ABC Television selects Ross Video openGear® 3G Signal Processing and Fiber Modules for new HD Central Switching Center (CSC) in New York City

Iroquois, ON, Canada – August 11, 2009 – Ross Video announced today that ABC Television has placed a major order for Ross openGear®™ 3Gbps capable Fiber interconnect, Frames, Distribution Amplifiers, Audio/Video Multiplexers and Demultiplexers (Mux/Demux) with DashBoard™ control and monitoring application, for the new HD Central Switching Center (CSC) facility in New York. The CSC facility will be the primary central routing and signal processing installation for all of ABC’s inbound feeds, internal routing and distribution, and quality control monitoring.

“We are excited that ABC has chosen Ross openGear® for this integral portion of the ABC Central Switching Center,” said Eric Goodmurphy, Product Manager, RossGear™ Signal Processing. “The open frame standard of openGear®, our powerful DashBoard control and monitoring system and a new series of 3G Fiber products were key to Ross winning this business. Our 3G products include a new series of copper to fiber and fiber to copper receive and transmit modules including a high density dual unit as well as 3G single card Mux + Fiber and Fiber + Demux. The new openGear® DataSafe™ feature stores all card parameters on the local frame network card. In the event of a card change, settings can be automatically restored, minimizing costly downtime, especially important in installations of 1,000 cards plus like ABC.”

About Ross Video
Ross Video designs, manufactures and supports a wide range of innovative products for use in live production applications. Ross’ award winning product line includes Vision, Vision Octane and CrossOver Video Production Switchers; openGear®, RossGear and GearLite Signal Processing; BlackStorm Video Servers; OverDrive Production Control Systems and XPression Character Generators. Ross products are installed in over 100 countries around the world, where they are used daily by top broadcasters, production companies, sports stadiums, government agencies and houses of worship.

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For further information, please contact:
Sara Bell
Media Relations Specialist
t. (613) 652-3020
f. (613) 652-4425
e. sbell@rossvideo.com