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Japan’s Kyodo Television chooses technology innovator EVS for its flexible and future-proof live production server technology

Mosart, a leading newscast automation system provider, has partnered with EVS, a leader in broadcast production technology, to help producers and newscasters improve newsroom productivity. The companies have teamed up to provide newsrooms with improved production workflows using EVS’ XT/XS series production servers controlled by Mosart’s automated interface.

From August 21 to 23, EVS will be at Broadcast & Cable (Video Systems’ booth D8/D9) to present its latest range of solutions for fast turnaround TV sports, news and entertainment. The leader in live sports and high speed media production technology will give visitors new production perspectives based on its new XT3 and XS production servers.

Visitors to the booth will learn about these exciting innovations and advanced solutions:

Sports360° - XT3 Live & Beyond

At this year’s IBC, EVS will help the broadcast industry prepare for the future with its new production systems and solutions. From meeting the needs of newsroom operations, shaping the future of sports broadcasting and helping to turn around TV productions, EVS’ solutions are designed to boost performance through flexibility, speed of delivery, and reliability.

Turner Sports Central’s new asset management system has been shortlisted in the content creation category of the IBC2012 Innovation Awards. EVS, a leading provider of broadcast and media production systems for sports, news and TV entertainment, provided a centralized ingest and playout workflow for the system, which was developed in-house to track, log and retrieve 27,000 live recording hours of content from more than 6,000 individual events each year.

EVS, a leading provider of broadcast and media production systems for sports, news and TV entertainment, has announced native support for Sony XDCAM 422 50Mbps HD codec in its flagship XT3 and XS suite of live and near-live broadcast production servers. The production technology specialist developed an integrated module to its XT3 and XS servers, offering native XDCAM encoding and decoding capabilities - the leading codec of choice for a range of studio productions.

Outside broadcast (OB) specialist, CTV, recently used EVS technology to ensure the successful editing and play out of BBC1’s TV coverage of the world renowned 2012 BAFTA ceremony. The prestigious awards were held on 12 February at London’s Royal Opera House. EVS, the leading provider of broadcast and media production systems for sports, news and TV entertainment, supplied integrated and streamlined production facilities, delivering the speed, control and reliability the BAFTA broadcast needed to ensure dynamic content from the stage to the red carpet.
 

At the 2012 NAB Show, EVS will present its latest range of solutions for fast turnaround TV sports, news and entertainment. The leader in live sports and high speed media production technology will give visitors new production perspectives based on its new XT3 and XS production servers.

This year EVS has expanded its booth and moved to the South Lower hall (SL3815), reflecting the company’s leading position in media management and close alliance with key technology partners.

Visitors to the booth will learn about these exciting innovations and advanced solutions:

ORF, the Austrian national public service broadcaster, has contracted EVS to upgrade a total of 13 XT2 media servers to the latest XT3 series and to introduce the powerful IPDirector content production management suite for live sports broadcasts and in-house studio productions.

Aiming to deliver the most exciting viewing experience to millions of worldwide rugby fans,SKY TV New Zealand productions opted for a complete EVS technology-based architecture for all recordings and fast turnaround editing operations.  The live production operations of all matches were covered by four HD mobile units and two flyaway production kits distributed to different venues around the country. Each OB unit was equipped with six to eight XT series servers, depending on the number of games.  Up to 24 cameras and five Super Motion systems were used to cover the top matches.

Epsio.Air is the latest EVS solution which is part of the Epsio graphic suite. Epsio’s patented technology is designed to enhance sports broadcast programs with ads and other virtual graphic overlays added on the pitch or to replace surrounding billboards.  

Perfectly adapted for live and near-live TV programs, C-Cast naturally responds to the needs of a new generation of viewers.  The tool allows access to complementary or exclusive content of main broadcast programs on a “second screen” platform available on iPads, Smart TVs, Smartphone’s, laptops and other devices.

At this year’s Tour de France the German public broadcasting network ZDF used a fiber based MediorNet system from Riedel Communications to connect its DSNG and the main OB truck. A Riedel Artist digital matrix intercom system enabled communications between the various OB vehicles that were used for broadcast. In addition, a number of racing teams, such as Team RadioShack, used the Riedel brand NanoTalk for the communication between riders, technicians and the team captains during the races.

EVS is introducing Sports360°, a new concept covering all aspects of sports media from live broadcasting to new media distribution, writes David Fox.

Sport360° aims to help content owners, broadcasters and facility companies to address multiple markets and cope with the partitioning of rights for different platforms.

This year at IBC2011, EVS introduces Sports360°; the new concept covering all aspects of sports media from live broadcasting to new media distribution. The EVS booth will line up a complete set of tools enabling workflow offering the best of IT and broadcast technologies for news and production.
Come and discover these exciting innovations and advanced solutions at the EVS stand, Hall 8 B90.

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