[SatNews] Snell will introduce new product releases and enhancements that offer higher functionality while lowering operating costs.

Channel-in-a-Box — Redefined at IBC2011,
Snell's channel-in-a-box playout offering delivers the full range of functionality users require while reducing overall system cost for a fully capable playout solution. Morpheus ICE Version 2.2 introduces additional branding tools for visually enhancing HD and/or SD channels. Operators can generate vertical and horizontal crawls via automated URL or RSS feed, or from manually created source information, and multiple DVE per mixer effects allow them to squeeze different on-air content while inserting graphics and audio effects. ICE also meets any head-end requirement with its ability to set specific VANC packets (such as SCTE-104) in the outgoing video path for each on-air channel.

Morpheus Automation — Snell introduces industry-leading BXF functionality that facilitates enterprise-level integration with business systems and thereby enables greater efficiencies and maximizes the overall value of automation. At IBC2011, Snell will demonstrate three of these modules: BXF Import Content, BXF Media Change Notifier, and BXF Schedule Query. These three modules provide a continuous loop between the Morpheus database and all configured third-party BXF-compliant systems. Whether media metadata is being created upstream or downstream, all systems can automatically access the same up-to-date information, ensuring facilities are better equipped to manage their content seamlessly and accurately across multiple distribution platforms.

Sirius 800 Router — Snell has leveraged its technical expertise to integrate and optimize audio functionality within its Sirius 800 Series large-scale multi-format routers. Support for embedded audio routing and for audio track swapping on inputs and outputs allow users to route any combination of embedded, discrete, and MADI sources and destinations. The Sirius 800 Series' re-assignable firmware eliminates the need for external modular cards and gives users the flexibility to configure the type and amount of functionality they need — now and in the future.

Centra Vite — Snell's new router control configuration tool Centra Vite is an intuitive solution for fast setup and immediate router use as desired. A web control panel ensures out-of-the-box operation, and an external snapshot application saves the live status of all or a selection of routes and later recalls those settings. Free with Snell routers, Centra Vite offers a straightforward upgrade path to Snell's powerful Centra system-wide control and monitoring system without compromising existing user interfaces and fundamental operation.

Archangel Ph.C – HD Version 3 — This product brings third-party control panel support to Archangel's precise scene-by-scene, timecode-driven restoration capability. Offering users even more flexibility for controlling restoration parameters such as the level of dirt, dust, noise, grain, flicker, instability, dropout, and scratch repair. Version 3 of Archangel Ph.C – HD adds support for the Tangent Wave and JL Cooper Eclipse CX™ hard control panels (both being displayed at IBC2011), allowing users to assign controls to panel buttons, sliders, and trackballs and thereby work faster in a more precise, intuitive, and familiar fashion.

Conversion
Alchemist Ph.C — Snell is releasing an Alchemist Ph.C – HD standards converter that integrates even more simply, smoothly, and readily into tapeless workflows while still providing unparalleled processing and visual results and meeting users' evolving business requirements. A new file I/O is supported via optional hardware with a dedicated conversion application. The converter now also boasts additional modes for low-frame-rate conversions, making it the perfect choice for producing Blu-ray™ Disc and DVD deliverables. Its FilmTools3 option provides even higher performance for film-rate conversions.

IQ Modular — Snell's new IQ3HB 3RU IQ Modular platform supports greater densities and greater throughput in a single space-saving frame and it accepts a full complement of "high-end" processing modules from current and next-generation card types. An alternative mix of network interfaces can be produced for different applications simply by fitting an alternative rear module. All IQ modules can be fitted in the new frame, and new IQ3HB frames can be seamlessly added to an existing RollCall network with current frames (IQ3H, IQ1H) and controllers.

Hyperion QC Engine — Snell's dedicated QC Engine powered by Hyperion is an entirely new way to monitor the integrity of content throughout the broadcast infrastructure. For the first time, a broadcast monitoring system evaluates the content of a video signal rather than measures the absolute technical properties of the signal, allowing broadcasters to realize more sophisticated multi-channel monitoring and significant new protections when delivering premium, high-value content. Additional features enable remote monitoring over IP via video thumbnails; audio level metering; metadata monitoring and content identification from source to output using Program Identification (PID) and UMID data insertion; multiple detection regions; and AFD detection and comparison.