An apparatus for transmission of layered encoded multi-media signals comprising: separator means for separating said layered encoded multimedia signal in a base layer data stream and at least one enhancement layer data stream (Q, R), each data stream including a plurality of data packets (Pxy, Qxy, Rxy) having a content sequence index; memory means (2P, 2Q, 2R) for buffering said data packets of said base layer stream and said at least one enhancement layer data stream (Q, R); scheduler means for scheduling said buffered data packets (Pxy, Qxy, Rxy) into at least one asynchronous data stream on the basis of a first content sequence index, wherein data packets of said at least one enhancement layer data stream (Q, R) having a content sequence index lower than said first content sequence index are discarded, characterized in that the apparatus supports multicast mode for a plurality of receivers (51, 52, 53), wherein said at least one asynchronous data stream is a multicast data stream, wherein said scheduler means receives a unicast feedback from each of said plurality of receivers (51, 52, 53), the unicast feedback from each of said plurality of receivers (51, 52, 53) comprising a content sequence index representing the current multimedia content played on the receiver (51, 52, 53) and a corresponding Group Of Picture index, wherein the receivers of said plurality of receivers (51, 52, 53) are grouped together due to indicating the same Group Of Picture index in their unicast feedback, and wherein the first content sequence index is taken as the minimum content sequence index over the set of receivers of said plurality of receivers (51, 52, 53) grouped together. separator means for separating said layered encoded multimedia signal in a base layer data stream and at least one enhancement layer data stream (Q, R), each data stream including a plurality of data packets (Pxy, Qxy, Rxy) having a content sequence index; memory means (2P, 2Q, 2R) for buffering said data packets of said base layer stream and said at least one enhancement layer data stream (Q, R); scheduler means for scheduling said buffered data packets (Pxy, Qxy, Rxy) into at least one asynchronous data stream on the basis of a first content sequence index, wherein data packets of said at least one enhancement layer data stream (Q, R) having a content sequence index lower than said first content sequence index are discarded, characterized in that the apparatus supports multicast mode for a plurality of receivers (51, 52, 53), wherein said at least one asynchronous data stream is a multicast data stream, wherein said scheduler means receives a unicast feedback from each of said plurality of receivers (51, 52, 53), the unicast feedback from each of said plurality of receivers (51, 52, 53) comprising a content sequence index representing the current multimedia content played on the receiver (51, 52, 53) and a corresponding Group Of Picture index, wherein the receivers of said plurality of receivers (51, 52, 53) are grouped together due to indicating the same Group Of Picture index in their unicast feedback, and wherein the first content sequence index is taken as the minimum content sequence index over the set of receivers of said plurality of receivers (51, 52, 53) grouped together.