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EVS in the News 

PR - Bayerischer Rundfunk opts for EVS servers 

PR - Bayerischer Rundfunk setzt auf Server von EVS 

PR - CANAL+ intègre la solution C-Cast d’EVS pour sa nouvelle application CANAL FOOTBALL 

APP 

PR - CANAL+ kicks off new season with Canal Football App using EVS’ C-Cast 

PR - EVS and Mosart partner to enable advanced news automation workflows 

and fast-turnaround newsroom production 

PR - EVS delivers a news production solution for Finnish TV channel Nelonen and daily newspaper 

Helsingin Sanomat 

PR - Sky News Arabia airs with a fully integrated EVS workflow 

PR - Aspera and EVS partner to deliver end-to-end solutions for live sports, news and entertainment 

production 

PR - EVS announces new open workflow integration with Adobe at IBC2012 

PR - IBC TV News breaks with EVS’ integrated news production solution 

PR - IBC 2012: EVS delivers ultimate fast-turnaround solutions for live sports, news and 

entertainment production 

PR - EVS Broadcast Equipment Appoints Joop Janssen as CEO 

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COMPANY PROFILE 

EVS designs leading broadcast and media production systems for sports, news and TV 

entertainment. Its innovative Live Slow Motion system revolutionized live broadcasting and 

its reliable and integrated tapeless solutions are used for non-linear editing and 3D HD 

productions. EVS’ solutions are also widely used in mobile production trucks and studio 

facilities across the globe, offering a unique level of speed and reliability. 

EVS solutions are used by more than 6,000 operators all over the world in a multitude of 

applications including: 

Camera and feeds ingest and control 

Live replays, slow-motion and instant highlights creation 

Broadcast delay and content control 

Ingest and tape migration 

Archive and content management 

Media conversion and MXF tools 

Playout control 

EVS sells its branded products and provides customer services and support globally. The 

company is headquartered in Belgium and has offices across Europe, the Middle East, 

Asia and North America. For more information, please visit www.evs.tv

16 YEARS OF PROGRESS 

1994 EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. is founded in February by Pierre L’Hoest, Laurent 

Minguet and Michel Counson. The founders of EVS aim to develop equipment for the 

digital recording of pictures on hard disks (disk recorders) for broadcasters. 

1995 EVS develops a super digital hard disk recorder in partnership with Panasonic, who 

released the first Super Motion camera (capturing three times more pictures than a 

traditional camera) for the Olympic Games in Atlanta. This helps establish EVS’ reputation 

at an international level. 

1997 EVS opens two subsidiaries in the United States and Hong Kong, to market its 

equipment in the Americas and Asia. 

1998 EVS opens a subsidiary in France to help manage important developments in the 

World Cup. In October, EVS is listed on the first market of the Brussels Stock Exchange, 

raising EUR 7.4 million to fund the company’s expansion and build a high-caliber team. 

1999 EVS establishes subsidiaries in Italy and the United Kingdom. 

2000 EVS invests in video broadcasting systems and digital cinema while Japanese 

broadcaster NHK asks EVS to help develop a prototype of an HD recorder for the Olympic 

Games in Sydney. 

2002 EVS deploys the XT platform for the first time during the FIFA World Cup, networking 

more than 80 recorders. A new office is opened in Los Angeles to help meet the growing 

needs of the digital cinema market. 

2003 EVS inaugurates its new headquarters. HD television starts to make its mark across 

the USA, South Korea, Australia and Japan. 

2004 EVS celebrates its 10th anniversary and a new revenue record. In December, the 

XDC digital cinema initiative is invigorated following the spin-out of XDC, resulting in a 

60% dilution of EVS. 

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2005 EVS launches the XT2 television production platform, allowing efficient transition 

from SD to HD images. EVS acquires new projects by enabling near-live workflows in 

studio productions. 

2006 EVS teams help some of the largest television networks in the world during the 

World Cup in Germany, deploying more than 200 EVS systems. The new IPDirector 

architecture at the heart of this mega-production makes it possible for the highest quality 

images to be sent to more than 900 million viewers. 

2007 EVS invests in R&D and opens new offices to address growth in the promising studio 

segment, which increases by 25% during the year. 

2008 Mobile production trucks for UEFA’s EURO 2008 and the Beijing Summer Olympics 

are equipped exclusively with EVS servers. The company in charge of video production for 

the International Olympic Committee uses EVS for the media server within the 

International Broadcast Center. With numerous TV stations also using EVS solutions, 

more than 700 XT2 servers are used across the globe to provide coverage of the 

Olympics. 

2009 EVS continues to invest in R&D, developing new solutions for the studio market 

including XS, Insio and Xedio. 

2010 EVS technology is selected by the host broadcasters (OBS and HBS) for the Winter 

Games in Vancouver and the FIFA World Cup in South Africa as the preferred technology 

provider for acquisition, storage, editing and media management operations. At the NAB 

Show in April, EVS announces the acquisition of OpenCube Technologies, the MXF-based 

solution specialist, which becomes a new business and development unit within EVS. On 

May 6, Sky News launches Europe’s first HD channel based on a fully-integrated EVS 

production system. 

2011 EVS continues to innovate, launching XT3, the third generation of its XT servers, and 

C-Cast, the first system for delivering complementary content, including multiple camera 

angles, to ‘second screen’ platforms. C-Cast is part of Sports 360°, a new concept 

introduced by EVS which covers all aspects of sports media, from live broadcasting to new 

media distribution. The company continues to gain traction in news production, winning a 

major contract to provide a fully-integrated solution for Sky News Arabia, a new 24/7 

Arabic news channel launching in 2012. It also opens its first Latin America office in 

Mexico City. 


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Global Marketing Contacts 

Headquarters 

Nicolas BOURDON |Marketing & Communications Director Ph. +32 4 361.58.10 | Fax +32 4 361.70.99 

EVS Broadcast Equipment - Liege Science Park - Rue Bois St Jean 16 - 4102 Ougrée - Belgium 

n.bourdon@evs.tv 

Europe, Middle East, Africa 

Sébastien VERLAINE | Marketing Manager EMEA Ph. +32 4 361.58.04 | Fax +32 4 361.70.99 


s.verlaine@evs.tv 

North & South America 

Nathalie PROCIKEVIC | Marketing Coordinator, The Americas Ph. +1 514 400 9362| Fax + 1 514 750 7518 

EVS Broadcast Equipment - 1200 Avenue Papineau, Bureau 240 - Montréal, QC, H2K 4R5 - CANADA 

n.procikevic@evs.tv 

Asia & Pacific 

Olivier HEURTEAUX | General Sales Manager APAC 

Ph. +852 2201.1503 | Fax: +852-2914 2505 

EVS Broadcast Equipment - New Victory House, 15th Floor, 93-103 Wing Lok Street, Sheung Wan, HONG 

KONG 

sales@evs-asia.com.hk 

Corporate & Financial 

Geoffroy D’OULTREMONT | Investor Relations & Corporate Communication Manager Ph. +32 4 361.70.13 | 

Fax +32 4 361.70.99 


g.doultremont@evs.tv 

Media contacts 

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry | EVS PR agency 

Americas & Asia: Kim Willsher Ph. +1 310 569 2603 

EMEA: Rebecca Adewale Ph. +44 (0)20 7403 8878 

evs@rlyl.com 


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Joop JANSSEN CEO 

Joop Janssen is the CEO of EVS and has over 25 years of experience in the broadcast video, 

professional audio and telecommunications equipment industries. Before joining EVS, he was 

chief executive of the Vitec Videocom division and on the Executive Board of the Vitec Group Plc. 

During his nine years with Vitec Videocom, he was responsible for its significant growth and 

brand expansion. 

Prior to this he was VP and general manager of Phillips Broadcast (formerly BTS) North America, 

and in this position he was instrumental in the successful divestment to Thomson Multimedia and 

the subsequent acquisition of the Grass Valley Group. 

During his career, he’s held senior and executive management positions at companies including 

Philips Electronics Digital Networks in France and Philips Business Electronics in the 

Netherlands. 

Mr Janssen holds a Masters in Electronic Engineering from the Eindhoven University of 

Technology (NL). 

Luc DONEUX head of APAC, EMEA and events 

Luc is responsible for developing major contracts with host broadcasters of large-scale global 

events such as the Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, the Asian Games and the Commonwealth 

Games. He joined EVS in 1996 and, alongside Bernard Stas, EVS’ general product manager, 

launched EVS in Asia Pacific.

Nicolas BOURDON marketing and communications director 

Joining EVS in October 2005, Nicolas brings over 10 years of B2B marketing experience. His role 

at EVS involves maintaining and developing the EVS brand and positioning the company as a 

leader in sports, news and studio production markets. Overseeing marketing strategy, he has 

implemented numerous international and regional branding, promotional and product launch 

campaigns which have led to rapid diversification of EVS in the broadcast and media markets. He 

manages a team of more than ten people, who implement marketing activities spanning 

marketing intelligence, product marketing, local and international communications, public 

relations, direct marketing, multimedia, tradeshows and events. 

Before joining EVS, Nicolas spent six years as communications and marketing manager for 

Sabena Technics, an international technical aviation maintenance company based in Brussels. 

He has a Master’s degree in business sciences, marketing and finance from HEC - University of 

Liège in Belgium. 

Sébastien VERLAINE marketing manager, EMEA 

Sébastien joined EVS in 2008 and works closely with the company’s EMEA sales teams to 

develop marketing initiatives that help drive sales across the territories. 

Before joining EVS Sébastien held various roles at multinational companies such as Océ, Berna 

Biotech and Ampacet. He has a Master’s degree in International Business from the University of 

Maastricht in the Netherlands where he acquired extensive knowledge in marketing research and 

innovation management.

Sky News goes HD with EVS 

EVS in the news… 

Why: Wanting to enhance its news offering and give 

viewers access to breaking news fast, Sky News decided 

to launch a dedicated HD news channel. It looked to 

EVS’ expertise to help it implement an integrated 

workflow news production system. 

How: EVS introduced HD upgrades at Sky News’ HQ in 

West London and across local bureaux, including 

London, Israel and Washington, all of which are 

connected to the central hub. The EVS workflow 

incorporated its high speed and reliable ingest and 

playout servers combined with a central storage and production content management. In addition, 

the full open architecture of the solution provided enabled seamless integration with post- 

production, its newsroom computer system and deep archives. 

Result: Sky News became the first European news channel to move to HD. The integration 

between Sky News’ bureaux, field teams and West London HQ is now much more effective and 

has led to enhancements of its newsgathering operations across TV, online and radio. Breaking 

news can be turned around quickly because EVS’ architecture enables faster media access, a 

quicker review and edit process, and a reliable workflow. 

The EVS solution has helped to bring a 

new dimension to the way we handle 

our breaking news. We’re able to adapt 

quickly to any changes in news 

contribution and distribution practices. 

EVS has a progressive and pioneering 

outlook that matches our ethos. 

They’ve worked closely with us to 

shape products to suit our demanding 

needs. 

Bevan Gibson, Deputy Head of 

Technology for Sky News

------ Live news. Fast ------ 

EVS helps Channel One Russia create a ‘First’ 

Why: With an increasingly competitive television 

market, Channel One Russia, (‘The First Channel’), 

decided to revamp its tape-based information 

programme department and launch the first fully- 

integrated tapeless news production system in Russia 

to support its global news operations. 

How: Integrating seamlessly with its current 

newsroom computer system, graphics suites and 

storage devices, EVS implemented an end-to-end tapeless news production system comprising 

multiple journalist browse, editing, monitoring and playout stations. Channel One Russia was able 

to put in place one of the most advanced news production workflows in the world. 

Result: Based on their prior experience of EVS’ live production workflows for sports, Channel 

One Russia knew EVS could meet their challenging objectives. The installation of its tapeless 

news production system has provided significant improvements to Channel One’s news 

operations and given control back to their journalists – enabling faster, more accurate and more 

interactive editing with high-quality, fast-turnaround live news programming for its global 

Russian-speaking audience. 

EVS’ technology is reliable and offers 

unique features that vastly speed up 

the process of collecting and 

broadcasting news. 

It’s an honour to be the first news 

operation in Russia to offer such an 

advanced news production workflow. 

Igor Yadykin, Deputy Chief, 

Technical Department, Channel One 

Russia

----- Live news. Fast ----- 

RTL Belgium renews its news commitment to EVS 

The complete interoperability 

between RTL’s news and studio 

operations was our end goal from the 

start. The success of the project has 

been the result of a long-term 

collaboration with EVS. 

From a small project in 2004 aimed at 

optimising media interchange, we’ve 

now implemented a complete tapeless 

HD infrastructure for news and 

entertainment operations around EVS. 

Thierry Piette, Technical and IT 

Director at RTL Belgium 

Why: Following the successful implementation of a 

tapeless production workflow based on EVS technology 

for its news operations, RTL Belgium chose EVS’ 

solutions once again to help it fulfil its desire to create 

a fully integrated tapeless HD infrastructure for its 

news and TV entertainment operations. 

How: Supported by EVS’ central news solution, RTL 

Belgium has implemented a fully integrated HD 

production infrastructure – from acquisition and 

production to media management and playout. 

Result: With an enhanced production workflow between RTL Belgium’s news, field and in-house 

studios operations, the new tapeless HD-based production infrastructure has enabled RTL Belgium 

to offer viewers the full benefits of HD - delivering breaking news and live entertainment without 

delay. Journalists can now work on news pieces independently and easily edit using EVS’ editing 

tools, meaning news pieces can be worked on right up to the last minute, with RTL providing the 

hottest stories for its viewers.

CANAL+ intègre la solution C-Cast d’EVS pour sa 

nouvelle application CANAL FOOTBALL APP 

Le fabricant belge de systèmes de production audiovisuelle lance la solution C-Cast permettant 

une couverture complémentaire et exclusive des directs de foot sur second écran. 

Amsterdam (IBC2012) – le 7 septembre 2012 – CANAL+, le premier groupe français de télévision 

payante, lance sa nouvelle application second écran, Canal Football APP, en exclusivité pour ses 

abonnés. La nouvelle application repose sur le système C-Cast, la toute nouvelle solution d’EVS, 

le fabricant belge de technologie de production numérique audiovisuelle. L’application a été 

officiellement lancée le 12 août pour le match de reprise de la saison de la Ligue1 opposant le 

Stade de Reims et l’Olympique de Marseille. 

La nouvelle application imaginée par le service des sports de 

CANAL+, et dont l’interface a été conçue par l’ingénierie de 

CANAL+ avec l’aide du groupe NetcoSports, offre aux abonnés de 

CANAL+ possédant une tablette interactive une expérience unique 

pendant les retransmissions en direct des deux grandes 

rencontres du weekend. Elle permet aux utilisateurs de rejouer 

instantanément et sur mesure les actions du match en cours avec 

des angles de vues alternatifs, de visionner les données 

statistiques, les bonus des super-ralentis en version longue, les réactions des consultants et invités de 

l’émission Canal Football Club, mais également de partager leur expérience sur les réseaux sociaux. 

Disponible sur iOS pour les utilisateurs de l’iPad, l’application est également disponible sur Android 

depuis le début du mois pour les tablettes SAMSUNG. 

L’ensemble du contenu vidéo de cette application est délivré par le système C-Cast, la nouvelle solution 

d’EVS, qui permet de transférer instantanément vers les utilisateurs de Canal Football App tous les clips 

crées et enregistrés sur ses serveurs XT/XS localisés dans les cars régies et déjà utilisés pour la 

production des ralentis et résumés en directs. Le système permet en outre d’intégrer et de transférer 

l’ensemble des métadonnées associées aux clips (mots clés et minutage), ainsi que des graphiques et 

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statistiques générés par d’autres partenaires autour de la production, vers les tablettes équipés de 

l’application de Canal+. 

« Nous avons facilement intégré C-Cast dans notre infrastructure de production actuelle et, grâce à sa 

valeur ajoutée, nous pourrons récupérer rapidement les coûts additionnels » a expliqué François-Charles 

Bideaux, Directeur des Productions Sports à CANAL+. « Avec ce nouvel outil d’EVS et la compétence de 

notre équipe de production, ainsi que celle des chroniqueurs de Canal Football Club, CANAL+ a 

l’avantage d’offrir à ses abonnés une expérience unique qui permet d’augmenter l’interaction des 

supporters, tout en leur donnant plus de contrôle sur le contenu. Ce nouveau service aux abonnés est 

immédiatement rendu disponible sur l’ensemble des 76 matchs Premium par saison couverts par Canal+ 

et sur une durée de 4 ans.» 

Dans le car régie d’Euro Media France, en charge de la production des matchs pour Canal+ pendant la 

retransmission du direct, les séquences vidéo, sous formes de clips et leurs métadonnées associées, 

créés avec l’outil de production et de gestion de contenu IPDirector d’EVS sont transférés 

automatiquement vers la base de données C-Cast dans laquelle ils sont rendus disponibles en format 

basse résolution intégrant tous les angles de vues des différentes caméras dans le stade – ceci étant 

possible grâce au processus unique d’enregistrement multi-caméra synchronisé d’EVS. Des graphiques 

montrant les statistiques du match – créés avec la technologie de Symah Vision – sont également 

intégrés dans cette base de données en utilisant l’API du système. De cette manière, C-Cast envoie en 

moins de deux minutes les médias sur les écrans connectés des téléspecateurs. 

« C-Cast personnalise véritablement l’expérience des téléspectateurs, » a ajouté Nicolas Tissier, 

Responsable du projet Canal Football App à la Direction de l’Expérience de CANAL+. « Quelques 

secondes après la création d’un clip, celui-ci est immédiatement disponible sur la timeline de l’application 

pour consultation. Les utilisateurs peuvent ensuite choisir n’importe quelle camera du stade et revoir 

l’action à volonté sous leur angle préféré. » 

A propos d’EVS 

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EVS conçoit, développe et commercialise des solutions numériques professionnelles pour les chaînes de Télévision. 

Son système de ralentis en direct a révolutionné la production télévisée en direct, et ses solutions fiables et sans 

cassettes sont maintenant largement utilisées pour l’édition et des productions en HD et 3D dans le monde entier. 

La gamme dédiée d’équipements et de logiciels développés par la société offre une plateforme de production 

complète : ralentis en direct (LSM), ralentis à haute vitesse, rediffusion instantanée, génération de clips, édition 

rapide de clips, transferts de fichiers SD/HD en temps réel, délais vidéo, enregistrement simultané de plusieurs 

caméras, association de métadonnées, stockage et diffusion de graphiques, transmission numérique, acquisition et 

transmission sous de multiples formats, enregistrement et édition du signal audio, diffusion sur internet ou via des 

téléphones mobiles. La plupart des applications logicielles sont installées sur la plateforme robuste et flexible XT3®. 

Les principales chaînes de télévision au monde telles que NBC, BSkyB, FOX, RTBF, RTL, NHK, CANAL+, ABC, 

ESPN, TF1, CCTV, PBS, CBS, BBC, ZDF, Channel One, Channel7, RAI, TVE, NEP, MEDIAPRO, EUROMEDIA, 

BEXEL, ALFACAM et beaucoup d’autres exploitent les solutions d’EVS. 

La société est basée en Belgique et a des bureaux en Europe, au Moyen-Orient, en Asie et en Amérique du nord. Le 

groupe EVS emploie plus de 400 personnes dans plus de 20 bureaux. Il vend ses produits et offre un service de 

qualité dans le monde entier. Plus d’informations sur www.evs.tv 

Pour plus d’information, veuillez contacter : 

Rebecca Adewale ou Sarah Kelley 

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 

+44 (0)20 7403 8878 

rebeccaa@rlyl.com or sarahk@rlyl.com 

ou 

Sébastien Verlaine 

Marketing Manager EMEA 

+32 4 361 5804 

marketing@evs.tv 

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CANAL+ kicks off new season with Canal Football App using EVS’ C-Cast 

~ Belgian provider of high-speed broadcast production technology provides second 

screen solution for extended live football coverage ~ 

Amsterdam, IBC2012, 7 September 2012 – To kick off the new Ligue 1 season with a bang, Canal 

Plus, the French pay-TV broadcaster, has introduced Canal Football App, a second screen 

application designed exclusively for Canal Plus subscribers. The app, which uses EVS’ second 

screen media delivery platform, C-Cast, was successfully launched during the live broadcast of 

the first headline match of the season between Stade de Reims and Olympique de Marseille. 

using Samsung Galaxy tablets. 

The new app, conceptualised by CANAL+ Sports with the help of 

the engineering department at CANAL+ and the NetcoSports 

group for the design and the interface, is the first of its kind 

providing up-to-the-minute statistics, multicam video clips of all the 

highlights and bonus material such as Super Slow Motion action 

replays in full length. It also features filmed reactions from the 

commentators and special guests from Canal Plus’ live football 

programme, Canal Football Club, as well as the possibility to 

interact via social networks. The app is available on iOS for iPad 

users, and since the beginning of this month on Android for those 

All of the app’s content is fed through EVS’ C-Cast; its automated hardware and software solution. C- 

Cast instantly processes and transfers live multicam media recorded on EVS’ XT/XS production servers, 

along with descriptive metadata and third-party items (graphics and statistics), direct to web-connected 

tablets with the Canal Football App. 

‘C-Cast was easily integrated into our existing EVS live production infrastructure, and coupled with the 

added value that it brings, marginal production costs can be quickly recovered,’ explained François- 

Charles Bideaux, director of sports production at Canal Plus. ‘With this new tool and our experience in 

live football coverage, Canal Plus is setting itself apart by providing expert analysis from those who know 

and love the game, while also providing a unique multi-screen football experience that will increase the 

engagement of the fans and give them more control over the content they want to see. CANAL+ is 

providing this new service during the live coverage of all 76 headline matches per season for the next 

four seasons.’ 

During the match, Euro Media France, who were in charge of the production process, created clips and 

associated metadata, such as keywords describing the action and timecode references, using EVS’ 

content production management suite, IPDirector. Key action shots and their references were then 

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automatically transferred to C-Cast’s central database, where they were available in multiple angles, and 

in a proxy file format - made possible by EVS’ synchronised multicam recording process. Graphics 

showing match statistics - created with Symah Vision technology - were also integrated into the database 

using the system’s advanced API architecture. As a result, the C-Cast database could feed the linked 

web interface with the packaged media, in less than two minutes, direct to the football fans. 

‘C-Cast truly personalises the viewer’s experience,” added Nicolas Tissier, project manager of the Canal 

Football App at Canal Plus. ‘Just seconds after a clip has been created it’s instantly available on the 

app’s timeline for review. Users can then select any camera in the stadium or on the pitch to view the 

action from their preferred angle.’ 

About EVS 

EVS designs leading broadcast and media production systems for sports, news and TV entertainment. Its innovative 

Live Slow Motion system revolutionised live broadcasting and its reliable and integrated tapeless solutions are now 

widely used for non-linear editing and 3D HD productions across the globe. The company's dedicated systems offer 

a complete production platform: live slow motion (LSM), super and ultra slow motion, clips creation, fast turnaround 

editing, production and archive asset management, time delay, multi-camera and multi-feed recording, logging, live 

graphic analysis, digital transmission, multi-format ingest and play-back and second screen delivery. Main software 

applications like the IPDirector ® or MulticamLSM ® are designed to control the industry's most robust and flexible 

production platform, the XT series server. The world's leading broadcasters - such as NBC, BSkyB, FOX, RTBF, 

RTL, NHK, CANAL+, ABC, ESPN, TF1, CCTV, PBS, CBS, BBC, ZDF, Channel One, Channel7, RAI, TVE, NEP, 

MEDIAPRO, EUROMEDIA, BEXEL, ALFACAM and many others - use EVS' solutions. 

The company is headquartered in Belgium and has offices in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America. 

Approximately 400 EVS professionals from 20 offices are selling its branded products in over 100 countries, and 

provide customer support globally. For further information on EVS, please visit www.evs.tv 

For more information about this press release, please contact: 

Rebecca Adewale or Sarah Kelley 


+44 (0)20 7403 8878 

evs@rlyl.com 

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EVS delivers a news production solution for Finnish TV channel 

Nelonen and daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat 

TV Tools contracts EVS to deliver a fully integrated solution to get the newsroom to air 

Amsterdam, IBC2012, 7 September 2012 – Nelonen, one of the leading commercial TV 

channels in Finland and Helsingin Sanomat, a leading daily newspaper in the Nordic 

countries - both part of the Sanoma Media Group - are installing a new newsroom facility 

using EVS’ news production solutions. The TV channel and the newspaper will be 

equipped with the fully integrated workflow this winter. 

Sanoma Media Group has invested in the facility, both to produce Nelonen news 

broadcasts and serve its other multimedia operations, including Helsingin Sanomat. 

Sanoma brought in technical services provider Filmworks to help it design and implement 

a news production infrastructure. With its partner and system integrator TV Tools, they 

decided that EVS’ solutions were the best for helping to create the workflow and bring the 

group’s news to viewers. 

The newsroom will be kitted out with EVS’ fully integrated news production workflow, and 

the setup will see an XS server ingest four HD-SDI incoming feeds and record news 

content natively with linked proxy files. EVS’ IPDirector software will control the server 

and help to manage the ingest process. ENG materials can be reviewed if necessary and 

files from news agencies can be imported, with proxy files being generated. 

A 45TB capacity XStoreSAN will be used as a central storage platform, with a Xedio 

suite used by news editors to browse content, produce on the fly rough-cut edits, build 

storyboards - provided as an ActiveX in Avid iNews - and exchange EDLs to Apple FCP 

craft editors, which are directly linked to the XStoreSAN. There will also be several Xedio 

CleanEdit stations with a Vizrt plug-in to help journalists and editors shape content 

quickly by simply adding graphics and video transitions, as well as record voice-overs. A 

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second XS server will be configured to provide four playout channels in the news gallery. 

The EVS server will receive news stories from the Xedio suite, which will be linked to the 

rundown lists created in iNews - through MOS integration. Mosart Media Lab automation 

software will control the XS server as well as the secondary events in the gallery. 

“We’re starting a new era in news production,” said Paavo Tervonen, visual director for 

Helsingin Sanomat and Channel Four News. “With 300 journalists working in the 

newsroom, they’ll be able to produce stories for the daily newspaper, TV news and for 

digital platforms simultaneously. We’re confident that EVS will live up to its reputation and 

provide us with an efficient and reliable production workflow so we can deliver high- 

quality news on print, television or connected devices.” 

The system will provide Nelonen with a super fast news production workflow and give 

Sanoma Media Group the ability to configure and use EVS’ solution for Helsingin 

Sanomat and other productions. 

EVS has worked with many customers implementing integrated news solutions into its 

existing infrastructures or creating completely new installations and Nelonen is another 

example. Some of EVS’ larger news projects have included the likes of Sky News in 

Osterley, Sky News Arabia, RTL Belgium and Channel One in Russia. 

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Live Slow Motion system revolutionized live broadcasting, and its reliable and integrative tapeless solutions are now 

widely used for non-linear editing and 3D HD productions across the globe. 

The company’s world-class systems offer a complete production platform with live action replays (including Super and 

Ultra Slow Motion), clip creation, fast turnaround editing, content production, asset management, time delay, multicam 

and multifeed recording, logging, live graphic analysis, digital transmission, multiformat ingest and playback, as well as 

second screen delivery. EVS also offers software applications, such as IPDirector® and MulticamLSM®, which are 

designed to control the industry’s most robust and flexible production platform, the XT series server. The world’s 

leading broadcasters, including NBC, BSkyB, FOX, RTBF, RTL, NHK, CANAL+, ABC, ESPN, TF1, CCTV, PBS, CBS, 

BBC, ZDF, Channel One, Channel7, RAI, TVE, NEP, MEDIAPRO, EUROMEDIA, BEXEL, ALFACAM and many others 

use EVS’ solutions. 

The company is headquartered in Belgium and has over 20 customer support offices across Europe, the Middle East, 

Asia and North America. EVS currently employs more than 400 professionals and sells its branded products globally. 

For further information on EVS, please go to www.evs.tv 




+44 (0)207 403 8878 

evs@rlyl.com 

7 September 2012

EVS and Mosart partner to enable advanced news automation workflows 

and fast-turnaround newsroom production 

~ EVS XT/XS series production servers and Mosart news automation interface help 

producers and newscasters improve newsroom productivity ~ 

Amsterdam, IBC 2012, 7 September 2012 – Mosart, a leading 

newscast automation system provider, has partnered with EVS, a 

leader in broadcast production technology, to help producers and newscasters improve 

newsroom productivity. The companies have teamed up to provide newsrooms with improved 

production workflows using EVS’ XT/XS series production servers controlled by Mosart’s 

automated interface. 

Neatly complementing EVS’ news production products, Mosart has co-developed a solution that uses 

EVS’ LinX Application Programming Interface (API) to enable the control and configuration of the XT/XS 

series servers - at a glance reducing production times in studio and news operations. 

Taking advantage of the power of the LinX API in the EVS XT/XS series production servers, the Mosart 

interface makes it possible to offer newsrooms a range of automated processes – from advanced clip 

management and display configurations to automatically adding metadata to clips. 

The API command interface also enables automated playout control of the EVS servers, and even 

means that content from one server can be played out on a different server. This means that together 

EVS and Mosart take care of processes that traditionally hinder most news productions, enabling 

directors to be freed up to produce better newsroom broadcasts for their partners and customers - and 

ultimately keep their viewers engaged with up-to-the-minute dynamic content. 

“We built our XT/XS series production servers with the LinX API to provide complete scalability and 

flexibility, allowing third-party developers to create new applications and solutions for our broadcast and 

production customers,” said Pacôme Palfroy, product manager, at EVS. 

“We’re really impressed with the API development work that Mosart has integrated into production 

workflows on our servers. Mosart has put advanced server controls at the fingertips of directors while 

reducing the time it takes to manage those workflows. It is a brilliant solution to further optimise our 

XT/XS series production servers, which already offer a comprehensive array of next-generation 

automated news processes.” he added. 

John Kjellevold, CEO at Mosart declared: “With EVS having a large customer base in sports, Mosart 3.0 

is the perfect fit for its servers as it’s been designed to handle sports even better than before. Mosart 

provides the ability to define advanced shortcuts, leave run-down and easily switch remotes, graphics 

and cameras. By adding EVS to our lists, we’ll now be able to control most of the servers in a 

broadcasting environment, which is important for us as a company with an “open philosophy”. Our aim 

has always been to control all the major video servers.” 

“The integration with EVS was based on customer demand and we aim to develop the integrations that 

customers ask for, and by doing so, we’ve been able to extend the range of third party hardware 

controlled by our automation system.” he added. 

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Live Slow Motion system revolutionised live broadcasting and its reliable and integrated tapeless solutions are now 

widely used for non-linear editing and 3D HD productions across the globe. The company's dedicated systems offer 

a complete production platform: live slow motion (LSM), super and ultra slow motion, clips creation, fast turnaround 

editing, production and archive asset management, time delay, multi-camera and multi-feed recording, logging, live 

graphic analysis, digital transmission, multi-format ingest and play-back and second screen delivery. Main software 

applications like the IPDirector ® or MulticamLSM ® are designed to control the industry's most robust and flexible 

production platform, the XT series server. The world's leading broadcasters - such as NBC, BSkyB, FOX, RTBF, 

RTL, NHK, CANAL+, ABC, ESPN, TF1, CCTV, PBS, CBS, BBC, ZDF, Channel One, Channel7, RAI, TVE, NEP, 

MEDIAPRO, EUROMEDIA, BEXEL, ALFACAM and many others - use EVS' solutions. 



provide customer support globally. For further information on EVS, please visit www.evs.tv 




+44 (0) 20 7403 8878 

evs@rlyl.com 

Nicolas Bourdon 

Marketing & Communications Director EVS 

+32 4 361 5810 


John Kjellevold 

CEO Mosart Medialab AS 

+4790978761 

7 September 2012

Sky News Arabia airs with a fully integrated EVS workflow 

Amsterdam, IBC2012, 7 September 2012 – Sky News Arabia, the sister channel of Sky News in the 

Middle East and North Africa, was officially launched this spring, powered by a fully integrated 

EVS workflow. The 24-hour Arabic news service broadcast out of Abu Dhabi from a state-of-theart 

production facility. 

Sky News Arabia is a joint venture between the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation and BSkyB, 

which also runs Sky News in the UK. The free-to-air rolling news channel is being transmitted in both SD 

and HD across the region, and is available on multiple platforms including tablets and smartphones. 

Content is ingested and recorded natively as DVCPRO HD codec files on EVS’ XS media servers, with 

32 recording channels dedicated to the incoming feeds. These feeds are scheduled with the SchedulAll 

system and then monitored by Miranda’s iControl system. Streamed on an EVS XStoreSAN, feeds are 

available both in high and low resolution (H.264 TS), allowing all newsroom users to instantly access 

media on the near-line storage for editing and playout. 

The XStoreSAN is a central storage platform with a capacity to store up to 3,000 hours of DVCPRO HD 

material at 100 Mbps. Using EVS’ IPLink, craft editors working with Apple Final Cut Pro can search for 

content stored on the XStoreSAN via the IPDirector database, and edit the selected content directly from 

the central storage. The edit suites are equipped with an EVS export plug-in which allows craft editors to 

export completed packages to the central storage, as well as to the XS media servers for playout. 

Journalists and multiplatform production teams at Sky News Arabia use Xedio CleanEdit to prepare news 

bulletins and reports. The non-linear editor from EVS enables users to make rough-cut edits in low 

resolution directly on the XStoreSAN. Moreover, Xedio CleanEdit also supports multiple formats and 

different aspect ratios on the same timeline. As a result, users can swiftly shape content and push it to 

post-production for advanced editing or to the galleries for playout. 

Playout operations are managed with Avid’s iNEWS Newsroom Computer System (NRCS) and EVS’ XS 

media servers, which provide four redundant playout channels. The integration between iNEWS and 

EVS’ IPDirector through MOS protocol support and the Active X plug-in, allows content and associated 

metadata stored on the XStoreSAN to be accessed and added – with a simple drag and drop – to the 

rundown list. In addition, any running order managed from the iNEWS client interface is automatically 

kept up to date on the IPDirector. Sky News Arabia also uses an XT3 server with an LSM - Live Slow 

Motion - remote control panel for fast turnaround review of events and time-slip operations. 

Using EVS’ IP2Archive, a media manager selects media files stored on the XStoreSAN and stores them 

on LTO tapes for archive. As soon as the file is on tape, the hi-res file is then erased from the central 

storage. Media on LTO tapes can also be restored on the central storage via the same interface. 

“EVS was a reliable partner during the launch of our first news HD project in the UK in 2010. Its 

technology has helped us speed up and optimise our newsgathering operations, which is why we 

decided to continue our collaboration for the launch of Sky News Arabia,” said Bevan Gibson, launch 

technical director. 

7 September 2012

Dominic Baillie, chief technical officer, Sky News Arabia: “EVS provides reliable technology that’s 

designed for fast turnaround of content which is essential to a breaking news channel like Sky News 

Arabia. The level of support we have received from EVS through the design, launch and live phases of 

the channel has been and continues to be high. It is very encouraging to see a key partner pro-actively 

investing time and resources to fulfil their part in our success.” 

Sky News Arabia and its technical partners are nominated for the most innovative use of technology in 

content management for this year’s IBC Awards. The winner will be announced at the Awards Ceremony, 

which will take place at IBC2012 on Sunday 9 September. 

Read the case study on our website. 



Live Slow Motion system revolutionized live broadcasting, and its reliable and integrative tapeless solutions are now 

widely used for non-linear editing and 3D HD productions across the globe. 

The company’s world-class systems offer a complete production platform with live action replays (including Super 

and Ultra Slow Motion), clip creation, fast turnaround editing, content production, asset management, time delay, 

multicam and multifeed recording, logging, live graphic analysis, digital transmission, multiformat ingest and 

playback, as well as second screen delivery. EVS also offers software applications, such as IPDirector® and 

MulticamLSM®, which are designed to control the industry’s most robust and flexible production platform, the XT 

series server. The world’s leading broadcasters, including NBC, BSkyB, FOX, RTBF, RTL, NHK, CANAL+, ABC, 

ESPN, TF1, CCTV, PBS, CBS, BBC, ZDF, Channel One, Channel7, RAI, TVE, NEP, MEDIAPRO, EUROMEDIA, 

BEXEL, ALFACAM and many others use EVS’ solutions. 

The company is headquartered in Belgium and has over 20 customer support offices across Europe, the Middle 

East, Asia and North America. EVS currently employs more than 400 professionals and sells its branded products 

globally. For further information on EVS, please go to www.evs.tv 




+44 (0)207 403 8878 

rebeccaa@rlyl.com or sarahk@rlyl.com 

7 September 2012

Aspera and EVS partner to deliver end-to-end 

solutions for live sports, news and entertainment 

production 

Aspera’s faspTM transfer software and EVS ingest, production and playout 

servers support fast turnaround for live & near-live broadcast applications. 

IBC 2012 - Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the 

world’s large data at maximum speed, and EVS, a leading provider of broadcast and media 

production systems have announced a technology alliance and partnership to deliver 

complete end-to-end solutions for fast turnaround of live sports, news and entertainment 

production. The combined solution leverages Aspera’s patented faspTM software for highspeed 

transfer of content and EVS’s portfolio of ingest and production servers for live & nearlive 

broadcast applications. 

EVS, the leader in sports broadcasting with Sports360, offers a complete solution for live production 

covering ingest, central storage, editing, playout, post production, and archive. By integrating 

Aspera’s high-speed fasp transport, production no longer has to be co-located at an event. Timecritical 

high definition content can be transferred over a wide area network at maximum speed from 

the sporting venue to a remote facility for editing, and ultimately back to the studio and on to 

broadcasters for near-live broadcast. Complex workflows can be automated using Aspera 

Orchestrator web application and SDK, while Aspera’s comprehensive security ensures all content 

remains private and protected, and the built-in tracking and notification system alerts operators when 

content is available. 

“Aspera’s fasp transfer software was recently combined with the EVS solution to support the UEFA 

LIVEX service for EURO2012 coverage”, said Johann Schreurs, General Manager New Media from 

EVS. The production team at the International Broadcast Center relied on Aspera to transfer timecritical 

content from the Digital Media Lounges at each sports venue to the central facility where it 

was edited, transcoded and prepared for final broadcast using EVS equipment. The final output was 

then delivered to broadcasters worldwide using Aspera solutions running on demand in the cloud.” 

“We are pleased to partner with EVS, and jointly develop and deploy new media production and 

distribution solutions to deliver the highest level of performance and outstanding value to broadcast

customers”, said John Wastcoat, vice president technology alliances at Aspera. “Production teams 

not only enjoy significant cost reductions, they gain flexibility in how they deploy equipment and 

infrastructure, and confidence in delivering the richest content in the shortest possible timeframe 

creating and excellent viewer experience. 


EVS designs leading broadcast and media production systems for sports, news and TV entertainment. Its 

innovative Live Slow Motion system revolutionized live broadcasting and its reliable and integrative tapeless 

solutions are now widely used for non-linear editing and 3D HD productions across the globe. 

The company's dedicated systems offer a complete production platform: live slow motion (LSM), super and ultra 

slow motion, clips creation, fast turnaround editing, production and archive asset management, time delay, 

multi-camera and multi-feed recording, logging, live graphic analysis, digital transmission, multi-format ingest 

and play-back, second screen delivery. Main software applications like the IPDirector® or MulticamLSM® are 

designed to control the industry's most robust and flexible production platform, the XT series server. The world's 

leading broadcasters, such as NBC, BSkyB, FOX, RTBF, RTL, NHK, CANAL+, ABC, ESPN, TF1, CCTV, PBS, 

CBS, BBC, ZDF, Channel One, Channel7, RAI, TVE, NEP, MEDIAPRO, EUROMEDIA, BEXEL, ALFACAM and 

many others use EVS' solutions. 



provide customer support globally. For more information, please visit www.evs.tv 

About Aspera 

Aspera is the creator of next-generation transport technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed 

regardless of file size, transfer distance and network conditions. Based on its patented fasp protocol, Aspera 

software fully utilizes existing infrastructures to deliver the fastest, most predictable file-transfer experience. 

Aspera’s core technology delivers unprecedented control over bandwidth, complete security and 

uncompromising reliability. More than 1,700 organizations across a variety of industries on six continents rely on 

Aspera software for the business-critical transport of their digital assets. Please visit www.asperasoft.com and 

follow us on Twitter @asperasoft for more information. 

Media Contacts: 

Francois Quereuil Aspera, Inc. 

(510) 849-2386 

francois@asperasoft.com 

Nicolas Bourdon EVS 

+32 4 361 58 10 

n.bourdon@evs.tv

EVS announces new open workflow integration with 

Adobe at IBC2012 

~ EVS enables full integration between its high-speed production servers 

and Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 software video editing suites ~ 

Liège, 06 September 2012 – EVS, the leading broadcast production systems provider has 

announced an open workflow collaboration with Adobe ® , one of the world’s largest and most 

diverse software companies. The initiative includes Adobe’s flagship video editing tool, Adobe ® 

Premiere ® Pro Creative Suite 6 software, integrated with EVS’ industry-leading XT/XS high-speed 

production servers. EVS will showcase the integrated workflow for the first time on its stand 

(booth Hall8 B90) at IBC2012. 

The integration between EVS’ production servers and Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 will enable users to 

exchange media recorded on EVS servers and send Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 edits back for instant 

playout. Using the industry-standard OP1a MXF or QuickTime Movies file exchange format, Adobe 

Premiere Pro users will be able to edit content while it’s being transferred as a background task via EVS’ 

XT/XS media production servers. 

The streamlined workflow removes traditional production bottlenecks and gives Adobe Premiere Pro 

editors more time to focus on creative editorial tasks, rather than spending valuable time waiting for file 

transfers. Since EVS servers already natively support codecs used by Adobe Premiere Pro, it now 

means that files can be directly transferred without encoding and decoding, which saves time and also 

preserves image quality. 

“Broadcasters need an editing solution that provides a quick turnaround, from acquisiton through 

delivery,” said Simon Williams, director strategic relations at Adobe. “The combination of Adobe 

Premiere Pro CS6 integrated with EVS production servers enables customers to complete 

projects faster than ever with a solution that is tested and supported by both companies.”

“We’re delighted about the announcement with Adobe and the integration of our broadcast production 

servers with Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. The initiative responds directly to an increasing demand by 

broadcasters and programme makers for faster turnaround TV productions - and will help increase the 

productivity and efficiency of our users in satisfying this demand,” explained Serge Comes, Media 

Product Manager at EVS. “This collaboration will not only help widen our potential customer base, but will 

also give the market greater choice. With this announcement, our XT/XS servers are now seamlessly 

integrated with the top three editing packages in the industry.” 


EVS designs leading broadcast and media production systems for sports, news and TV entertainment. 

Its innovative Live Slow Motion system revolutionised live broadcasting, and its reliable and integrated 

tapeless solutions are now widely used for non-linear editing and 3D HD productions across the globe. 

The company’s world-class systems offer a complete production platform with live action replays 

(including Super and Ultra Slow Motion), clip creation, fast turnaround editing, content production, asset 

management, time delay, multicam and multifeed recording, logging, live graphic analysis, digital 

transmission, multiformat ingest and playback, as well as second screen delivery. EVS also offers 

software applications, such as IPDirector® and MulticamLSM®, which are designed to control the 

industry’s most robust and flexible production platform, the XT series server. The world’s leading 

broadcasters, including NBC, BSkyB, FOX, RTBF, RTL, NHK, CANAL+, ABC, ESPN, TF1, CCTV, PBS, 

CBS, BBC, ZDF, Channel One, Channel7, RAI, TVE, NEP, MEDIAPRO, EUROMEDIA, BEXEL, 

ALFACAM and many others - use EVS’ solutions. 

The company is headquartered in Belgium and has over 20 customer support offices across Europe, the 

Middle East, Asia and North America. EVS currently employs more than 400 professionals and sells its 

branded products globally. For further information on EVS, please go to www.evs.tv 



EMEA enquiries: Rebecca Adewale or Sarah Kelley +44 (0)20 7403 8878 

Americas/APAC enquiries: Kim Willsher (+1) 310 569 2603 

evs@rlyl.com 

or 

Nicolas BOURDON 

Marketing & Communications Director 

+32 4 361 58 10 

n.bourdon@evs.tv

IBC TV News breaks with EVS’ integrated 

news production solution 

Liège, Belgium - IBC TV News has reinforced its collaboration with EVS by asking them to 

provide their news production system for a fourth year. EVS will install a fully integrated 

news solution for HD ingest, storage, editing and playout to get the channel on air during 

the IBC show, 7-11 September, in Amsterdam. 

IBC TV News will produce 20-minute news programs during the exhibition which will feature top 

stories from the show floor as well as highlights from the IBC Exhibition and Conference. EVS 

systems will manage the entire HD production of the daily news programs, from the breakfast 

show broadcast on the IBC TV News channel, to the morning and midday news flashes live on 

the their website, mobile content, and video podcasts. For the first time, EVS will be providing 

IBC TV News with a „news spot‟ on its stand (B90) in hall 8, which will enable it to conduct 

interviews there throughout the show. 

"EVS has provided us with a news solution for the last four years and also helped us move to a 

full tapeless HD workflow, allowing us to achieve multi-purpose delivery and fast content 

creation,” said Sue Robinson, Producer, IBC TV News. “This year there‟s an additional twist as 

we‟ll be conducting various interviews direct from the EVS stand, making us more flexible and 

accessible to exhibitors near and within this hall for interviews. With our main challenge being to 

deliver interesting content at the highest quality standards to an audience of broadcast 

specialists, EVS‟ continued support helps make our operations extremely efficient and we‟re able 

to do just that.” 

The complete workflow provided for IBC TV News will be based on EVS‟ advanced news 

systems, including XS ingest and playout server for high-speed and high performance live 

operations, combined with IPDirector content management (for ingest and playout) and Xedio 

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editing suites. In addition, all clips and edits will remain available on the EVS XStore SAN near 

line storage, allowing editors to browse and edit the media at any time. 

During the show, IBC TV ENG crews will use Sony XDCAM SxS to import their XDCAM HD 

media files via Xedio Dispatcher. The new module offers instant review, rough-cut edit and on- 

the-fly transcoding capabilities during transfer to EVS‟ production server. Additional A/V feed 

acquisition (weather forecast, VTR, graphics) will be managed with the IPDirector ingest 

scheduler. Once ingested or imported on the XS server, the content will be instantly available for 

edit or playout. All edits including voice-over, graphics inserts and transition effects, will be 

prepared by one of the three Xedio-CleanEdit stations, the latest generation of EVS NLE 

systems. Two additional Apple Final Cut Pro stations will be used for final post-production 

operations. The media interchange between EVS storage, editing tools and Final Cut Pro will be 

fully transparent for the editors. 

Finally, IBC TV News rundown and playlist on-air actions will be controlled by IPDirector, which 

will manage all the media configured for playout operations on the XS production server. 

“Our news solution uses technology from our live sports production workflow, so is fast, reliable 

and flexible, delivering a live production facility on the stand” said Nicolas Bourdon, marketing 

and communications director at EVS. “We‟re very happy to be helping IBC TV News team and 

giving the best possible demonstration of EVS‟ news system‟s capabilities. 

IBC TV News will be broadcast to more than 10,000 hotel rooms in Amsterdam each morning 

before being transmitted worldwide, and will be repeated during the day at the RAI exhibition 

center. IBC TV News will still be produced on site at the IBC stand in the new Workflow Village in 

Hall 9, with some interviews also taking place on EVS‟ stand in hall 8. 

09 August 2012


entertainment. Its innovative Live Slow Motion system revolutionized live broadcasting, and its 

reliable and integrative tapeless solutions are now widely used for non-linear editing and 3D HD 

productions across the globe. 

The company‟s world-class systems offer a complete production platform with live action replays 

(including Super and Ultra Slow Motion), clip creation, fast turnaround editing, content 

production, asset management, time delay, multicam and multifeed recording, logging, live 

graphic analysis, digital transmission, multiformat ingest and playback, as well as second screen 

delivery. EVS also offers software applications, such as IPDirector® and MulticamLSM®, which 

are designed to control the industry‟s most robust and flexible production platform, the XT series 

server. The world‟s leading broadcasters, including NBC, BSkyB, FOX, RTBF, RTL, NHK, 

CANAL+, ABC, ESPN, TF1, CCTV, PBS, CBS, BBC, ZDF, Channel One, Channel7, RAI, TVE, 

NEP, MEDIAPRO, EUROMEDIA, BEXEL, ALFACAM and many others use EVS‟ solutions. 

The company is headquartered in Belgium and has over 20 customer support offices across 

Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America. EVS currently employs more than 400 

professionals and sells its branded products globally. 




+ 44 207 403 8878 

evs@rlyl.com 

or 

Nicolas Bourdon 


+34 4 361 5810 


09 August 2012

IBC 2012: EVS delivers ultimate fastturnaround 

solutions for live sports, news 

and entertainment production 

Liege, Belgium - IBC 2012: Hall 8, stand B90 – At this year’s IBC, EVS will help the 

broadcast industry prepare for the future with its new production systems and solutions. 

From meeting the needs of newsroom operations, shaping the future of sports 

broadcasting and helping to turn around TV productions, EVS’ solutions are designed to 

boost performance through flexibility, speed of delivery, and reliability. 

The future of sports, news and TV broadcasting requires even more customisation, with faster 

production facilities developed to help the industry deliver dynamic content in even tighter 

deadlines. EVS will showcase its new production solutions for tomorrow’s broadcast world, 

including advancements to its XT3/XS production servers, OpenCube MXF File Mastering tools 

and C-Cast solution which allows personalised viewing through mobile connected devices. 

EVS Breaking News – news at the speed of live 

EVS will unveil its new Breaking News toolset, which relies on EVS’ ingest and playout servers 

for ultimate speed and reliability of newsroom operations. The infrastructure is borne out of years 

of live production workflow expertise, and is the first and only ingest and playout infrastructure on 

the market that can be used across production areas from news to sports, entertainment and 

other programs. 

EVS’ Breaking News solution also offers advanced collaborative production tools for journalists 

and content management solutions, which easily integrates with any existing production 

infrastructure. 

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First triple encoding XT3/XS production server 

At IBC, EVS will also showcase the evolution of its XT3/XS 

production servers, featuring the first triple encoding 

capabilities. The system is the first to simultaneously support 

I-Frame codec for high precision live replays, Long GOP 

Sony HD XDCam 422 50Mbps codec for high quality 

reduced bitrate media sharing, and Proxy for augmented 

connectivity and control of the production operations. The 

new features will be available in early 2013 and will open up 

tremendous workflow possibilities, making the EVS server 

platform the ultimate backbone of any broadcast operation! 

Turning viewers into directors with EVS’ C-Cast tools 

Since a successful deployment across multiple summer 

events, EVS continues to upgrade its C-Cast technology, 

which allows viewers to use their smartphones, tablets or 

laptops to access extra content and view clips the way they 

want and from the angle they want to view it. 

Some of its latest features will see C-Cast offering the ability 

to replay clips at variable speeds as well as the ability to 

import third-party statistics and analysis information 

integrated into a timeline. With a fully modular and service-oriented architecture, C-Cast adapts 

to any kind of business or workflow, offering advanced integration with third-party web systems 

and data import such as statistics or social media data feed. 

17 July 2012

EVS OpenCube goes for wider MXF JPEG2000 support 

____________________________________________________ 

Note to editors: 

EVS will highlight the enhancements to its OpenCube ingest 

products with improved MXF Jpeg2000 support for AS02, 

IMF formats for production mastering and archive 

preservation, including comprehensive H.264 proxy 

generation at ingest. 

The XT3 server is at the heart of EVS’Sports360°. It’s been designed with advanced capabilities 

such as eight recording/playback channels in loop mode, multi-codec native support, and 

embedded high/low-res media management to get the most out of any recorded frame at the 

highest speed and reliability. The new XT3 platform is the industry’s first server featuring six nonstop 

3Gbps feed ingest and playout channel capabilities for live and near live 3D or 3G 

production operations. 

The XS production server is built on EVS’ unique loop recording technology. Based on its 

powerful dual networking capabilities (broadcasting and IT), the XS makes recorded media 

instantly and directly available throughout the production network for simultaneous preview, 

rough editing, archiving, playback or post-production. The XS can be configured with six full 

3D/1080p channels (3G/Dual link) and offers the same features in a 3D environment. In addition, 

it can be configured in SpotBox mode to be controlled through protocols by third-party systems. 

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are designed to control the industry’s most robust and flexible production platform, the XT series 

server. The world’s leading broadcasters, including NBC, BSkyB, FOX, RTBF, RTL, NHK, 


NEP, MEDIAPRO, EUROMEDIA, BEXEL, ALFACAM and many others use EVS’ solutions. 







+ 44 207 403 8878 

evs@rlyl.com 



+32 4 361 5810 


17 July 2012

EVS Broadcast Equipment Appoints Joop 

Janssen as CEO 

Liege, Belgium - EVS Broadcast Equipment, a leader in Professional Digital Video 

applications for live, near-live and studio TV production, today announced the 

appointment of Joop JANSSEN as Managing Director and CEO of the company. 

Joop Janssen (52) has over 25 years of experience in the broadcast 

video, professional audio and telecommunications equipment industries. 

He recently served as Chief Executive of the Vitec Videocom ivision on 

the Executive Board of the Vitec Group Plc. During his nine years with 

Vitec Videocom he was the architect behind its significant profitable 

growth and brand expansion. Prior to that he was VP and General 

Manager of Phillips Broadcast (formerly BTS) North America where he was instrumental in the 

successful divestment to Thomson Multimedia and the subsequent acquisition of the Grass 

Valley Group. He has held senior and executive management positions including those at Philips 

Electronics Digital Networks in France and Philips Business Electronics in the Netherlands. Mr 

Janssen holds a Master in Electronic Engineering from the Eindhoven University of Technology 

(NL). 

“I’m thrilled to join the EVS team,” said Joop Janssen. “EVS is a very strong global brand in the 

expanding highquality digital video production market. Based on close customer engagement, 

excellent service, world’s first 

innovations and robust technologies they are poised for further attractive growth.” Pierre Rion, 

Chairman of the Board of Directors of EVS, added: “This is a very important step in the further 

growth of the company. EVS will certainly benefit from his experience of managing different 

companies in different cultures, his deep knowledge of the broadcast industry and his strong 

personality. We are really keen to have Joop on board with us.” 

Originally from the Heerlen-Maastricht region (NL), Joop Janssen is currently based in the UK. 

He will start officially at EVS on September 3, 2012 and will relocate to Belgium with his family in 

due course. 

He shall formally become "Managing Director" after an extraordinary general meeting of 

shareholders to be held at the end of August 2012. 

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are designed to control the industry’s most robust and flexible production platform, the XT series 

server. The world’s leading broadcasters, including NBC, BSkyB, FOX, RTBF, RTL, NHK, 


NEP, MEDIAPRO, EUROMEDIA, BEXEL, ALFACAM and many others use EVS’ solutions. 








+32 4 361 58 10 


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