News Releases

Ottawa, Canada, September 17th 2020 – The Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards are held live in Nashville, but the spiritual home of country music looks a little different in 2020, and the awards have also taken on a different complexion to reflect the ongoing pandemic. While the awards ceremony took place live last night in Nashville (8pm EST on CBS / CBS All Access), some of the broadcast was being coordinated...

Ottawa, Canada, September 16th 2020 – Radiotelevisione Svizzera di lingua Italiana (RSI) is a public broadcaster based in Lugano that produces television and radio content for Switzerland’s Italian-speaking population. Part of SRG SSR (the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation), RSI was founded in 1925 and reaches around 8% of the 8.65M Swiss population daily.  In 2018 RSI decided that they wanted to increase the efficiency and quality of their productions by introducing studio automation...

Ottawa, Canada, September 8th 2020 – Ross CEO David Ross has written a guest column that is published in this month’s international edition of TM Broadcast magazine. Discussing the state of trade shows and industry events, David shares his frustration at being unable to spend valuable face-time with customers, but talks about the future of events and how hybrid models coupled with shorter and more tightly-focused events may be more successful for...

Ottawa, Canada, August 19th 2020 – Ross Video is immensely proud to announce that company founder John Ross will be presented with Honorary Member of SMPTE® – the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers – at the SMPTE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, being held this year from November 10-12th as a virtual event. Honorary Membership is the society’s highest accolade, and as a recipient, John will join some of the...

Ottawa, Canada, August 7th 2020 – The ongoing pandemic has affected sports and live events everywhere, and esports has also had to adapt. The international esports company ESL recently worked with partners Drone Champions League (DCL) to convert a planned series of in-person league events to an entirely virtual format, with both competitors and talent located remotely. To help support and deliver the event, Rocket Surgery Virtual Productions (RSVP), Ross Video’s dedicated...

Ottawa, Canada, August 6th 2020 – Ross CEO David Ross was interviewed last week by Peter White, Chairman of the IABM, as part of the IABM’s “In Conversation With…” series. In one of his most candid interviews to date, David talked about the importance of putting people first, the challenges of the last six months and what post-pandemic life might look like for live production professionals everywhere. Click here to watch David...

Ottawa, Canada, August 5th 2020 – Ross Video is pleased to announce that we have just become the latest member of the DPP.   The DPP was initially formed by the UK’s public service broadcasters to help producers and broadcasters maximize the potential benefits of digital television production, and the group has since expanded internationally and carried out a great deal of work on common technical and metadata standards for digital TV...

Ottawa, Canada, August 4th 2020 – ARET Video and Audio Engineering is Ross Video’s Platinum Premier partner in Italy, but the Milan-based company has also carved out an international reputation for the supply of OB vehicles. ARET is currently delivering a nine-meter 4K-UHD OB production unit to a client in Qatar with an innovative workflow that will offer new creative potential to the operators and enhance the quality of productions. This OB...