type public euronext evs industry broadcast technology founded 1994 founder pierre l hoest laurent minguet headquarters li ge belgium products xt3 multicam lsm xs c cast epsio opencube revenue 131 400 000 2014 1 number of employees 486 february 2013 2 website www.evs.com 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 success in compressed video and audio data processing and is endeavouring to maintain its market position in the migration from analogue to digital in television networks . contents 1 tapeless television production 2 company history 3 products 4 awards 5 offices 6 references 7 external links tapeless television production edit 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 citation needed 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 % . citation needed 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 live broadcasting . 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 not in citation given company history edit evs was co founded in 1994 by pierre lhoest and laurent minguet . 10 three years later the company invested 30 % of its capital in private funds roundabout eur 4 million . in 1998 evs was listed for the first time on the stock exchange with an initial eur 14.8 quotation 11 per share at comparable levels 12 and was valued at eur 204 million . in that same year evs acquired vse a hardware subcontractor managed by michel counson . in that transaction vse received evs shares for an approximate eur 4.5 million value . since then evs has become a major broadcast actor focusing on digital recording technologies for live sport tv production . evs core products are primarily used in outbroadcasting vans ob vans and allow high quality respectively slow motion image replay . evs has revolutionised the professional digital recording by being the first to introduce a hard disk drive in that field instead of the traditional magnetic tape recording a business led at that time by sony and panasonic . citation needed after establishing itself in outbroadcasting sport production evs started using their high value servers to address tv studio production with a full range of products from 2002 . that strategic move contributed to a 40 % uplift in 2012 . 13 additionally evs founded xdc in 2004 a pioneer in high definition cinema broadcasting which was restructured within the dcinex group . evs sold its stake in dcinex in 2014 . 14 in 2001 laurent minguet stepped down from his position as a director . three years later he gave up his position . from his side pierre l hoest decided to leave 15 his role as a ceo and director following the board of directors meeting held on september 15 of 2011 . in a transitional period evs was managed by its board of directors . in 2012 evs appoints joop janssen as ceo . 16 the 10th of october 2014 the board of directors and joop janssen mutually agreed to end the term of the office and duties of joop janssen . muriel de lathouwer a member of the board of directors of evs chairing the strategy committee is appointed as the president of the executive committee on an interim basis . 17 the 5th of january 2015 evs announced that it has acquired the scalable video system gmbh svs developing it based vision mixers and dyvi live sa company based in brussels and distributing the products of svs under the name dyvi . 18 the 19th of february 2015 evs broadcast equipment appoints muriel de lathouwer as managing director & ceo 19 products edit xt3 this video server allows broadcasters to record control and play clips ingesting synchronously multiple feeds . multicam lsm this is the controller software for the xt3 server . combined with its remote controller it allows instant replays and slow motion effects widely used in sport broadcast . xs this is the production server for studio environment . ipdirector this is a software used to control the xt3 server offering several features as metadata management rough cut editing and playlist management . xedio a modular application suite intended for broadcast professionals which handles the acquisition production media management and the playout of news . it includes a non linear editing system cleanedit which can work virtually . c cast the tool delivers instant additional content to viewers on second screen media platforms . epsio the tool allows to insert graphics overlays in real time or in instant replays . opencube family mxf server that offers mxf file generation for streamlined tapeless workflows xfreader mxf reader and xfconverter mxf conversion . awards edit the company and its products have received various international awards the ibc2014 judges prize 20 best distribution technology award 2014 for its c cast 21 tv technology star awards at ibc2013 for its xt3 4k version 22 pick hit award for ibc 2013 for its xt3 4k version 23 tech & engineering emmy award for its hd super motion systems 24 spanish av industry award for evs xt2 25 tv technology star awards at ibc2010 for mediarchive director 26 technology implementation of the year award for qvest media at digital studio awards 2010 27 ibc 2009 pick hit awards for evs new graphic overlay solution 28 tvbeurope best of ibc award for ipedit 29 star 2008 tv technology for evs xt2web 30 pick hit award for ibc 2011 for c cast 31 iabm design and innovation award for content and communication infrastructure for c cast 32 offices edit evs headquarters administration production and development are located in li ge in belgium . 4 additional development centers are found in toulouse for opencube mxf products paris for epsio brussels for mediarchive director . weiterstadt for dyvi evs has also sales and support offices in london los angeles new york dubai mexico paris munich madrid brescia beijing hong kong sydney and mumbai . references edit 1 2 q1 2013 . evs . evs at heart of olympics host broadcast broadcast engineering 28 november 2011 . retrieved 10 may 2012 . evs wins london olympics contract tvb europe . 10 january 2012 . retrieved 10 may 2012 . olympics 2012 nbc to broadcast london games in 3d the hollywood reporter the 1st november 2012 evs sportnet at the heart of the nbc olympic coverage broadcastpapers.com 2004 harmonic to provide mediagrid shared storage systems and promedia carbon transcoding for nbc olympics production of the london games harmonic april 14 2012 evs serves up olympic replay playback for multiple clients 403 hd obvans an overview on the installed hardware extrait moniteur belges 1994 03 16 049 evs broadcast equipement code 452.080.178 la non d cision de la buba l echo 23 octobre1998 . evs se coupe en 5 pour l actionnaire la libre 25 f vrier 2005 r sultats 2012 d evs lci 30 ao t 2012 evs broadcast equipment sells its stake in dcinex to ymagis sa une nouvelle re s ouvre pour evs lecho 01 10 2011 belgium evs broadcast equipment appoints joop janssen as ceo yahoo finance evs broadcast equipment announces departure of joop janssen managing director and ceo evs broadcast equipment acquires 100 % of svs gmbh evs broadcast equipment appoints muriel de lathouwer as managing director & ceo the judges prize went to fifa tv the broadcast arm of fifa and its technology partners for world cup coverage that includes some use of 4k 8k 360 degree photography as well as extensive web content . technology partners included tv globo nhk dolby evs fraunhofer heinrich heitz institute telegenic deltratre eutelsat eurovsion ebu netco sports boxframe fujinon and sony . the hollywood reporter 14 09 2014 the audiovisual industry rewards the best companies installations and productions panorama audiovisual 21 05 2014 xt3 4k wins the tvtechnology europe award 2013 xt3 4k wins the ibc2013 pick hit award evs receives prestigious tech & engineering emmy award for its hd super motion systems live production tv 26 november 2010 . retrieved 10 may 2012 . evs xt2 server wins spanish av industry award evs star awards at ibc2010 tv technology qvest media & al jazeera sport honored at digital studio awards 17 march 2010 evs . the necessary ingest and playout technology was supplied by qvest media s system partner evs broadcast engineering ibc2009 pick hit awards broadcast engineering ipedit winner of a tvbeurope best of ibc award evs evs xt2web gets the star 2008 award tv technology evs launches official release of the awarded winning c cast live production tv 17 november 2011 . retrieved 10 may 2012 . iabm design and innovation award for content and communication infrastructure wikimedia commons has media related to evs broadcast equipment . external links edit evs website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title evs broadcast equipment & oldid 737445692 categories companies of belgiumcompanies listed on the euronext exchangesvideocloud computing providersfilm and video technologycomputer companiescompanies established in 1994computer hardware companiessoftware companies of belgiumhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements 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