NDR (ARD) modernizes its news content management with MediaCeption from EVS

MediaCeption (EVS) marks the new stage of North German Radio (NDR), German public television channel belonging to the ARD that has decided to opt for a new system that will allow a “unified and complete” news production workflow.

The content management solution EVS will have a leading role in daily news, Germany's most watched news program, produced by ARD-aktuell. Likewise, it will feed content to the news magazine daily topics, the 24/7 news channel tagesschau24, the website tagesschau.de and numerous video formats on social networks.

With the multimedia asset management platform VIA (VIA MAP) as the core, MediaCeption will provide daily news and Complete end-to-end news production environment to manage and edit live news content and “almost live.” The solution also introduces workflows driven by artificial intelligence which will further modernize tagesschau newsroom operations.

The system lands on NDR with certified integrations with technology partners such as OpenMedia NRCS y Viz Mosart Automation, enabling a cohesive workflow that connects tagesschau's cross-media newsroom with industry-standard tools for maximum efficiency. In parallel, the servers XS-VIA They will work in conjunction with VIA MAP to ensure robustness of ingest and playback. Additionally, EVS will also provide nearline storage based on XStore and enhanced, secure disaster recovery workflows with IPDirector, LSM-VIA and XNet-VIA.

Marcus Bornheim, editor jefe de ARD-aktuell, celebrate the possibilities cross media that the EVS tool will bring: "News is always about speed. We are pleased to have found together with EVS a solution that supports our crossmedia workflows in the newsroom and that will also take us to a new phase when it comes to artificial intelligence. The EVS team gives us the confidence that our partnership will allow our newsroom teams to focus on storytelling, knowing that the technology will always be up to the task."

On the part of EVS, are CEO, Serge Van Herck, expresses his “pride” for collaborating with NDR on “this very important project.” "As a valued customer, NDR continues to push the boundaries of modern production, and we are delighted to support them with a solution that offers the speed, integration and flexibility required in today's news production landscape. This collaboration underscores our commitment to innovation, reliability and success for our customers, and we look forward to helping NDR deliver exceptional content to its audiences," he said.

Since the news production system inherited from ARD current is reaching the end of its life cycle, the installation of the robust and unified solution of EVS is already underway and is scheduled to come into operation in 2026.