EVS reports record second quarter and summer or...

* Record 2Q08 revenue of EUR 34.4 million, +47.7% vs. 2Q07 (+52.2%
    at constant exchange rate), thanks to strong traction from big
    sporting events, and a major contract signed with Presteigne
    Charter for EUR 5 million
  * Europe up 127.9%, Asia & Pacific up 56.3%, America down 27.1%
    (16.1% at constant exchange rate) compared to 2Q07
  * Stable EBIT margin of 64.0%
  * Summer order book of EUR 38.5 million, +32.9%
  * Studio represents 47.1% of that order book
  * Acquisition of Dwesab BVBA, small Belgian company specialized in
    service and software R&D for operating workflows and management
    of TV stations
  * 2008 guidance: good double-digit growth, driven by big sport
    events and studio acceleration


Liège (Belgium),  September 4,  2008,  EVS Broadcast  Equipment  S.A.
(Euronext Brussels:  EVS.BR,  Bloomberg: EVS  BB,  Reuters:  EVSB.BR)
(Pinksheets:  EVBEF),  the  leader  in  Professional  Digital   Video
applications for  Live, Near-Live  and  Studio TV  Production,  today
reported its results for  the second quarter  ("2Q08") and the  first
half ("1H08") of 2008.


Key highlights

Pierre L'Hoest, CEO of EVS said: "We are proud about our teams.  What
they have achieved this  summer for the UEFA  EURO2008TM and for  the
Olympics in Beijing is fantastic. In Beijing, our industry had  never
seen such a deployment of  technologies and workflows for one  single
event.  Our  teams,  in  close  cooperation  with  our  clients  have
successfully taken up  this challenge.  Everything went  well and  we
have received great feedback from the broadcasters at both events. We
are now ready  to capitalize on  the momentum and  we will make  sure
that our successes in Beijing are only the beginning of a new era for
EVS, with further penetration in the studio market."

Commenting on  the  results  and perspectives,  Jacques  Galloy,  CFO
added: "In this second quarter, despite the US dollar weakness,  both
sales and profit were again at a record level. Note that the EUR  6.9
million rental agreements for the Olympics are being booked on  3Q08.
We are continuing to reinforce  the EVS team in  a way to expand  our
business in our new niches  and increase our overall service  skills.
The summer order  intake has  been good  and the  feed-back from  our
operations in Beijing  leads us  to confirm our  revised guidance  of
Mid-July: a good double digit growth year. This summer's big sporting
events have catalyzed  our business over  the last 12  months but  we
feel that this  good business  trend should  continue. For  instance,
diversified studio segment  sales are expected  to exceed 40%  growth
this year."



     (unaudited)      IFRS - EUR millions,           (reviewed)
                      except earnings per share
2Q08  2Q07  2Q08/2Q07 expressed in EUR          1H08  1H07  1H08/1H07
 34.4  23.3    +47.7%  Revenue                   59.8  43.2    +38.6%
 22.0  14.8    +49.0%  Operating profit - EBIT   39.1  27.7    +41.0%
64.0% 63.5%    +0.5pp  Operating margin - EBIT  65.4% 64.2%    +1.2pp
                      %
 -0.6  -0.6     +2.6%  Contribution from 47%     -1.4  -1.0    -43.9%
                      XDC affiliate
 15.2   9.6    +59.4%  Net profit - Group share  26.9  18.1    +48.6%
                       Net profit from
 16.4  10.6    +55.0% operations, excl. XDC -    29.0  19.9    +45.7%
                      Group share (1)
 1.12  0.70    +59.5%  Basic earnings per share  1.98  1.33    +48.3%
                       Basic earnings per share
 1.21  0.78    +55.1% from operations, excl.     2.13  1.46    +45.4%
                      XDC (1)


(1)     The net profit from operations, excl. XDC, is the net  profit
(share of the group) excluding non  operating items (net of tax)  and
the XDC contribution. Refer to  Annex 6.3: use of non-gaap  financial
measures.

Corporate Calendar:
12-16 September 2008:              IBC TradeFair in Amsterdam (NL)
Thursday 13 November 2008:     3Q08 revenue & earnings
Thursday 19 February 2009:       FY2008 revenue & earnings
Thursday 14 May 2009:             1Q09 revenue & earnings
Tuesday 19 May 2009:              Ordinary Shareholders Meeting


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 Ougrée (Liège), Belgium
Tel: [phone].  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's management  and 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  Group  designs,  develops   and  markets  professional   digital
equipment for Television (EVS Broadcast) and Cinema (XDC). The  Group
employs over 220 persons for broadcast equipment in 12 countries  and
sells its products to professionals of the video and audio sectors in
more than 90 countries.  EVS is a public  company traded on  Euronext
Brussels: EVS,  ISIN: BE0003820371.  For more  information, refer  to
www.evs-global.com
EVS Broadcast is the world leader for Live TV Production Digital Disk
Recorders and Related Software Applications, especially in the  field
of sports. 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  "XT[2]®   Platform".  The  world's   leading
broadcasters, such as NBC, BSkyB,  FOX, RTL, NHK, CANAL+, ABC,  ESPN,
TF1, CCTV,  PBS,  CBS,  BBC,  ZDF,  TVE  and  many  others  use  EVS'
solutions.
EVS 47,20% affiliate XDC is  pioneering Digital Cinema Logistics  and
Play-out and operates between the movies distributors and exhibitors.
XDC has installed more than 280 digital screens throughout the  world
in  China,  Germany,  Sweden,  Brazil,  the  United  States,  France,
Belgium, etc.