An adaptable bracket 130 having two strengthening means 138 extending parallel and along a curve so as to form two connecting body sections 131, 132 extending at an angle to each other and attachable to two or more articles respectively which is a vertical pole 12 and a horizontal pole 14 to be connected at an angle to each other which in this case is substantially perpendicular. Some systems and methods may find use in, for example, digital video compression systems and methods. The routing and transcoding logic is configured to replicate the multicast steam and transcode the multicast stream to a second codec for a second downstream subscriber, the replicated, transcoded multicast stream is forwarded to the second downstream subscriber.