EVS Broadcast Equipment announces broadcast ser...
Liège, Belgium, November 8, 2011, EVS (Euronext Brussels: EVS.BR, Bloomberg: EVS
BB, Reuters: EVSB.BR) (Pinksheets: EVBEF), the leading manufacturer of live
broadcast and media production systems, is announcing a major deal with the Host
Broadcaster of next year major sporting event in London.
The deal covers the equipment of the live and near-live production
infrastructure for the event including camera and multiple feed recording, live
replays, slow-mo and on-the-fly editing solutions, central media archive,
advanced content management and media sharing workflow systems. The value of
this significant agreement is similar to the project in Beijing three years ago.
As part of this important contract, EVS will deploy more than 300 multichannel-
XT series servers, across the all venues controlled by the advanced LSM remote
system for all slow-motion, super-slow and ultra-slow motion replays over the
two weeks of intense competitions. Additionally, based on the EVS servers unique
hybrid networking operation system, all live recorded content will be fully
controlled using IPDirector suites for quick highlight editing, first level
logging, and fast turnaround media exchange with the IBC production teams.
The centrally located broadcast centre will see the installation of the new
generation of media server, an online archive and media sharing solution
enabling Host Broadcaster production teams as well as broadcast right holders to
access all broadcast feeds and complementary camera feeds coming from the
different venues, as well as dedicated highlight packages and clips. The media
server will be composed of 12 XT3 servers dedicated to live feeds recording, and
a live centric near line storage server based on EVS SStoreSAN technology
offering a capacity of more than 360 Tb and enabling to browse and exchange over
5,600 hours of HD content. In order to optimize media handling operations from
any remote location, the Host Broadcaster will introduce the new web-browsing
interface of EVS, IP Web-browser allowing production teams to review and select
media hosted on the central server - based on auto generated proxy files -
through the web.
Note: All brands referred in this document are officially registered trademarks.
For more information, please contact:
Jacques GALLOY, Director & CFO
Geoffroy d'OULTREMONT, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications Manager
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A., Liege Science Park, 16 rue du Bois Saint-Jean, B-
4102 Searing (Liège), Belgium
Tel: +32 4 361 70 14 - Fax: + 32 4 361 70 89 - E-mail:corpcom@evs.tv; www.evs-
global.com
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to the
business, financial condition, and results of operations of EVS and its
affiliates. These statements are based on the current expectations or beliefs of
EVS' management are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results or performance of the Company to differ materially from
those contemplated in such forward-looking statements. These risks and
uncertainties relate to changes in technology and market requirements, the
company's concentration on one industry, decline in demand for the company's
products and those of its affiliates, inability to timely develop and introduce
new technologies, products and applications, and loss of market share and
pressure on pricing resulting from competition which could cause the actual
results or performance of the company to differ materially from those
contemplated in such forward-looking statements. EVS undertakes no obligation to
publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect
events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
About EVS Group
EVS Broadcast Equipment 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 hardware and software suite offer a
complete production platform: live slow motion (LSM), high speed slow motion,
replay only, clips generation, quick clips editing, real-time SD/HD video files
transfer, time delay, multi-camera recording, metadata association, graphics
storage and play-out, digital transmission, multi-format ingest and play-back,
audio record & edit, webcasting, mobile phone clipping. Main software
applications like the "IP Director®" are running on the dedicated robust and
flexible hardware the "XT3® Platform". 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 provides
customer support globally. EVS is a public company traded on Euronext Brussels:
EVS, ISIN: BE0003820371. For more information, refer towww.evs-global.com,
www.evs.tv
XDC, of which EVS owns 41.3%, is the European leader for Digital Cinema
technology and services in Europe with more than 4,900 committed digital screens
in Europe, out of which 2,000 have already been deployed.www.xdcinema.com
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