Video software and apps firm Alticast said it will highlight its role in Videotron’s 4K service rollout as well as its ‘AltiView 3’ user interface at next week’s INTX: The Internet & Telecommunications Expo in Boston.
Alticast (Booth 611) announced last month that its middleware and UI handwork played a role in Videotron’s 4K deployment. The MSO introduced its 4K/Ultra HD set-top last August, initially offering it for C$399 and providing access to a menu of VOD titles. The Samsung-made DVR, with multi-room capabilities, can record eight shows at once. The Canadian MSO began to carry live sports in the Ultra HD format in February.
AltiView 3, meanwhile, enables search, discovery and navigation across linear, on-demand, online and the subscriber’s personal content, Alticast noted.
Among other demos, Alticast will show how its handiwork has enabled an operator in the Asia Pacific region to deploy a platform that features network DVR apps and IP-to-tablet delivery, and how Korea’s KT Skylife is using the AltiView 2 platform for a multi picture-in-picture mosaic, and a YouTube “Leanback” app.
