UK based Apple TV defaulting to 720p 60Hz when going through HDMI matrix

(I'm UK based)
I am trying to run my AppleTV through an HDMI 1.3 matrix switch (HDCP compatible) so it can feed two TV's and switch between a Sky HD input and the AppleTV input.
Sky HD sends an HDMI 1080i 50Hz signal protected by HDCP and this is passed through the matrix switch just fine to both TV's, so I know the matrix is working fine.
With the Apple TV however, as soon as I connect it to the matrix, the TV Resolution setting inside the Apple TV Audio/Video settings, defaults back to 720p 60Hz, which is not able to pass through the matrix.
The only way to get the setting back to 1080i 50Hz or 720p 50Hz is to unplug from the matrix and plug direct into the TV and change the setting back to 1080i. However it will just jump back to 720p 60Hz when I connect it to the matrix again.
Has anyone encountered the AppleTV automatically changing its TV Resolution setting just by plugging it into certain HDMI devices? Are there any settings to combat this?
Many thanks
Mark

Thanks Winston. I have eliminated cable issues. No display in the UK supports 720p 60Hz, so it won't show up correctly even if it got through. I totally understand why you consider this the fault of the switch, but I'm looking at this from a different perspective.
The Apple TV should NEVER be in 720p 60Hz mode. I have not set it to that, I've not got a single display which supports that format. However the AppleTV, for what ever reason, is making this change on its own.
Why is the AppleTV making this change? Only Apple knows it seems. In reality it should honor the setting I have made, which is 1080i 50hz. If it did that everything would be fine, therefore the answer has to be that this is a bug in Apple TV, since not a single other HDMI device does this with this switch.
I think the only course of action now is to submit this to Apple as a bug.
Thanks
Mark

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