Come See AMWA at NAB 2026

Headed to NAB? It'd be great to see you there!

Come see us for the latest on JT-DMF, DMF, & NMOS.

• Visit team AMWA on the IP Showcase booth W1355 for latest on JT-DMF and NMOS

•SMPTE VIBE: OGraf — Making Broadcast Graphics Open and Interoperable

Willem Vermost, Senior Media Technology Architect at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Saturday18 April, 2:55pm, N259, SMPTE Visual Innovation and Brilliant Engineering Conference

• Troubleshooting ST 2110 Systems with NMOS BCP-008

Stefan Ledergerber, Simplexity Monday 20 April, 3:30, IP Showcase

As more SMPTE ST 2110 systems move into on-air production, operational visibility for non-experts becomes critical. This presentation reviews real-world issues observed in IP-based broadcast systems and demonstrates how NMOS BCP-008 (Minimum Status Reporting) helps operators quickly identify faults and better understand system health in modern distributed production infrastructures.

• Dynamic Media Facilities Brad Gilmer, AMWA, and Cindy Zuelsdorf, AMWA Tuesday 21 April, 9:15 am, SBE Ennes Emerging Technology track, room N250 Broadcast facilities are being asked to support more workflows, formats, and distribution paths, often with fewer resources and tighter budgets. Concepts such as flexible production systems and dynamic media facilities (DMF) are becoming part of everyday infrastructure discussions. Real facility design choices and shift to software-based infrastructure will be covered.

• NABA: How the Dynamic Media Facility Initiative Will Re-Shape Television Production and Delivery

Naveed Aslam, Senior Vice President of Production Technology & Engineering for CBS / Paramount, and Willem Vermost, Senior Media Technology Architect at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Sunday 19 April,10:00, N261, Broadcast Engineering and IT (BEIT) Conference

• SMPTE ST 2110 IP Media Roadshow

Gerard Phillips, Systems Engineer at Arista Networks, and Willem Vermost, Senior Media Technology Architect at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Tuesday 21 April, sometime during the 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m session. N252, SMPTE Roadshow: ST 2110 Bootcamp

•From Idea to Production Ready SDK: The Rapid Evolution of the EBU MXL Project

Vincent Trussart, Grass Valley Wednesday 22 April, 10:00, IP Showcase

The EBU MXL project represents a good example of an industry-wide initiative progressing from concept to production-grade technology at unprecedented speed. Conceived as a pragmatic response to the need for efficient media exchange between software-defined media functions, MXL evolved from a simple idea into a production-quality SDK in less than 18 months–an exceptional achievement for a collaborative industry effort. This rapid pace reflects both a focused technical vision and strong alignment across broadcasters, manufacturers, and technology partners around concrete, real-world requirements.

•Real-world Usage of DMF Principles - Lessons Learned During the MiCo 2026 Games

Francois Legrand, CBC/Radio Canada Wednesday 22 April, 10:30, IP Showcase

Close to a decade ago, CBC/Radio-Canada jumped in the IP train with the clear objective to transform audio/video production and to open the door to software based production.

Thanks to the EBU's Dynamic Media Facilities Reference Architecture, this vision is now becoming a reality. This presentation will explain how the DMF-RA was used by CBC/Radio-Canada during the Milano-Cortina Olympic Games, what lessons where learned and what are the next steps.

•DMF Connection Management: Applying NMOS to MXL

Gareth Sylvester-Bradley, NVIDIA, Jonathan Thorpe, NVIDIA, and Simon Lo, Sony Wednesday 22 April, 11:30, IP Showcase

This session includes a live demonstration of NMOS applied to the Media eXchange Layer (MXL) for discovery and connection management. We show how MXL flow writers and readers map naturally to AMWA IS-04 and IS-05, and discuss what a Best Current Practice might look like to formalize this approach.

• Lining Up the Digital Ducks: Everything We Need to Make Hybrid Live Production Workflows a Complete Solution

Andy Rayner, Appear Monday 20 April, 3:00, IP Showcase

The world of live production is evolving quickly and we are embracing more and more software components alongside traditional hardware infrastructure. These Hybrid workflows will be here for a long time if not forever. In the meantime there are several technical initiatives being worked on by many industry organisations that are seeking to make the whole solution more joined up – and more as it should be. This presentation will outline the challenges that exist and unpack relevant technical work being done in SMPTE, VSF, EBU & AMWA to address many of these.

• Dynamic Media Facility: Resource Planning and Orchestration, Possibilities Today and Challenges Ahead

Thomas Gunkel, Skyline Wednesday 22 April, 12:30, IP Showcase

This paper explores how Dynamic Media Facility architectures enhance flexible, usage-based media production by orchestrating resources across vendors and workflows. Drawing on real-world collaborations, it highlights current capabilities and challenges in advance planning of compute, bandwidth, and licensing. It outlines practical approaches and templated planning to support efficient, scalable resource lifecycle management.