Snell Limited is a company that designs and develops solutions for the digital media

Digital media

Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital form. It can refer to the technical aspect of storage and transmission Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital (as opposed to analog) form. It can refer to the technical aspect of...

 market including applications for central operations, live production, post production, playout and media management. The company's product portfolio include standards and format conversion; real-time HD video restoration, live production switching; routing and infrastructure for digital, HDTV and IPTV

IPTV

Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...

 broadcasting; video compression; control and monitoring, and playout

Playout

In broadcasting, playout is a term for the transmission of radio or TV channels from the broadcaster into broadcast networks that delivers the content to the audience...

 automation and content repurposing for a variety of delivery platforms such as broadcast

Broadcast

Broadcast or Broadcasting may refer to:* Broadcasting, the transmission of audio and video signals* Broadcast, an individual television program or radio program* Broadcast , an English electronic music band...

, IPTV and mobile. The company has been involved in the transitions from analog to digital broadcasting; from standard definition to HDTV and 3D

Stereoscopy

Stereoscopy refers to a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth in an image by presenting two offset images separately to the left and right eye of the viewer. Both of these 2-D offset images are then combined in the brain to give the perception of 3-D depth...

 operations, from local-only programming to international program distribution and in increasing the number and type of methods in which sound and images can reach consumers. Snell's products and technologies have won more than 100 awards for technical innovation, including nine UK Queen's Awards for Enterprise

Queen's Awards for Enterprise

The Queen's Awards for Enterprise is an awards programme for British businesses and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation or sustainable development. They are the highest official UK awards for British businesses...

, five technical Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; and many best-of-show awards from industry publications.

Snell was created from the merger of Snell & Wilcox and Pro-Bel in 2009.

History

Snell & Wilcox was founded by Roderick Snell

Roderick Snell

Roderick Snell is a British electronics engineer, who co-founded Snell & Wilcox in 1973.Snell is a visiting professor at the Business School of the University of Kingston, Surrey, a fellow of the Royal Television Society, and a governor of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers .He...

, in 1973.

Pro-Bel was founded in 1977 by a team of engineers from the BBC and EMI in response to an industry demand for quality router products.

In April 2008 Snell & Wilcox launched AmberFin—a new company created as part of the Snell & Wilcox Group—as a dedicated home for its iCR software.

In April 2009 Snell & Wilcox merged with Pro-Bel. The resulting company took the name Snell.