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Read more - Engineering alum company Ross Video is providing tech to power 360-degree screen over field - By Brian Caldwell Faculty of Engineering - A company headed by a graduate of Waterloo Engineering will also have its moment in the spotlight when the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals meet Sunday in Super Bowl LVI. is providing the state-of-the-art technology to power a gigantic, 360-degree screen hovering over the playing field in the new, $5-billion SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. The chief executive officer, chairman of the board and majority owner of the Ottawa-based company is David Ross (BASc '91), who joined the family business after graduating with a computer engineering degree and grew it into an international success. Ross Video employs almost 1,200 people and has a 18-member crew in Los Angeles to help with the production on the one-of-a-kind, double-sided Infinity Screen, which is made up of 80 million pixels. It is the sixth year in a row that the company has been involved with the Super Bowl, which is billed as the most-watched television event in the world. Its live-event video technology is featured in major stadiums around the world and David Ross has won honours including an Emmy Award and recognition as CEO of the Year in Ottawa. 'The whole facility just pops'.
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