| Type | Public: Euronext: EVS |
|---|---|
| Industry | Broadcast Technology |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Liège, Belgium |
| Revenue | 111,000,000 € (2010)[1] |
| Employees | 410 (2011) |
| Subsidiaries | XDC, OpenCube technologies |
| Website | EVS website |
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA manufactures live outside broadcast digital video production systems. Its recorders have become the dominant standard for broadcasters worldwide. Their XT3 production video servers enable the creation, editing, exchange and playout of audio and video feeds.
The company states that over 5,000 operators of all nationalities now use their applications on a daily basis.
EVS has achieved substantial success in compressed video and audio data processing, and is endeavouring to maintain their market position in the migration from analogue to digital in television networks.
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The programming of the television networks consists primarily of broadcasting prerecorded images which, until very recently, were stored on tapes. But linear editing (or editing on tape) is being replaced by digital media or non-linear editing. Today, digital technology on hard disk (non-linear, by definition) is the common alternative. There has been clear confirmation of a migration towards this technology for some years, even though it will still take another 5 to 6 years or so for the hard disk penetration rate to increase from 30% to 70%. Television stations began migrating to tapeless interoperable computer platforms beginning in the late 1990s. Video recorders are rarely used nowadays for live productions. EVS type digital media servers are the norm in Broadcasting.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. was founded in February 1994 by Laurent Minguet, Pierre L’Hoest and Michel Counson. The founders of EVS aimed to develop equipment for the digital recording of pictures on hard disks (disk recorders) for professional broadcasters within the television industry.
EVS initially stood for "Ecriture Video Simulation", offering a product aimed at architects with video/graphics tools. Current international salesmen may explain it as "Extreme Video Systems".
EVS acquired in 2010 the MXF specialist OpenCube Technologies company.
The company, or its products, has received a lot of international awards[2][3][4][5][6][7][8].