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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