Company Profile

Ross Video designs, markets, manufactures, and supports a wide range of innovative products for use in broadcast, distribution, live event and production applications.  Ross products are found in over 100 countries and are used 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to produce and distribute video and audio signals. Our reach is worldwide with Ross sales office locations throughout Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and China, with more office openings planned in the future.

Ross product lines include:

Vision MD/X Series
The new Vision MD/X Series Multi-Definition production switchers utilize the latest technology to operate in all popular Standard and High Definition formats. The powerful line of award winning modular control panels for this switcher redefine what is possible for the control of a live production.

Synergy MD/X Series
The Synergy MD/X Series Multi-Definition production switchers utilize the latest technology to operate in all popular Standard and High Definition formats. Many new, groundbreaking features are available on the Synergy MD/X line.

Synergy SD Series
The hugely popular Synergy SD Series Standard Definition digital production switchers are a complete line of extremely powerful, well priced switchers that operate in both 525 and 625 line standards.

openGear Terminal Equipment
openGear is an award-winning open-platform line of video and audio rack mount terminal equipment founded by Ross Video. There is a large and growing list of manucturers designing to this platform which will provide an unprecedented choice of compatible solutions to customers around the world.

RossGear Terminal Equipment
RossGear is a comprehensive line of video and audio rack mount terminal equipment that encompasses a full range of encoders, decoders, monitoring converters, distribution amplifiers, and more.

OverDrive Automated Production Control System
The OverDrive Automated Production Control System is a touch screen control system that extends the Technical Director's reach to include all devices in an on air production control room.  Enabling more consistent and efficient productions, OverDrive is truly revolutionary.

Self Funded Growth

Founded in 1974, Ross Video was initially funded with a $3,000 investment, the proceeds of the sale of John Ross' personal airplane. From our humble beginnings in John's basement and garage, Ross has grown to an international company with more than 250 employees.

Today, the Ross family continues to own Ross Video. John Ross sits on the Board of Directors, and David Ross is the CEO, working with a broadly experienced professional management team.

Since the beginning, Ross Video's growth has been entirely self-funded.  We believe that our ability to grow without external funding is at the core of a disciplined approach to our business.  We closely manage all aspects of our operations ensuring efficiency in everything we do.

With no outside shareholders to please, we are free to focus on the satisfaction of our customers and respond to customer needs ahead of short-term profit goals.  This approach makes us extremely resilient, as other companies have come and gone, Ross Video continues to grow and succeed.

Our Employees are the Key to Our Success

Any company is the sum total of the people that make things happen.  At Ross, our employees are a special group.  Our employees truly care about doing a great job and delivering a high quality customer experience every day.  This code of ethics hangs on the wall of all Ross Video locations to guide our behavior:

Ross Video Code of Ethics

1. We will always act in our customer's best interest.
2. We will do our best to understand our customer's requirements.
3. We will not ship crap.
4. We will be great to work with.
5. We will do something extra for our customers, as an apology, when something big goes wrong and it's our fault.
6. We will keep our promises.
7. We will treat the competition with respect.
8. We will cooperate with and help other friendly companies.
9. We will go above and beyond in times of crisis.
10. If there's no one to authorize the required action in times of company or customer crisis - do what you know in your heart is right.  (You may rent helicopters if necessary.)

In House Manufacturing Delivers Quality, On Time

Ross Video handles all key manufacturing activities internally.  This gives us full control over the quality we deliver to our customers as well as enabling us to respond quickly and deliver on tight production timelines to meet important customer on air or event dates.  Our manufacturing department consistently hits delivery commitments at close to 100%.

Excellent R&D is a Priority

As a technology company, Research and Development is of key importance.  Our President and our Founder are both engineers and they ensure that our R&D group is well staffed and equipped with the latest tools to deliver the best new products to our customers. Research and Development in to new products and technologies is so important to us that Ross reinvests well above the industry average with over 25% of our revenue reinvested in new product development or the enhancement of existing products.  Our R&D groups have won 8 major industry awards for new product excellence and innovation in the past 6 years with numerous patents awarded or pending.

Our Customers are in Good Company

Ross Video has satisfied customers throughout the world (and soon on the International Space Station). Our broadcast customer list includes NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox & HBO in the United States, CBC, CTV and Global in Canada, the BBC and Agenda in the UK, TVE, Galaxia, in Spain, KBS, STV and SBS in Korea, SABC in South Africa, Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico, ABC in Australia, CTV in Taiwan, Hunan in China, and Doordarshan  and Zee TV in India. We are providing broadcast solutions to many cable companies such as Time Warner, Comcast and Rogers Cable as well as Direct to Home broadcasters such as SKY-TV, Echo Star, Expressvu and StarChoice.  We have hundreds of educational users including Columbia College, Northwestern University and Purdue University.  We have also enjoyed tremendous success with sports stadiums such as Staples Center (LA Kings and Lakers), American Airlines Center (Dallas Mavericks and Stars), Air Canada Center (Toronto Raptors and Maple Leafs), and many more. Our corporate clientele include well-known organizations like IBM, Cisco, Burger King, and Radio Shack.

Many of our customers are happy to provide references of their positive experiences doing business with Ross Video, these are available for review on our website.

Our Future is Bright

As exceptional as the first 30 years have been, we promise that the best of Ross Video is yet to come.  Our ability to efficiently transform technology into cool new product and market, deliver, and support it with a superior customer experience has never been greater.

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