News Releases - 2005

Ross OverDrive™ Wins SBE Technology Award

Iroquois, ON, Canada – August 4, 2005 – Ross Video announced today that the OverDrive™ Production Control System has won the prestigious Society of Broadcast Engineers Technology Award, for the 2004 Awards Program.

“The development team is thrilled that OverDrive has been chosen for this award,” said Brad Rochon, OverDrive™ Product Manager. “It is a great feeling to be honored by our broadcast engineering peers”

The Technology Award recognizes the SBE Individual or Sustaining Member who, in the previous year, has provided the industry with the best new or innovative technical item or idea to further the science of broadcast engineering and to assist the broadcast engineer to be more productive in the craft. The Award will be presented during the SBE National Meeting taking place October 19th and 20th, 2005 in Grapevine (Dallas/Ft. Worth), Texas.

OverDrive™ is a highly flexible Windows based production control system. Using the extensive device control capabilities of Synergy, OverDrive extends 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 execute a more consistent, sophisticated production on the air without increasing staffing levels.

The Society of Broadcast Engineers is a non-profit organization serving the interests of broadcast engineers. Its members work at broadcast stations, post production, corporate, educational, government, military and other facilities. SBE is widely recognized in the broadcast industry for its certification, education and frequency coordination programs and represents the broadcast engineering community on technical issues with the FCC and other agencies.

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 are used to produce and 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