TANDBERG's Television iPlex UltraCompression IPTV video processing and transcoding system has been selected by du, the Dubai-based telco, as the head-end for its IPTV services. du is the United Arab Emirates newest telecommunications company, launched in February 2007, already amassing over 1.5 million customers.

The innovative multilingual du IPTV service offers TV channels from the UAE and around the world, catering to the tastes of different nationalities and cultures. du offers more than 15 Premium TV packages, in 18 different languages from content aggregators and providers worldwide, providing UAE’s consumers with a wide choice of TV programming, including live sporting events, from around the world. TANDBERG Television’s broadcast expertise and its award-winning iPlex UltraCompression high definition and standard definition video processing and transcoding system provides du with a range of advanced features including bandwidth savings, industry leading density and improved picture quality.

The iPlex UltraCompression HD and SD IPTV head-end is based on TANDBERG Television’s next-generation AVC platform and provides a step change in digital video distribution by combining the broadest choice of density and enhanced features with the industry’s leading picture quality/performance. A flexible video processing platform that offers the industry’s most complete IPTV head-end solution, the TANDBERG iPlex includes MPEG-2 SD encoding, MPEG-4 AVC HD and SD encoding, MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 transcoding, MPEG-2 transrating, and picture-in-picture service generation in a high density, NEBS-certified, telco-designed chassis.