EVS Signs a EUR 2 Million Rental & Service ...

Nyon (Switzerland) - Liège (Belgium),  April 9, 2008 - EVS  Broadcast
Equipment S.A. (Euronext EVS.BR, OTC Pinksheets EVBEF), the leader in
Professional  Digital  Video  applications  for  Live  TV  Production
announces today it has signed a major agreement with the UEFA for the
rental of technology and the providing of service and support to  the
organisation of  UEFA EURO  2008TM, the  largest pan-European  soccer
tournament. The  Host  Broadcast  planning  and  operations  for  the
tournament will be implemented by  UEFA Media Technologies SA  (UMET)
on behalf of UEFA.

The EUR 2 million deal includes 60 XT[2] servers, many Multicam  LSM,
SpotBox, Keyword Assignment and  IPDirector applications, as well  as
XNet[2] networking functionalities. The 4  dedicated HD OB Vans  that
are part of the UEFA Host Broadcast Operations shall each be equipped
with 11  XT[2] servers,  together  with IPDirector  applications  for
highlight package and clip compilation. As part of the Host Broadcast
Operations Teams planning for UEFA EURO 2008TM, a major Central Media
Server Architecture in  Standard Definition  has been  ordered to  be
deployed at the International Broadcast Center. Hundreds of thousands
of highly valuable clips shall be created, metadated, sorted in  both
high and low resolution. As part of the LIVEX project created by  the
UEFA Host  Broadcast Operations,  those shall  be shared  across  the
different distribution platforms by the tournament broadcast partners
and the host producer. Post-production processes shall be accelerated
thanks to  recent  EVS  interoperability  initiatives  with  the  key
editing software packages.

Live production, highlights on TV or on websites, in-flight packages,
talk shows  are using  EVS technologies  to get  real-time access  to
content: XT[2]  and IPDirector  shall be  at the  heart of  the  EURO
2008TM.

Visit EVS at NAB08 in Las Vegas at booth n° C4911 (Central Hall).

For more information, please contact:

Jacques GALLOY, Director & CFO
Geoffroy   d'OULTREMONT,    Investor    Relations    and    Corporate
Communications Manager
EVS  Broadcast  Equipment,  Liege  Science  Park,  16  rue  du   Bois
Saint-Jean, B-4102 Liège-Ougrée, Belgium
Tel: [phone].  E-mail: [e-mail]; www.evs-global.com

About EVS Group
EVS  Group  designs,  develops   and  markets  professional   digital
equipment for Television (EVS Broadcast) and Cinema (XDC). The  Group
employs over 190 persons for broadcast equipment in 11 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.

About UEFA & UMET
UEFA Media Technologies SA is UEFA's arm for digital media.
UEFA Media Technologies  (UMET) evaluates,  implements and  maintains
solutions for the web,  IT needs and  television production for  UEFA
and develops know-how in digital media convergence for the benefit of
the football fans and the football family.

Amongst its activities areas,  UMET manages UEFA's websites  uefa.com
and  euro2008.com,  develops  and   implements  FAME  (the   Football
Administration   Management    Environment,    dedicated    to    the
administration of European Football)  and is in  charge of UEFA  EURO
2008(TM) Host Broadcast Operations.

The UMET team consists of professionals from 18 different  countries,
structured in Content, TV  Production, ICT, Finance &  Administration
and Partner  Services. It  provides multiple  synergies dealing  with
complex projects in converged media.


LIVEX
LIVEX is  a  UEFA Host  Broadcasting  project to  integrate  delivery
platforms for content to UEFA  EURO 2008(TM) Broadcast Partners.  The
centre of the  project at the  IBC is designed  around the EVS  media
server   designed   and   infrastructure   utilizing   Gigabit    LAN
architecture.

LIVEX content  includes all  match feeds  produced by  the UEFA  Host
Broadcast production teams and  additional post produced  programming
filmed by 16  dedicated crews  during the tournament  and logged  and
edited at the IBC.

LIVEX delivers  content to  Broadcast Partners  both at  the IBC  and
offsite with broadcasters able to browse low res versions of  content
on the Internet.