Transcoding Choices for a Multiscreen World

As service providers increasingly seek to deliver their video offerings to IP connected devices, one of the greatest challenges they face is how to deliver high-quality content in the right format, securely- without overtaxing the access network. This paper explores the applications for home- and network-based transcoding, and previews some of the innovations that are emerging to help providers transcode their content more efficiently and effectively in the multiscreen world.