EVS Broadcast Equipment announces a new market-focused strategy and vision
~ Strengthened leadership to deliver Enriched Live Production ~
Liege, Belgium, 21 February 2013 - EVS, the leading provider of live video
production systems, today announces a new market-focused strategy. The
announcement responds to a growing worldwide viewer demand for more engaging
live programming, and supports the increasing desire for content owners to
enrich their live content. The new strategy includes:
* A focus on four key markets: Sports, Entertainment, News and Media
* A new internal structure led by a reinforced Executive Committee
* A new brand and visual identity to support the new vision of the company
This will be publicly unveiled at NAB 2013 (stand SL2416) under the broad theme
Enriched Live Production. During the show, EVS will highlight new and innovative
workflow solutions aimed at optimising the live broadcasting infrastructure to
embrace new connected operations and 'live everywhere' offerings for the
consumer.
A focused strategy
The new strategy, drawing on the existing strengths of EVS, will be focused
around four key markets - Sports, Entertainment, News and Media. "It will," says
EVS CEO Joop Janssen, "enable us to better deliver our investments in R&D and
product innovation, help drive the expansion of our sales network, and continue
to improve our user training and customer support and bring even better products
to the market faster."
He adds: 'Our ambition is to accelerate the growth of our company and reach a
wider range of customers more quickly through a more focused strategy. Each
market has its own specific challenges and opportunities, so by aligning our
structure with the particular market demands of our customers, we aim to help
them continue to be successful, both now and in the future.'
EVS' four key markets are:
* EVS Sports: On the back of a highly successful Olympic sporting year, EVS is
now firmly on the road to Rio 2016. EVS Sports will enable broadcasters and
rights owners of all sizes and types to make use of extended remote
production and multi-platform distribution to help enrich their content,
maximise their revenues and improve the viewer experience. It partners with
customers to help improve their live outside broadcast operations, enhance
their sports venue and arena production capabilities and enable their media
handling and transfer workflows.
* EVS Entertainment: Production companies look to balance the need to produce
and deliver high-quality, enriched programming as efficiently as possible.
EVS' entertainment solutions deliver ultra-reliable recording and playback
for entertainment production - spanning concerts, stage shows, reality TV,
talk and game shows and TV series. Its modular solutions enable the reliable
and efficient ingest, editing and enrichment of content in a highly
collaborative, integrated environment.
* EVS News: In the competitive world of news, EVS' solutions provide first-to-
air news production workflows to enable broadcasters to capture and keep
viewers' attention by delivering quality, live news content, fast. Enabling
reliable, multi-source ingest and editing of content in a highly
collaborative, integrated environment, EVS' solutions allow broadcasters to
manage news footage from multiple sources so it can be aired instantly and
viewed on multiple platforms.
* EVS Media: EVS Media answers the growing needs of content owners - including
film studios, broadcasters, post-production houses, archive libraries and
enterprises - to manage, monetise and repurpose their valuable media
content. EVS' technology and services enable an open and flexible media
asset management lifecycle - from capture and production to output and
archive.
A stronger organisation
To better support the new market strategy, EVS is strengthening its Executive
Committee. Fully operational from 21 February 2013, it will be headed up by CEO,
Joop Janssen. The Executive Committee comprises the following people:
·        Joop Janssen, Managing Director & CEO
·        Luc Doneux, EVP Sports division
·        Henry Alexander, SVP Entertainment and News division (as from April
2013)
·        Benoît Février, SVP Media division
·        Jacques Galloy, EVP/CFO, Corporate Services
·        Bernard Stas, SVP Product strategy
·        Vincent Theunissen, SVP Human resources
·        Michel De Wolf, SVP/CTO
·        Nicolas Bourdon, SVP Marketing
A SVP operations and professional services will soon be appointed to manage
manufacturing and supply chain, customer support, project management and
training functions.
The sales organisation has also been updated with Quentin Grutman as SVP EMEA,
Frédéric Garroy as SVP Americas and Olivier Heurteaux as SVP Asia Pacific. They
report directly to CEO Joop Janssen.
A new brand, a new look
To support its new corporate strategy and vision, EVS will be rolling out a new
brand and visual identity, as well as a redesigned website, www.evs.com. Janssen
says: 'The dynamic new brand aims to capture the evolving nature of our business
and the way customers see us. It encapsulates all the essence and hallmarks of
EVS - reliability, professionalism and passion - and combines them with
innovative, fresh thinking to deliver a new market-focused approach to support
our customers today and tomorrow.'
Media contacts
For more information about this press release, or to set up an interview with
EVS, please contact:
Trade media contacts:
Nicolas BOURDON, SVP Marketing
Tel: +32 4 361 58 09, Email: marketing@evs.com
or
Sarah Kelley (EMEA) or Kim Willsher (Americas and APAC)
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry (PR company)
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7403 8878 / +1 310 569 2603
evs@rlyl.com
Corporate and financial media contacts:
Joop JANSSEN, Managing Director and CEO
Jacques GALLOY, Director & CFO
Geoffroy d'OULTREMONT, Vice President Investor Relations & Corporate
Communications
Tel: +32 4 361 70 14, Email: corpcom@evs.com
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business, financial condition, and results of operations of EVS and its
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of EVS's management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results or performance of the Company to differ
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statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to
reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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About EVS
EVS provides its customers with reliable and innovative technology to enable
the production of live, enriched video programming, allowing them to work more
efficiently and boost their revenue streams. Its industry-leading broadcast
and media production systems are used by broadcasters, production companies,
post-production facilities, film studios, content owners and archive libraries
around the globe. It spans four key markets - Sports, Entertainment, News and
Media.
Founded in 1994, its innovative Live Slow Motion system revolutionised live
broadcasting. Its reliable and integrated tapeless solutions, based around its
market-leading XT server range, are now widely used to deliver live
productions worldwide. Today, it continues to develop practical innovations,
such as its C-Cast second-screen delivery platform, to help customers maximise
the value of their media content.
The company is headquartered in Belgium and has offices in Europe, the Middle
East, Asia and North America. Approximately 465 EVS professionals from 20
offices are selling its branded products in over 100 countries, and provide
customer support globally. EVS is a public company traded on Euronext
Brussels: EVS, ISIN: BE0003820371. For more information, please visit
www.evs.com.
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