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Iroquois, ON, Canada – March 19, 2007 – Ross Video and Norpak Corporation officially announced their partnership to expand the openGear terminal equipment platform. Norpak is a leading manufacturer of television data systems for the broadcast and professional video industries. Norpak will join other terminal equipment vendors in supporting the award winning openGear platform.

openGear is based on an open-architecture, 2RU modular frame, designed to accommodate up to 10 cards. A wide variety of cards are available from terminal equipment vendors supporting the openGear platform, allowing facilities the freedom and flexibility to choose the best technology for their particular applications. Customers are no longer locked into one manufacturer’s frame standard and modules for their terminal equipment solutions. openGear also provides the platform with a control system that allows quick and easy monitoring and control of frames and modules on the network.

“We are excited to join openGear as a leading edge provider of data systems,” said Harvey Barnes, Vice President of Marketing & Sales. “The openGear platform will allow Norpak to better develop solutions that provide more flexibility and choice to customers worldwide. Norpak will be introducing its first openGear data inserter solution at NAB 2007.”

“We are delighted Norpak has joined the openGear platform,” said Eric Goodmurphy, Marketing Product Manager, RossGear. “In the past year openGear has grown to twelve partners with a solid commitment to deliver state-of-the-art terminal equipment solutions from multiple vendors.”

About Norpak Corporation – NAB Booth C2230
With over 28 years of experience Norpak Corporation is a leading manufacturer of television data systems for the broadcast and professional video industries. TV broadcasters, cable TV system operators, satellite operators, content creators, systems integrators, value-added service providers, and OEM equipment suppliers worldwide have embraced Norpak products.

Norpark products address metadata, closed-caption, interactive TV, monitoring, and filtering applications and include analog, SD & HD serial digital, and MPEG-TS encoders, bridges and receivers. Information is available at www.norpak.ca and www.opengear.tv.

About Ross Video – NAB Booth SU6010
Ross Video designs, manufactures and supports a wide range of innovative products for use in broadcast, distribution, live event and production applications. Ross products are used to produce and distribute video and audio signals in over 100 countries daily. Ross’ award winning product line includes the Synergy SD, Synergy MD and MD-X Video Production Switchers, openGear, RossGear and GearLite Terminal Gear, Ross Routing Systems and the OverDrive Production Control System.

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For further information, please contact:
Jennifer Nicolaassen Barrie
Public Relations Co-ordinator
T. (613) 652-4886
F. (613) 652-4425
E. jbarrie@rossvideo.com