Volcano Vision Now Provides Enhanced Video Technology to Remote Customers

Vancouver, CANADA, September 9th, 2014 – Inca Networks today announced that TV and communications provider Volcano Communications Group in California, has selected the Inca 4400 Modular Series high-density, real-time transcoder to power HD and SD video for its MPEG-4 HD and SD IPTV service.

“To promote subscriber growth, we wanted to be able to deliver the video packages we currently offer our traditional cable customers to our remote customers. Inca’s solution allowed us to deliver cutting edge technology at the best value for price,” says Ray Crabtree, CATV Operations of Volcano Vision, the cable television arm of Volcano Communications.

The Inca 4400 Modular Series real-time transcoding solution provides Volcano Vision with “any-to-any, any-to-many” support for HD and SD, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video transcoding of up to 24 HD or 60 SD channels, in a compact and power-efficient one rack unit (1 RU) chassis. The platform’s high density enables Volcano to meet growing demand for digital TV services, while lowering capital and operating expenses through reduced power consumption and rack space.

Volcano Vision also uses Inca’s All Seeing Eye to monitor and manage their video service, leveraging the embedded monitoring and statistics provided in all Inca products, including the 4430. The Inca Probe 5420 monitors streams generated by other equipment.

The All Seeing Eye, which provides end-to-end, real-time monitoring was a deciding factor in Volcano Vision’s decision to choose Inca over competitors. The combination of the Inca VidiOS Probe and the Inca All Seeing Eye provides a view into all video streams in the headend, and remote sites, from one centralized location. VidiOS™ is Inca’s advanced processing and monitoring engine included in every Inca product which offers both active stream tools and integrated status monitoring and reporting to manage the headend more efficiently.

“Our solution allows Volcano Vision to provide 24 HD streams processed into superior quality MPEG-4 channels in only one single box, which solves the limited space challenge they had in their headend, says Jeff Campbell, CEO of Inca Networks.

“The Inca gear is a cost-effective solution that delivers superb video quality and excellent value. And their support is amazing—they have unparalleled expertise in IP video and their support has been incredibly responsive,” says Crabtree.

About Volcano Communications

Established in 1903, Volcano Communications Company, began as Volcano Telephone Company in the town of Volcano, California in the Sierra Nevada Foothills. The company has evolved to provide cutting edge technologies to the rural area it serves, which rival those in the metropolitan areas. In 1983 Volcano Vision Cable TV company was established, in 1984 Volcano Telecommunications was born, 1995 saw the birth of Volcano Internet Provider and Volcano Long Distance was introduced in 2001. Volcano Communications has grown into a full-service telecommunications company, now located in Pine Grove, California, serving 14,000 landline phone customers, 4,000 cable subscribers and 8,000 internet customers in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

About Inca Networks

Inca Networks, a WISI company, is reinventing the future of multiscreen video delivery. Inca offers industry-leading Intelligent Video Delivery™, a revolutionary software-centric solution for intelligent, real-time processing of linear and multiscreen television content. At its core is VidiOS™, an advanced software processing and monitoring engine that provides deep visibility and control of all video flows, combined with powerful, modular hardware. Inca’s IP video solutions address all aspects of next-generation video, including high-density MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 HD and SD transcoder modules for linear and multiscreen adaptive bit-rate (ABR) and HTTP live streaming (HLS) services; demultiplexing and remapping of MPTS video from satellite and off-air sources to SPTS streams in digital cable, DSL and fiber to the home (FTTH) IPTV networks; multi-viewer mosaic and status monitoring software, digital music service demuxing, and modular ASI to IP conversion.

In July 2015, the Wilhelm Sihn jr. (WISI) company of Germany acquired Vancouver’s Inca Networks Inc. Founded in 1926, WISI is one of the world’s pioneers in broadband reception and distribution technology. Today, WISI’s field of business is the development, production and distribution of products and solutions in the following areas: automotive antenna and cabling, components for broadband networks, fiber optics for broadband, digital signal reception, processing and modulation for TV and radio, in-house multimedia. Inca Networks sells and distributes WISI’s Tangram and Chameleon platforms to the North American, Caribbean and Latin American markets. Video providers around the globe use Inca to easily and affordably deliver content to any screen on any network, all with a superior customer viewing experience and a second-to-none view of the network. 

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For more information please contact Rosalinda Thorleifson, Tel. +1-604-418-9715 rosalinda.thorleifson@incanetworks.com