News Releases - 2005

Ross Wins OCRI Technology Company of the Year Award

Ottawa, ON, Canada – April 21, 2005 – Ross Video has won the coveted OCRI (Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation) Technology Company of the Year award. John Ross, Founder and Chairman of the Board accepted the award during the annual OCRI Awards held at the Westin Hotel last night.

“We are absolutely thrilled to be selected as OCRI Technology Company of the Year,” said David Ross, President, Ross Video. “Ottawa is well known as the high technology capital of Canada with a lot of great local companies. Our success would not have been possible without the impressive regional talent pool that helps us to compete and win on the world stage.”

“The broadcast television business is a lot of fun,” continued David at length. “If you are watching television, chances are the pictures you see are touched in some way by Ross Video equipment through the production chain.”

“This award is a tribute to the employees at Ross. It’s the employees of the company that support our vision and mission,” said John Ross, Founder and Chairman of Ross Video. “This award is a reflection of how we have evolved into a first class technology company.”

“The great relationships we have with our customers are key to our success – they deserve a big thank you from Ross for all the support over the years,” said Jeff Moore, Vice President Marketing and Sales. “We truly appreciate the great response to our products and technologies from the top broadcast networks, sports stadiums, corporations, church’s, universities and live event production companies that use our equipment to produce their shows on a daily basis.”

The tenth annual OCRI Awards recognize Ottawa’s leaders in business, education and government and celebrate excellence in research, product/service development, entrepreneurial achievement, partnership development, business/technology journalism and student innovation.

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 Digital Production Switchers, Synergy MD & MD-X Digital 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) 652-4886
F. (613) 652-4425
E. jbarrie@rossvideo.com