Access next-gen IPTV service to launch next month

REGINA — Access Communications Co-operative announced Tuesday its next-generation IPTV video service, expected to launch next month, will be powered by the Inca IP Video Platform from WISI America, a Pitt Meadows, B.C.-based provider of carrier-grade video delivery solutions. WISI’s Inca IP Video Platform will provide transcoding for both linear and adaptive bit-rate (ABR) services. (WISI acquired the technology when it bought Vancouver-based Inca Networks in 2015.) Other vendors providing technology for Access’ new IPTV video service include Vecima Networks for packaging and Seachange International for middleware, says the news release. This new IPTV video service will completely displace Access’...