NDR Chooses EVS

EVS has announced a major agreement with Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), one of Germany's key public television networks within the ARD group.

As part of this agreement, EVS will deliver its MediaCeption® content management solution to streamline and enhance news production workflows for tagesschau, Germany's most-watched news program, produced by ARD-aktuell alongside the news magazine tagesthemen, the 24/7 news channel tagesschau24, the homepage tagesschau.de and numerous social-media video-formats.

With ARD-aktuell's existing legacy news production system reaching the end of its lifecycle, installation of the robust and unified solution by EVS is already underway and is scheduled to go on air during 2026.

With the VIA Media Asset Management Platform (VIA MAP) at its core, MediaCeption will provide tagesschau with a complete end-to-end news production environment for managing and editing live and near-live news content. The solution also introduces AI-driven workflows that will further modernize tagesschau's newsroom operations.

Certified integrations with leading technology partners, including OpenMedia NRCS, and Viz Mosart Automation, ensure a cohesive workflow, connecting the cross media tagesschau newsroom with industry-standard tools for maximum efficiency.

Additionally, XS-VIA servers will operate alongside VIA MAP for robust ingest and playout operations. Finally, to cover the complete operation, EVS will also provide nearline storage based on XStore, and enhanced secure disaster recovery workflows with IPDirector, LSM-VIA and XNet-VIA.

The resulting solution will empower NDR with faster content turnaround, reliable and stress-free operations, complete editing capabilities, and seamless collaboration across teams. VIA MAP’s web-based interface, flexible deployment options, and scalable architecture, ensure teams are well-equipped to handle the demands of live news production, including high-pressure situations such as breaking news coverage.

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