[SatNews] Ross Video Limited has revealed that Ross Video has entered into an agreement to acquire Norpak Corporation, which is majority owned by Rovi Corporation.

The sale is scheduled for completion on September 17, 2010. Norpak is well known as the manufacturer of Nielsen encoders and Closed Captioning Inserters as well as VBI, VANC and transport stream data insertion products. Norpak has been an openGear partner for the past 3 years and offers a range of openGear compliant data insertion products. Ross Video plans to integrate Norpak operations and personnel into Ross’ Ottawa Research and Development Center and Iroquois Manufacturing Facility. Ross will continue to sell and service the Norpak product portfolio, which will transition to the Ross brand.