functionality is the continuation of Appear TV universal head-end solutions. This functionality means that Appear TV solutions now provide total flexibility and control over inputs, outputs, encoding and transcoding, so that the company’s head-ends are truly universal, being capable of taking any input and providing any output. Total flexibility in the Appear TV head-end has been achieved by the production of the new real-time, high-quality broadcast video encoding and transcoding modules for the DC1000/DC1100, SC2000/SC2100 and MC3000/MC3100 chassis. The universal head-ends save space and provide the level of functionality required as broadcast architectures gain in complexity.