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:  [phone] - Fax: +  32 4 361 70 89 - E-mail:[e-mail]; 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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