[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Vietnam Multimedia Corp. (VTC) signed a contract with Tandberg Television for encoding, multiplexing and modulation for 10 high-definition (HD) and 32 standard-definition (SD) channels simultaneously played out over satellite and digital terrestrial networks, Tandberg announced.
   The Vietnamese broadcaster and platform operator combines MPEG-2 SD and MPEG-4 AVC HDTV channels in the same Tandberg multiplexer transport stream, and the content is modulated using DVB-S2 for satellite and DVB-T for digital terrestrial television.
   “Because we play out many channels to [direct to home] and [digital terrestrial] at the same time, we needed a flexible headend solution to ensure this is achieved in the most efficient way,” Le Anh Dung, director of the R&D Center at VTC, said in a statement. “Tandberg Television has delivered this and provides the high picture quality at low bit rates needed for satellite and especially for digital terrestrial television.”