EVS BROADCAST / MULTI-MILLION EUR ORDERS FROM BSKYB AND CONFIRMED GUIDANCE

 

Liège, Belgium, August 8th, 2005, EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. (ISIN BE0003820371, Bloomberg EVS BB, Reuters EVSB.BR) made the following announcement:

 

 

EVS has concluded multi-million deals in the UK market for its new platform, XT[2], which has been successfully released last June during the Confederations Cup in Germany. More than 30 XT[2] hybrid SD/HD systems have been ordered by BSkyB and independent production companies for the outside production in High-Definition of the UK Premier League and new near-live studio applications. Ahead of the BSkyB HD service launch in the UK and Ireland in the first half of 2006, Sky has already committed the XT[2] as a key element of its new HD production workflow. From the beginning of the new season, the Premier League is being partly captured in the High Definition format.

 

These deals pave the way for a wider market acceptance of the newly launched XT[2] but mainly provides more visibility for the current year and confirms the 2005 guidance : a transition year compared to 2004 with a weak first half and a much stronger second half-year.

 

EVS will release its 1H05 results next Wednesday September 7, before market opening.