TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group (NASDAQ:ERIC), has a new cable HD program transcoder that enables programmers to harness the bandwidth efficiencies of MPEG-4 AVC HD and DVB-S2 satellite distribution. The new TANDBERG RX8250 means MPEG-4 AVC HD content can be cost-effectively converted into high quality MPEG-2 HD streams at the cable head end. The RX8250 program transcoder will boost content provider plans to expand their HD channel offerings. The RX8250 is part of an end-to-end TANDBERG Television cable HD distribution solution, which enables content providers to carry six to eight MPEG-4 AVC HDTV channels on a satellite transponder. This represents a doubling in the number of channels to be carried per transponder compared to today’s best MPEG-2/DVB-S HD satellite distribution solutions. Moreover, the RX8250 overcomes the legacy barrier to MPEG-4 AVC HD content for operators whose cable networks have a large installed base of MPEG-2 HDTV set-top boxes by enabling efficient transcoding of MPEG-4 AVC/DVB-S2 distributed content into high quality MPEG-2 HD.

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