Inca Powers Profitable IP Video with Affordable, Reliable and Easy-to-Use Intelligent Video Delivery Platform

Vancouver, CANADA, May 27th, 2014 – Inca Networks, the Intelligent Video Delivery™ company, today announced the general availability of the Inca Modular Series 4400, powered by VidiOS™—Inca’s advanced IP video processing and monitoring engine. Operators can now benefit from revolutionary software and carrier-grade control and visibility when processing and delivering traditional linear and multiscreen video.

“Now service providers have an efficient solution for delivering an ever-increasing quantity of media to a variety of devices and services,” said Jeff Campbell, CEO of Inca Networks. “The 4400’s modular architecture and powerful software give providers the flexibility and features they need today, and the ability to scale-up affordably with new modules as their business grows.

Inca’s proprietary and field proven VidiOS™ software platform is redefining industry expectations and bringing a new level of software defined network intelligence to the digital video market. Built on VidiOS™ technology, Inca has successfully deployed the 4400 in a wide variety of networks.

“As with past Inca products we have deployed, the experience has been excellent. With the 4400 we have been able to affordably double our MPEG-4 channel line-up,” said Kevin Christy, Video Manager at WTC Communications. “The stability, flexibility and embedded VidiOS features have helped us improve our customer experience, reduce our operating costs and expand our video footprint.”

With the 4400 series, video providers can optimize the format, resolution and bitrate of large numbers of live satellite, IP and off-air digital sources for delivery to set-top-boxes or multi-screen devices. Options include modular platforms that can transcode, transrate or downscale up to 24 HD or 60 SD programs to MPEG-4, in just one rack unit of space, with integrated grooming and monitoring of all streams.

“We are especially pleased to be offering 20 per cent higher MPEG-4 HD transcoding density than the industry incumbent,” said Inca CEO, Jeff Campbell. “Operators today should expect more, and Inca delivers—more streams, lower cost and more features.”

Optional front-end input modules include the Inca Receiver 4400—enabling reception and transcoding of off-air sources, and the Inca ASI 4400 module—for interfacing with legacy head end equipment.

“We chose Inca and the 4400 series because of the breadth of the product they offered, the extensive VidiOS monitoring and analytics, and the price,” said Bruce Buchanan, Senior Network Architect at Nexicom. “The other major vendors just didn’t have all the pieces or features. The 4400 is the corner stone of our new hybrid interactive IP/QAM headend.”

The Inca Modular Series 4400 with VidiOS™ is available now. A video introduction to the 4400 and customer stories can be found here.

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