Sky News Chooses EVS for all-in-one Ingest/Edit...

London  (UK),  Liège  (Belgium),  October  20,  2009,  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  and studio TV production,  today
announced that it is to provide a server solution to UK based 24 hour
news channel  Sky News,  a service  of the  British Sky  Broadcasting
Group  (London  Stock  Exchange:  BSY,  NYSE:  BSY),  ahead  of   the
organisation's launch of an HD news channel in Spring 2010.

Sky News  and  EVS  will  now work  together  to  introduce  the  new
technology at Sky News' West London headquarters, with HD upgrades at
its Central London studio, the regions and internationally.

Replacing  current  equipment  and  introducing  a  single   tapeless
solution through EVS, with Apple's Final Cut Studio as the craft edit
solution will  lead  to  significant enhancements  across  Sky  News,
including improving its day-to-day newsgathering operation and output
abilities on TV, as well as online and radio.

The benefits of a new tapeless solution operating across ingest, edit
and playout include being able to get Sky's news output onto multiple
platforms quicker and improved integration between Sky News'  bureaux
and field teams and  its headquarters at  Osterley, West London.  The
use of EVS Instant  Tapeless Technology, including  the XS and  XT[2]
production servers,  XStore[2] SAN  server,  IPDirector, as  well  as
XEDIO, with Final Cut studio across the board means teams back at  HQ
will be capable of  last minute tweaks to  any news package sent  in,
whether it has come from London, Liverpool or Lahore - something  not
currently possible under the existing arrangements.

Bevan Gibson, Deputy Head of Technology for Sky News, said: "The  EVS
product is always  in record,  and this feature  combined with  ultra
fast turnaround, will bring a new dimension to the way we can  handle
breaking news. An architecture that is flexible for News, allowing us
to adapt quickly  to changes  in news  contribution and  distribution
practices.

"EVS have  a progressive  and pioneering  outlook which  matches  our
ethos. They are a partner who  will work with us in shaping  products
to suit our needs and  we are delighted to  announce that we will  be
working with them at this exciting time for the channel."

Sky News will  now work  to introduce  the EVS  solutions across  its
operation by  Spring  next  year  and will  embark  upon  a  thorough
training system with all affected staff to ensure a smooth changeover
next year.

Henry Alexander, General Manager EMEA at EVS: "EVS is extremely proud
to be working in partnership with Sky News on this challenging studio
project.  The  combination  of  our  expertise  in  the  design   and
manufacturing of  fast and  reliable  broadcast technology  with  the
quality of Sky's leading programmes provides an exciting  opportunity
to deliver  and launch  a  technically advanced  HD News  Channel  in
2010."


For further enquiries about EVS, 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


For further enquiries about Sky News, please contact:
Charlotte Dixon
Publicity Manager, Sky News
Tel: [phone]



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.



Notes to Editors:
About EVS Group
EVS Broadcast Equipment  designs, develops  and markets  professional
digital equipment  for  Television.  The  company  employs  over  240
persons in 13 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, RTBF, RTL, NHK, CANAL+,  ABC,
ESPN, TF1,  CCTV,  PBS,  CBS,  BBC, ZDF,  Channel7,  RAI,  TVE,  NEP,
MEDIAPRO,  EUROMEDIA,  BEXEL,  ALFACAM  and  many  others  use   EVS'
solutions.
EVS 47,2% affiliate  XDC is pioneering  Digital Cinema Logistics  and
Play-out and operates between the movies distributors and exhibitors.
XDC has installed more than 500 digital screens throughout Europe  in
Germany, Sweden, France, Austria, Portugal, UK, Belgium, etc.

About Sky News
*          Sky News images  are available from Sky's stills
  department on 0207 800 4202.
*          Since its launch in 1989, Sky News has established itself
  as a formidable and innovative force in the world of news
  broadcasting. It now provides news to around 145 million people in
  36 countries in Europe alone, with distribution across Africa, the
  Middle East and Asia.
*          Valued for fairness, balance and journalistic objectivity
  by both viewers and regulators, the award-winning channel has also
  earned a reputation for the speed of its 24-hour coverage and
  flexibility in reporting live news - first.
*          In addition to its status as one of Europe's leading 24
  hour news channels, skynews.com is one of the fastest growing
  websites on the continent and reaches way beyond its eight average
  and half million monthly unique users.  It serves text and video to
  Britain's commercial radio websites, to giant animating billboards
  in all major railway stations in the UK seen by 56 million
  commuters a fortnight, to passengers on Virgin Atlantic flights,
  and more than 500,000 iPhone users via the most downloaded news
  application in the country.
*          In March 2009 Sky News Radio became the sole provider of
  national and international news to all commercial stations in the
  UK - reaching around 31 million listeners in total - when it took
  over the contract to supply IRN stations, in addition to its
  existing clients.
*          Sky News won a Golden Nymph at the 2009 Monte Carlo
  Television Festival for Best 24 Hour News Programme for its
  coverage of the Mumbai terror attacks. Sky News was also named Best
  News Service at the Broadcast Digital Awards 2009 and Skynews.com
  won the Association of Online Publishers award for website of the
  year, 2008.


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