ENPS has been a popular newsroom computer system in broadcasting for many years. It supports core tasks in any newsroom: script writing, rundown creation, and editorial operations. But as news production becomes more automated and cloud-driven, many broadcasters are asking whether ENPS alone is enough, or if an alternative to ENPS might fit better into today’s production realities.
Where Traditional NRCS Tools Like ENPS Reach Their Limits
Modern news production software increasingly needs to bridge editorial planning with technical execution — not treat them as separate worlds.
As broadcasting technologies evolve, so do expectations for the traditional NRCS tools. News production is no longer tied to one control room or linear broadcast. Teams now have to work across multiple workflows, platforms, time zones, and locations. And that’s exactly where traditional newsroom solutions lag behind.
They do not support real-time collaboration, collaborative editing, cloud access, and direct links to studio automation. And even if they do, that adds an extra layer of complexity to an already technically heavy setup.
The growing demand for merging editorial and technical has been shaping the shift among broadcasters to transition to tools that are more adaptable and are easy to integrate. In other words, tools that allow them to do more with less.
Automation and Collaboration in One Workflow: Cuez as a Cloud-First NRCS Alternative
Rather than focusing on editorial tasks only, Cuez combines rundown management, real-time collaboration, and automation in a single cloud-native platform, approaching newsroom workflows from the perspective of production as a whole.
As an ENPS alternative, Cuez enables teams to build rundowns that are directly linked to studio devices and automated actions. This creates a clearer, more predictable relationship between what’s planned in the newsroom and what happens in the control room.
One of the key distinctions of Cuez as a modern news production software solution is its no-code approach to automation. Instead of relying on complex configurations, newsrooms can connect systems and define automation logic in a way that’s easy to understand and maintain, even for team members with no technical background.
At the same time, Cuez operates from a browser, allowing editorial and technical teams to work from the same rundown without any complicated software and hardware installs.
Modernizing Without Disrupting Live Operations
At Cuez, we understand how difficult it can be to introduce a new tool into your control room. But adopting a new NRCS doesn’t have to mean replacing existing systems in one go. Cuez supports MOS integrations, allowing you to operate alongside ENPS while benefiting from automation and cloud-based workflows where they add the most value.
This step-by-step approach makes it possible to modernize your newsroom operations without introducing unnecessary risk to live broadcasts and disrupting the existing set up dramatically, something any broadcaster will find valuable.
Choosing the Right Newsroom Computer System Today
ENPS remains a trusted tool in many newsrooms. But as production requirements evolve, more broadcasters are reassessing whether their NRCS supports the way they work today — and the way they plan to work in the future.
Cloud-first, automation capabilities, easy and instant collaboration are the characteristics teams are looking for when searching for an alternative to ENPS. And tools like Cuez offer exactly that – a more modern and interconnected workflow, without compromising on the quality and budget.
Ecaterina Caprari
Content Marketeer