News Releases - 2005

Barrington Broadcast Relies on the Ross OverDrive System

Ottawa, ON, Canada – March 28, 2005 – Ross Video today announced Barrington Broadcast’s purchase of their third OverDrive Live Production Control System. The latest station to receive the OverDrive System is KRCG in Jefferson City, MO. Barrington’s WHOI in Peoria, Ill and WEYI in Flint, Mich. are currently producing all of their news programming with OverDrive.

Keith Bland, Senior VP of Acquisitions and Development, Barrington Broadcast said “We believe in the OverDrive Live Production Control System. It has changed our approach to News production and has given us the freedom and flexibility to produce first rate news programming efficiently.”

Barrington Broadcast owns and operates mid-market television stations across the US. The company constantly searches for innovative technologies to improve production efficiency. OverDrive offers Barrington flexibility, control and cost savings in producing quality news programming. Their stations using OverDrive can produce multiple newscasts more consistently and efficiently with a smaller crew.

“The OverDrive system provides efficient and superior centralized control for all news production control rooms. Through OverDrive, workflow is simplified, late breaking events can easily be accommodated and the user has the ability to control many production devices. Barrington’s success with OverDrive speaks for itself,” said OverDrive Product Manager, Brad Rochon. “OverDrive is a powerful tool and Barrington has used the technology to their advantage.”

About Barrington Broadcasting
Barrington Broadcasting was formed in 2003 to acquire and operate television stations in mid-sized markets in the United States. Since 2004, Barrington has announced the purchase of four network-affiliated stations and one construction permit. Barrington’s stations include: WHOI (ABC) in Peoria, Ill, WEYI (NBC) in Flint, Mich., KHQA (CBS) in Quincy, Ill., and KRCG (CBS) in Jefferson City, Mo. Barrington also has a construction permit for a Bay City, Mich. station.

About Ross Video Limited
Ross Video designs, manufactures and supports a wide range of innovative products for use in broadcast, distribution, live event and production applications. Ross products distribute video and audio signals in over 100 countries daily. Ross’ award winning product lines include: the Synergy SD, Synergy MD and MD-X Video Production Switchers, Squeeze & Tease WARP DVE, RossGear and GearLite Terminal Gear, Kondor and NK Routing Systems, and the OverDrive Production Control System.

For further information, please contact:
Jennifer Nicolaassen Barrie, Public Relations Co-ordinator
T. (613) 652-3020 F. (613) 652-4425
E. jbarrie@rossvideo.com