TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group (NASDAQ:ERIC), has announced that Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC) has selected TANDBERG Television to provide the encoding, multiplexing, and modulation for ten HD and 32 SD channels that are simultaneously played out over satellite and digital terrestrial networks.

The Vietnamese broadcaster and platform operator combines MPEG-2 SD and MPEG-4 AVC HDTV channels in the same TANDBERG Television Multiplexer Transport Stream and the content is modulated using DVB-S2 for satellite and DVB-T for digital terrestrial television. VTC is the first pay TV operator in Vietnam that is providing MPEG-4 AVC HDTV. “Because we play out many channels to DTH and DTT at the same time, we needed a flexible headend solution to ensure this is achieved in the most efficient way,” comments Le Anh Dung, Director of R&D Center at VTC. “TANDBERG Television has delivered this and provides the high picture quality at low bit rates needed for satellite and especially for digital terrestrial television.”