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NDR chooses EVS to replace legacy News PAM system and modernize workflows

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:49:00 +0200

EVS, a leader in live video production technology for the broadcast and new media industry, has announced a major agreement with Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), one of Germany’s key public television networks within the ARD group.

As part of this agreement, EVS will deliver its MediaCeption^® content management solution to streamline and enhance news production workflows for tagesschau, Germany’s most-watched news program, produced by ARD-aktuell alongside the news magazine tagesthemen, the 24/7 news channel tagesschau24, the homepage tagesschau.de and numerous social-media video-formats.

With ARD-aktuell’s existing legacy news production system reaching the end of its lifecycle, installation of the robust and unified solution by EVS is already underway and is scheduled to go on air during 2026.

With the VIA Media Asset Management Platform (VIA MAP) at its core, MediaCeption will provide tagesschau with a complete end-to-end news production environment for managing and editing live and near-live news content. The solution also introduces AI-driven workflows that will further modernize tagesschau’s newsroom operations.

Certified integrations with leading technology partners, including OpenMedia NRCS, and Viz Mosart Automation, ensure a cohesive workflow, connecting the cross media tagesschau newsroom with industry-standard tools for maximum efficiency.

Additionally, XS-VIA servers will operate alongside VIA MAP for robust ingest and playout operations. Finally, to cover the complete operation, EVS will also provide nearline storage based on XStore, and enhanced secure disaster recovery workflows with IPDirector, LSM-VIA and XNet-VIA.

The resulting solution will empower NDR with faster content turnaround, reliable and stress-free operations, complete editing capabilities, and seamless collaboration across teams. VIA MAP’s web-based interface, flexible deployment options, and scalable architecture, ensure teams are well-equipped to handle the demands of live news production, including high-pressure situations such as breaking news coverage.

Marcus Bornheim, Chief Editor ARD-aktuell: “News is always a matter of speed. We are pleased to have found a solution together with EVS that supports our crossmedia workflows in the newsroom and will also take us into a new phase when it comes to artificial intelligence. The EVS team gives us the confidence that our partnership will enable our newsroom teams to focus on storytelling while knowing the technology will always deliver”.

Serge Van Herck, CEO of EVS, added: “We are proud to partner with NDR on this milestone project. As a valued customer, NDR continues to push the boundaries of modern production, and we’re excited to support them with a solution that delivers the speed, integration, and flexibility required in today’s news production landscape. This collaboration underscores our dedication to innovation, reliability, and empowering our customers’ success, and we look forward to helping NDR bring exceptional content to their audiences.”

EVS at IBC2025 - Less friction, more freedom to innovate

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:30:00 +0200

LiveCeption^®- Redefining the future of live storytelling

Designed for flexibility, scalability, and creative freedom, LiveCeption empowers operators to enhance storytelling without increasing operational complexity.

Visitors will discover how EVS is advancing remote production with new ways to streamline communication between operational hubs and distributed production infrastructure. By simplifying control across geographically dispersed environments, EVS solutions address any type of remote production scenario, and give operators the same responsiveness and precision as if they were operating from on-site mobile units.

EVS will unveil enhancements to its LSM-VIA replay and highlights system, including custom workflow shortcuts and tighter integration with the Cerebrum broadcast orchestration and control system. Demonstrations will showcase how new features like push-to-talk intercom control are facilitating operator communication during live production.

A standout addition to LSM-VIA is the new Zoom capability, that lets operators zoom into 4K UHD footage and deliver immersive 1080p replays with no loss of quality. Designed for high-end sports analysis and storytelling, it integrates seamlessly into their workflows, offering intuitive touchscreen controls that make precision cropping and movement effortless.

EVS will also demonstrate near-live automatic 9:16 cropping and object tracking, making it easier than ever to generate and export vertical, social-ready content during a live game. This capability is a powerful tool for broadcasters looking to unlock new revenue opportunities and enhance viewer engagement across their social media platforms.

EVS is also pushing boundaries in live storytelling with XtraMotion, its GenAI-powered replay effects tool. In addition to the super slow-motion effect, operators can now also remove motion blur or apply a cinematic shallow depth-of-field, with a turnaround time of less than three seconds, all without the need for specialized camera equipment.

MediaCeption^® - A connected platform from ingest to delivery

EVS's MediaCeption content management solution brings structure and speed to media operations, seamlessly managing content from acquisition to distribution.

At IBC2025, attendees will see how EVS’s VIA MAP Media Asset Platform allows content to flow smoothly and efficiently across the entire production chain. Built to consolidate ingest, metadata management, editing, playout, and distribution into a single, integrated workflow, VIA MAP eliminates silos and fosters real-time collaboration between on-prem and remote teams.

For fast-paced environments like news productions, EVS will demonstrate its leading capabilities to bring an end-to-end solution including seamless NRCS integrations, delivering a cloud-connected, story-centric workflow that speeds decision-making and improves metadata accuracy.

Additionally, EVS is showcasing its new ingest, playout and transcoding tools Move I/O and Move UP, for uninterrupted broadcasts and accelerated content delivery. Featuring intuitive dashboards for both technical and non-technical users, these tools deliver flexible, scalable, and cost-efficient media conversion workflows that adapt quickly to changing demands.

Further amplifying editorial efficiency, AI-powered tools including automatic speech-to-text and object tracking for blur and mosaic masks FX, will be on display, unlocking smarter search, accelerated workflows, and new monetization opportunities.

MediaInfra^® - Scalable infrastructure for SDI/IP workflows

As broadcasters transition from SDI to IP infrastructures, EVS's MediaInfra solutions provide the control, flexibility, and visibility essential for smooth migration.

IBC 2025 will mark the launch of the first component of EVS's game-changing Flexible Control Room (FCR) solution. For the first time, attendees will get to experience live demonstrations of FCR's modular user interfaces that translate complex backend orchestration into streamlined, task-specific UIs, enabling greater operational agility, efficiency, and scalability.

Additionally, the EVS MediaInfra team will spotlight the latest advancements in Cerebrum, its flagship broadcast control and orchestration system. With an improved web-based frontend, expanded UI panel packages, federated multi-facility management, and dynamic media facility assignment, Cerebrum allows broadcasters to better manage increasingly complex operations.

Also on the stand is the low-latency SDI/IP multiviewer Neuron View. Now tightly integrated with Cerebrum, operators benefit from touchscreen control over signal routing, preset control, input color correction, and monitoring.

It offers additional inputs, double the number of outputs, and features a web-based mosaic editor. It is the ideal successor to legacy SDI multiviewers, and is purpose-built for the demands of live production.

In addition, Neuron Bridge has been enhanced to support up to 144 IP audio streams and multiple audio tracks per video signal, offering precision control over audio shuffling, gain, and delay. Its expanded audio routing capacity and IP resilience make it a powerful tool that helps engineering teams maintain quality and consistency with fewer tools.

Meanwhile, Neuron Convert further streamlines real-time signal processing, offering LUT transformations, up/down/cross conversion, high-quality deinterlacing, and color correction capabilities. The inclusion of Dolby E/D/D+ encoding and robust signal transport ensures mission-critical performance in distributed workflows.

PowerVision^® - Faster, confident decisions in high-stakes moments

EVS's PowerVision solution enables clear, fast, and confident officiating and analysis with a focus on precision and ease of use.

EVS will showcase its multi-angle review system Xeebra, capable of synchronizing up to 16 feeds in frame-accurate precision. Used across various sports disciplines, the system enables quick, confident decisions with a unified interface designed for speed and clarity.

Live demos will also spotlight the FIFA-certified AI-assisted Video Offside Line (VOL) technology, which dramatically reduces the time needed to identify offside positions during football matches, bringing precision and fairness to the field.

New to the PowerVision lineup is Xeebra Insight, a portable version that brings the same powerful review capabilities into a compact, tablet form factor, ideal for referees or coaches operating from the sidelines, as well as medical staff.

EVS secures key contract to support major international football tournament in 2026

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:30:00 +0200

EVS, a leading provider of live video technology for broadcast and new media productions, is pleased to announce it has been selected by HBS LLC to provide core broadcast technology for a prestigious international football tournament taking place in 2026 across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

As part of this multi-million euro agreement, which will contribute significantly to EVS’s Big Event Rental (BER) segment revenues in 2026, the company will provide a comprehensive turnkey solution encompassing broadcast and media equipment, as well as services to support live replay operations, logging, asset management and file content distribution.

The deployment will leverage EVS’s cutting-edge live production and replay solution LiveCeption®, alongside its advanced live production asset management solution MediaCeption®, as well as the VIA MAP platform, ensuring seamless and high-quality coverage across the landmark event.

This agreement further strengthens EVS’s position as a trusted technology partner for premium live sports productions on a global scale.

EVS secures landmark deal with Al Jazeera at NAB Show

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 20:00:00 +0200

EVS, a leader in live video production technology for the broadcast and new media industry, has announced a major agreement with Al Jazeera Media Network, one of the leading international news organizations with over 70 bureaus around the globe. The contract will see EVS deliver its state-of-the-art content management solution, MediaCeption®, to streamline and enhance news production workflows across five key locations: Doha, London, Washington D.C., New York, and Sarajevo.

MediaCeption will provide Al Jazeera with a unified workflow designed to efficiently manage and edit live and near-live news content. Each location will have the capability to ingest multiple live feeds, browse, edit, and share news packages from a centralized storage system, and seamlessly playout news as events unfold. The comprehensive solution from EVS includes XS-VIA® servers, the new media asset platform VIA MAP®, and the high-performance storage system XStore®. As a result, MediaCeption will enable faster content turnaround, reliable and stress-free operations, multi-site collaboration, and certified integration with tools from leading technology partners, including Avid Interplay and Media Composer, as well as Viz Mosart.

Commenting on the partnership, Ahmad Al Fahad, Executive Director of Technology & Network Operations at Al Jazeera Media Network, stated: “We are pleased to work with EVS to bring MediaCeption into our news production ecosystem. EVS’s proven track record of delivering fast and reliable solutions, combined with their global technical support presence, gives us the confidence to meet the challenges of modern news delivery."

Serge Van Herck, CEO of EVS, added: “We are honored to have been selected by Al Jazeera as their trusted partner for this transformative project. Al Jazeera is a longstanding and valued customer, and we are excited to deliver a solution that aligns perfectly with the demands of today’s fast-paced news production environment. This partnership highlights our commitment to innovation, reliability, and customer success, and we look forward to supporting Al Jazeera as they continue to set the standard in global news broadcasting.”

The solution is scheduled for installation in Q2, with Al Jazeera set to go on air with the new system in Q3 2025.

EVS expands asset management solution with the introduction of Move I/O and Move UP

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:30:00 +0200

EVS, a leader in live video technology for broadcast and new media productions, announces the introduction of two new products: Move I/O – media on the move: seamless ingest and playout – and Move UP – media on the move: advanced file-based ingest and transcoding. These new tools streamline media ingest, playout, and transcoding workflows, enhancing efficiency and flexibility for media professionals worldwide.

Both products, which expand MediaCeption®, EVS’s media asset management solution, have been engineered through the collaboration of EVS’s team members in Liège and Porto, following the company’s acquisition of MOG Technologies last year. They will be showcased for the first time at the NAB Show 2025 in Las Vegas at the EVS booth #SL3316 in the South Lower hall.

Move I/O – Streamlining media acquisition and delivery

Named after its ability to easily “Move Media In and Out” , Move I/O is a powerful baseband ingest and playback tool. The new addition to EVS’s MediaCeption solution family enables seamless media acquisition across multiple formats and resolutions. Key features include:

Multi-format and multi-resolution support: Ensures compatibility across diverse workflows.
Hybrid ingest capability: Supports SDI baseband and compressed IP streams (e.g., SRT, NDI, HLS) on the same server with dynamic resource allocation.
Intuitive dashboard widgets: Operators can customize their experience and control multiple servers from a single web interface.
Built-in scheduling: Simplifying ingest planning and streamlining operations.
Comprehensive Avid integration: Direct check-in to Avid MediaCentral and standalone Media Composer support.
Scalable deployment: Operates as a standalone server or in a multi-server group, on-premises or in the cloud.
Multi-resolution playback: Quickly review your recordings in full resolution and organize playback seamlessly with intuitive playlists.

Move UP – Optimizing file-based ingest and transcoding

Move UP, reflecting its role in moving media “UP” through the transcoding process, enhances file-based ingest, transcoding and delivery workflows by eliminating the complexity of handling multiple formats, codecs, and frame rates. Key features include:

Broad codec and format support: Ideal for broadcast, post-production, and OTT applications.
Intuitive dashboard widgets: Operators can customize their experience and control multiple render nodes from a single web interface.
Scalable render farm: Ensures high-performance media processing.
Tight Avid integration: Seamless interopability with Avid Media Composer and MediaCentral for ingest and delivery workflows – browse MediaCentral catalogs including Avid sequences/master clips to create deliverables.
Edit while ingest: Enables real-time access in Avid and Adobe.
Advanced metadata management: Multi-configuration metadata enrichment.
Automated workflows: Watch folders and REST API integration.
Accelerated performance: CPU and GPU acceleration for high-resolution footage and complex formats.
Flexible deployment: Deployable on-premises or in the cloud.

Designed for diverse production environments

Move I/O and Move UP cater to a wide range of production needs, including scripted and unscripted drama, corporate events, houses of worship, and newsroom production. With these additions, EVS continues to offer best-in-class media supply chain tools, empowering customers with greater choice and flexibility in their production workflows.

“Move I/O and Move UP deliver powerful, scalable, and intuitive ingest and transcoding capabilities, ensuring that media professionals can work more efficiently than ever,” adds Oscar Teran, EVP Markets & Solutions at EVS.