[SatBroadcasting(tm)] Switzerland's RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse) and RSI (Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana) have installed Snell infrastructure to support migration of their master control and playout facilities to HD.

The two broadcasters — owned by parent company SRG SSR idée suisse broadcasters — serve the French- and Italian-speaking populations in Switzerland. Snell delivered and commissioned IQ modular infrastructure and new Cygnus, Sirius, and Halo routers to the RTS facility in Geneva and the RSI facility in Lugano, in conjunction with systems integrator BFE of Mainz, Germany. Snell's IQ Modular infrastructure products have been installed, making use of the company's RollCall™ communications and Centra RollMap Infrastructure Management System to provide integrated monitoring and control capabilities of all Snell products and the broadcasters' third-party IT and broadcast equipment.

The Snell monitoring and management systems allow RSI and RTS engineers to use a single PC to perform comprehensive monitoring of the entire operation for all networks. The Centra RollMap system, equipped with Snell's Hyperion technology, can provide alarms to BFE's KSC-Manager control system and also interact with the STG automation system. As the stations continue to evolve, the monitoring solution currently installed can be expanded to include any additional third-party device. All of Snell's IQ Modular equipment can easily be upgraded from 1.5 to 3G by software update, which serves as a future-proof solution.