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OVERVIEW

Television broadcasting is undergoing rapid change on multiple levels. However, when change is properly managed and intelligently controlled, it can offer extraordinary new business opportunities to those who embrace it. We at Snell & Wilcox think the best way to successfully ride the wave of technological change is through a well-planned and flexible infrastructure.

By centralizing the control and monitoring of a facility, broadcasters can do more with less. RollCall-the key to the intelligent control of all Snell & Wilcox infrastructure products-makes the operation of any broadcast facility more efficient and cost effective.

The power of RollCall enables broadcasters to choose a financial model that makes sense for them, whether it's full blown centralcasting control & monitoring of multiple control & monitoring of multiple stations over a wide area network or simple configuration of a few Snell & Wilcox components in a single facility.

RollCall's network technology takes full advantage of Internet protocols (it can be controlled a basic stock PC) including fault tolerant network architectures. RollCall can also operate in real-time over its own, completely independent coaxial network, giving engineers peace of mind that their facility control is not dependent on the suspect reliability of an IP network.

RollCall, a simple plug-and-play technology built into every S&W infrastructure device, has expansive possibilities. It's sister application, RollMap is the most advanced and scalable broadcast centric monitoring & supervision solution in the industry. RollSNMP offers the ability to integrate management of equipment from other vendors to provide central monitoring access to an entire facility.

How scaleable is Snell & Wilcox's network control and monitoring solution? Look to the world's largest broadcasters for the answer.

Turner Broadcasting now has over 9,000 IQ modules serving more than 20 networks; DirecTV operates 2,500 modules; and TVB in Hong Kong has deployed over 2,000 modules. All three operations use RollCall and RollMap networked software control and monitoring solutions. All three sites have had a remarkable record of reliability.

And, like all television facilities, these major operators are in a constant state of change. Turner, the world's largest broadcast system with integrated monitoring and infrastructure capabilities, last year successfully upgraded its existing standard definition infrastructure to condition and process high-definition signals. It was a simple as adding new Snell & Wilcox HD components. RollCall did the rest.

The benefits of a smart infrastructure also extend to smaller broadcast stations. For example, KPLC-TV in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the 177th U.S. television market, and KAIT-TV in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the 179th size market, enjoy the benefits of RollCall-networked IQ Modules.

RollCall-built-in intelligence for a constantly changing broadcast infrastructure.

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