News Releases - 2005

OverDrive™ offers Réseau Info-Sports a Complete Production Control Solution

Iroquois, ON, Canada – November 23, 2005 – Ross Video today announced that its OverDrive™ Production Control System has been selected by Réseau Info-Sports (RIS), a new digital 24-hour sports headline news channel broadcasting to the French Canadian market. OverDrive is used in conjunction with a Synergy 2 digital production switcher.

“We have had an excellent working relationship with Ross in the past and when we were looking to launch RIS, we needed efficiencies,” said Richard Baril, Director of Operations and Engineering, RIS, RDS and CFCF-CTV. “We had discussions with Ross regarding OverDrive™ and agreed to become a Beta site during the last phase of development. Ross provided quick turn around times with requests and we decided to invest in the system. OverDrive™ has made a significant difference in our production abilities allowing us to operate both master control and production operations for RIS with one technical operator. We would not have been able to launch RIS without OverDrive™.”

RIS is sister station to RDS, a Bell Globemedia company which owns the rights to broadcast all major sporting events to the Quebec market. RIS broadcasts two headline, 30 minute loops in 3 blocks and runs 10 hours a day live with OverDrive from 4:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m., 5 day’s a week and from 1:00 p.m – 2:00 a.m on weekends. OverDrive is controlling the DigiCart, 2 VDCP interfaces, and the Yamaha audio mixer.

“Working with RDS has been a great experience,” said Brad Rochon, OverDrive™ Product Manager. “As our original Beta site and very first OverDrive customer, they have given us a lot of excellent feedback that has been incorporated into OverDrive™ for use by all our customers, making it the most advanced production control solution for broadcasters.”

OverDrive™ is a Windows-based production control system used live and NRCS-based productions, extending the reach of the technical director to include control of video servers, audio mixers, robotic cameras and more. The centralized control offered by OverDrive™ gives the ability to create a more sophisticated production on the air without increasing broadcasters staffing levels. With OverDrive™ productions are more consistent and less staff intervention is required to execute a production.

About Ross Video
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, RossGear and GearLite Terminal Gear, Squeeze & Tease WARP DVE and the OverDrive™ Production Control System.

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