Trading update on sales and orders for 2Q08 - R...

* Record 2Q08 revenue of EUR 34.4 million, +47.7% vs. 2Q07 (+52.2%
    at constant exchange rate)
  * Strong traction from big sporting events, and 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) over 2Q07
  * Open order book at July 1, 2008 of EUR 23.2 million, +41.2%,
    including EUR 6.5 million rentals for the Olympics in China and
    overseas
  * Studio represents 53.4% of that order book
  * New 2008 guidance: double-digit growth, driven by big sport
    events and studio acceleration



Liège  (Belgium),  July  17,  2008,  EVS  Broadcast  Equipment   S.A.
(Euronext  Brussels:  EVS.BR)  (Pinksheets:  EVBEF),  the  leader  in
Professional Digital  Video  applications  for  Live,  Near-Live  and
Studio TV  Production,  today reported  its  revenue for  the  second
quarter ("2Q08") and the first half  ("1H08) of 2008.


Key Highlights

Pierre L'Hoest, CEO of  EVS said: "The  company experiences a  strong
momentum during  this summer  due to  our strong  involvement  inside
major sporting events. We are proud about the performance realized by
our teams  for  the  UEFA  EURO2008TM. This  kind  of  event  is  the
achievement of a long process, including the design of the  workflow,
the development of the appropriate hardware and software, the set  up
of the  media server  in  Vienna, the  training  of hundreds  of  new
operators, and  the  support  to  the UMET  and  the  different  UEFA
broadcast partners present during the event. This prefigures the huge
system  we  are  currently  deploying  with  our  customers  for  the
Olympics, that is three times bigger."

Commenting on the new guidance, Jacques Galloy, CFO added: "Based  on
the strong ongoing order intake, we have increased our guidance to  a
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."


Revenue

EVS Broadcast revenue reached EUR  34.4 million in 2Q08, an  increase
of 47.7% at actual exchange rates (+52.2% at constant exchange rate).
In the outside  broadcast segment, sales  grew by 13.6%  to EUR  21.1
million. The studio sales jumped by 181.6% to EUR 13.3 million, which
represented 38.7% of total 2Q08 sales, compared to 20.3% in 2Q07.


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2Q08 | 2Q07 | % 2Q08 / | Revenue  -  EUR | 1H08 | 1H07 | % 1H08 / |
|      |      |   2Q07   | millions (1)    |      |      |   1H07   |
|------+------+----------+-----------------+------+------+----------|
| 34.4 | 23.3 |   +47.7% | Total reported  | 59.8 | 43.2 |   +38.6% |
|------+------+----------+-----------------+------+------+----------|
|      |      |          | Total at        |      |      |          |
| 35.5 | 23.3 |   +52.2% | constant        | 61.9 | 43.2 |   +43.3% |
|      |      |          | exchange rate   |      |      |          |
|------+------+----------+-----------------+------+------+----------|
|      |      |          | Total at        |      |      |          |
|      |      |          | constant        |      |      |          |
| 33.4 | 23.3 |   +43.5% | exchange rate   | 59.9 | 43.2 |   +38.7% |
|      |      |          | excluding big   |      |      |          |
|      |      |          | events rentals  |      |      |          |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

(1) Refer to the geographical segmentation in annex.

Europe, Middle-East and Africa  ("EMEA") revenue increased by  127.9%
in 2Q08 to EUR 18.9 million. This confirms the steady developments of
the  European   market,  including   Eastern  Europe.   This   strong
performance of  2Q08  has benefited  from  the momentum  around  this
summer's big events,  especially the EUR  2 million rental  agreement
for the UEFA EURO2008(TM) soccer cup. Feedback from the  broadcasters
present at  the UEFA  EURO2008(TM)  was very  positive, and  the  EVS
solutions have played  a key role  in the success  of the  tournament
broadcast operations through the UEFA's LIVEX(TM) concept. The second
quarter has also  benefited from the  large equipment sale  agreement
with Presteigne  Charter for  about EUR  5 million,  which was  split
between  the  EMEA   and  the   APAC  regions.   Studio  sales   grew
significantly for various  applications like  drama production,  live
entertainement shows  and near-live  programming. Sales  in EMEA  are
clearly supported  by  a  lot  of HDTV  initiatives  that  are  being
launched by various broadcasters,  IPTV, cable, or satellite  players
across Europe, around the European Soccer Finals and Beijing 2008.

America's revenue  ("NALA") decreased  by 27.1%  (-16.1% at  constant
exchange rate) to EUR 6.9 million, representing 20.2% of group  sales
in 2Q08. The replacement cycle of Outside Broadcast trucks  migrating
to HDTV remains a  key sales driver,  together with important  studio
project wins with  premium customers. For  instance, a major  network
bought additional  EVS solutions  to  expand their  studio  broadcast
center and add more HD equipment  for the next football season.  Full
year 2008  sales in  NALA expressed  in USD  are expected  to  remain
stable compared to 2007.

EVS revenue increased by 56.3% in Asia & Pacific ("APAC") to EUR  8.6
million, partially due to the  major contract signed with  Presteigne
Charter only a few weeks ago. APAC represents 24.9% of group revenue.
EVS teams are prepared to support the Beijing Olympics with more than
700 XT servers and  hundreds of applications  like Live Slow  Motion,
IPDirector or  CleanEdit, in  China  but also  overseas in  the  home
facilities of many broadcasters that have to manage significant  time
zone shifts and produce so much content in a quick process.


Outlook 2008

The open order  book (to  be invoiced  in 2008)  as of  July 1,  2008
reaches EUR 23.2  million, incl  EUR 6.5 million for  3Q08 big  event
rentals,  which is  +41.2% compared to EUR  16.5 million on the  same
date one year ago (hence to be invoiced in 2007). Studio orders  have
a longer leadtime and represent 53.4%  of the total EUR 23.2  million
open order book while they represent 36.5% of the total order  intake
over the first 6 months of 2008.

In addition  to the  EUR 23.2  million  of order  book to  be  mainly
invoiced in 3Q08 but also in 4Q08, EVS has already orders for EUR 2.3
million that will be invoiced in 2009.

Even if the visibility remains limited  as usual and the weak  dollar
is not a favorable  factor, based on  current market conditions,  the
Board remains impressed  by the  overall business  drive and  expects
2008 to be a  double digit growth year,  driven in particular by  the
Euro2008 in Q2, the Olympics  in Q3 and studio segment  acceleration.
The launch of HDTV in Europe,  the growing presence of EVS inside  TV
studios, the  worldwide  globalization  of sporting  events  and  the
simulcast and  catch up  of live  events on  new media  are the  main
growth drivers for the future.

All numbers within this press release have not yet been audited.


Corporate Calendar:
Thursday 4 September 2008: 2Q08 revenue & earnings
12-16 September 2008: IBC TradeFair in Amsterdam (NL)
Thursday 13 November 2008: 3Q08 revenue & earnings


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.