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14th September 2023 - The Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) Forum has announced that it now has over 260 members with several of its members showcasing RIST-enabled products at the IBC Show from the 15th-18th September 2023.

5th September 2023 – The Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) Forum and SipRadius have released Version 0.2.8 of libRIST, the publicly available version of RIST Protocol. The latest release comes with a host of new features for the FOSS community to integrate and freely use. Highlights of the latest libRIST release include:

11th July 2023 – The Video Services Forum (VSF), has further enhanced the Reliable Internet Streaming Transport (RIST) protocol by incorporating a RIST Relay function to address the issue of firewall traversal for RIST devices. This feature, detailed in TR-06-4 Part 3, is the third release in a series of ancillary features for RIST specifications.

The RIST Forum is a collaborative organization, led and controlled by its members. With 240 members and dozens of products now supporting RIST, several of those will be demonstrated at BroadcastAsia. Visitors to the event can learn more about RIST and its applications by visiting any of the members listed below or by joining the RIST Forum for cocktails on the Evertz stand on Thursday 8th June from 5pm. 

The RIST Forum has announced that a number of its members will be showcasing RIST-enabled products at the NAB Show from 15th – 19th April 2023. RIST will also be explored in the IP Showcase during the show, and Forum representatives will be on hand to discuss the streaming protocol.

14th February 2023 – The Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) Forum has announced that several of its members will be presenting and exhibiting at VidTrans23. The RIST Forum will also hold its Annual General Meeting during the event.

9th February 2023 – The Video Services Forum (VSF), has further enhanced the Reliable Internet Streaming Transport (RIST) protocol with the use of Wireguard VPN in RIST devices. This feature, detailed in TR-06-4 Part 2, is the second release in a series of ancillary features for RIST specifications.

has announced the release of the 2022 versions of the Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) Protocol Specifications: Main Profile, TR-06-2, and Advanced Profile, TR-06-3. The updates include support for EAP-SRP Authentication as well as the recently launched VSF EtherType. The updated documents are freely available from the VSF website for all to download and to use.

The Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) Forumhas announced that it now has 210 members, and a number of its members will be showcasing RIST enabled products at IBC from the 9th -12th September.

RIST Main Profile Specification (VSF TR-06-2) now supports IP Multicast Authentication. The upcoming TR‑06‑2:2022 includes a mechanism to authenticate a multitude of receivers, the EAP SHA256-SRP6a Authentication Protocol.

The Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) Forum has announced that a number of its members will be demonstrating use cases for its interoperable protocol at VidTrans 2022. RIST representatives will also be giving an Interop demo at the event.