After recently achieving IPMX certification, and thus confirming the VB440’s full compliance with the VSF TR-10 Technical Recommendation, Bridge Technologies will use its attendance at NAB 2026 (Booth C.3019) to demonstrate its production probe’s ability to analyse and verify IPMX workflows in multi-vendor environments, including RGB video, compressed and uncompressed essences, and modern ProAV timing models, using a single, integrated platform.
These capabilities will not only be on show at Bridge’s booth, alongside a full spectrum of demonstrations for both the VB440 uncompressed production probe and their suite of compressed distribution probes, but also evidenced through Bridge’s participation in the NAB IP Showcase – an event that has been a central force in advancing IP in broadcast, and to which Bridge has been a significant contributor over the past decade.
IPMX (Internet Protocol Media Experience) is an open-standard initiative derived from SMPTE ST 2110 and adapted for ProAV applications, enabling interoperable IP-based media transport across live events, corporate AV, education and venue installations. Bridge Technologies has been outspoken in its support of the IPMX initiative since the early days, publicly introducing and supporting IPMX concepts on their ‘Bridge Show’ – an online industry chat show which invites thought leaders and engineers to speak about important concepts in broadcast – as far back as 2021.
The VB440 has supported IPMX-related workflows throughout the development of the standard, including earlier TR-07 implementations, and now achieves full TR-10 compliance. Crucially, the compliance certification confirms that the VB440’s is not only IMPX capable, but able to act as an independent reference tool for the validation of interoperability across complete systems. Indeed, during the recent ISE show, the VB440 was used live on AIMS IP Showcase booth to verify interop between IPMX-enabled devices, demonstrating its practical role in real-world deployments.
What sets the VB440 apart particularly is its depth as a tool that works on all levels, delivering not only transport analyses and timing monitoring, but also advanced colorimetry, audio engineering tools and a range of other practical production functionalities – capabilities that would typically require multiple standalone instruments.
Moreover, with IPMX certification, there is now no uncompressed format which cannot be accommodated within the VB440. By consolidating such an extensive range of functionalities, standards and formats into a browser-accessible probe which operates with next-to-no latency, from anywhere in the world, the VB440 continues to represent one of the most versatile, accessible production tools on the market.
NAB will allow Bridge to not only demonstrate the probe’s IPMX capability, but also the host of new advancements brought to the probe this year, including a multiservice AV sync tool to ensure frame-perfect alignment for the same service delivered in parallel across multiple channels.
Commenting on the certification, Simen Frostad, Chairman of Bridge Technologies, said: “IPMX is the result of years of collaborative work across the industry, and it’s something we have actively supported and spoken about since the very early days. For us, IPMX certification is not about chasing a logo, but about ensuring that engineers have a practical, trustworthy tool they can use to understand and validate what is actually happening in complex, real-world systems”.
He continued: “That’s what makes attendance at NAB and participation in events like the IP showcase so important to us. We have always believed that progress in our industry is not a zero-sum game. When vendors collaborate openly, align around shared standards and focus on interoperability, everyone benefits – manufacturers, integrators, operators and ultimately end users. NAB, the IP showcase, IPMX certification – these are all elements which reflect that belief: it’s about strengthening the collective ecosystem, not just individual products”.
