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."