"What does an EVS operator actually do?"
- szymborskipiotr
- Nov 22, 2025
- 1 min read
EVS is a Belgian company whose systems sit at the heart of live TV production –
whether it’s an EVS server in an OB truck, in a TV studio, or in a newsroom.
When you watch top-level sports on channels like ESPN or BBC Sport, there is usually an EVS replay server worth well over €300,000 recording and playing back all the key moments. These systems are everywhere: from Miami to Tokyo, in South Africa, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and across Europe.
EVS has quietly become the standard for live TV. If you know how to drive it, you can work in sport, news, entertainment and at major global events.
So what does an EVS operator actually do?
In sports: instant replays after goals, points and fouls, multi-angle slow-mos, and full replay packages cut live during the match.
In entertainment: replays of the best moments in talent shows, concerts and galas, plus smooth transitions to breaks and highlight montages.
In news: when a politician or expert says something on camera and a few minutes later that exact quote is cut, cleaned and on air – very often that clip has gone through EVS. The operator does micro-editing in real time and sends it straight to the control room for playout.
In short:
EVS combines recording, lightning-fast editing and playout in one system – and the EVS operator turns that into a story, live.
If you’d like to learn how EVS really works in the truck, the TV studio and the newsroom, check out our Broadcast Academy:
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