The initial goal was to combine the resources of the different TV channels and to reduce costs by sharing news footage, technical facilities, and satellite space.
It maintains close cooperation with the Alianza Informativa Latinoamericana (AIL), a similar collaborative news organization in Latin America.
Each member submits material from their own-produced news programmes to the ENEX content pool without receiving any financial compensation.
The Greek financial crisis of summer 2015 saw ENEX deploying satellite trucks to Athens but also to each of the long-running string of governmental meetings in Brussels, Strasbourg, and Luxembourg City such as Eurogroup, Ecofin and full council.
The Germanwings plane crash saw ENEX have live camera positions in Seyne Les Alpes, France, Dusseldorf Airport and Haltern Am See in Germany.
Over the course of the Charlie Hebdo tragedy, ENEX used three SNGs to provide positions in five locations, including the magazine's offices on the first day and the Paris supermarket for the final hostage-freeing.
Pre-planned events have included the British royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the birth of their two children and the election of Pope Francis in 2013.