"Danmon Systems Group was the logical partner for this project," comments TV2 FYN-DENMARK technical manager Ken Petersen. "Practically all television viewers in Europe now possess HD-capable displays so the time had clearly arrived for us to transmit in 1080i. Initiating an upgrade to HD was also a good way for the station to celebrate its 25th anniversary."

Danmon Systems Group deputy managing director Peter Thomsen explained: "An important element of the project was that every aspect had to be accomplished while TV2 FYN-DENMARK was on air. We achieved this by working in close partnership with the channel's staff, including day to day co-ordination to ensure complete continuity of normal transmission. We additionally provided on-air support in the post-handover phase during which we also checked and tidied older parts of the channel's engineering infrastructure."

The HD facility upgrade includes a Snell Sirius 800 router and Kahuna production switcher, Studer audio console, Grass Valley multiviewer and signal processing, plus a new reference sync system. The additional equipment is closely integrated with Viz Mosart playout automation which also controls TV2 FYN-DENMARK's robotic studio cameras. Kahuna Watch provides automated loading of graphics to the on-board Clipstore to ease production workflows. Snell FormatFusion3 technology ensures that the system can handle SD, HD, 1080p and 4K simultaneously. The Kahuna also controls TV2’s on-air servers, providing instant access to multiple content streams via the Maverik panels.Custom wiring was installed in the central apparatus room including cabling for the Sirius router.