30	Thomas Edwards, Sr. Mgr. Solutions Architecture, Amazon Web Services DMF and MXL on the cloud

Sunday - 13 September

09:30 CEST	Willem Vermost, EBU JT-DMF, DMF RA, MXL
10:30	Magnus Svensson, Senior Advisor Video Production & Streaming Strategy, Eyevinn Technology Role of Open Source in DMF
11:30	Sam Mesterton-Gibbons, BBC R&D & TAMS TSC chair TAMS and how it fits with DMF
12:30	Phil Myers, CTO, Lawo #DMF MXL Requirements Council Vice-Chair
13:30	Gerard Phillips, Arista Networks Building high performance Networks in the DMF age.
14:30	Martin Irvin, Senior Consulting Architect, Sony
15:30	Brad Gilmer - Exec. Dir. AMWA - DMF Vision and what commercial users want
16:00	JT-DMF Meetup