Cable / Telecom News

Videotron upgrades its VOD with Concurrent solution


ATLANTA – Quebec cableco Videotron is upgrading and expanding its VOD service with Concurrent’s MediaHawk Back Office Software Suite (MHBOSS). Videotron is testing the software this month and next, and plans to go live with the new system later in 2008. It is the first North American MHBOSS shipment for Concurrent. “When we began plans to upgrade our VOD system, we realized we needed a more scalable back office based on open standards,” said Alain Boissonnault, principal director of development of video technologies at Videotron. “Concurrent’s new MHBOSS is highly scalable and supports any next–generation applications we may be considering for...