Cloud Encoding System

A system (and corresponding method and devices) for encoding an ungrouped signal into a plurality of grouped signals, wherein the ungrouped signal comprises at least a video service. The system further comprises: a first encoding means provided in a production system configured to execute a first encoding of the ungrouped video signal into a first encoded grouped signal and to associate encoding information with the first encoded signal; a second encoding means provided in a distribution system, wherein the second encoding means is separate from said first encoding means and is configured to execute a plurality of second encodings so as to correspondingly obtain the plurality of grouped signals, each of the plurality of grouped signals characterised by a corresponding predetermined property, wherein the second encodings are performed on the basis of said first encoded signal using the encoding information; a connection means configured to transmit the encoding information from the first encoding means to the second encoding means, wherein the encoding information comprises information on the first encoding.