Awards Judged by Major Video Service Providers Worldwide

Vancouver, CANADA, November 10th, 2014 – Inca Networks announced today that is has been selected as a finalist in this year’s prestigious Fierce Innovation Awards:  Telecom Edition, an operator-reviewed awards program from the publishers of FierceWireless, FierceTelecom and FierceCable (https://www.fierceinnovationawards.com/telecom/2014/home). Inca Networks was recognized as a finalist in the category of Cable & Video Network Architecture for its innovative, industry-leading product, the Inca Modular Series 4400.

An exclusive carrier-only panel of executives from AT&T, CableLabs, Cablevision System Corporation, Comcast, Cox Communications, Inc., Orange, Sprint, TeliaSonera International Carrier and Verizon judged finalists’ applications. Full profiles of the judges can be found at https://www.fierceinnovationawards.com/telecom/2014/judges.

All applications were evaluated based on the following criteria: technology innovation, financial impact, market validation, and compatibility with existing networks, end-user customer experience, and overall level of innovation.

“The Inca Modular Series is the most complete and scalable video delivery platform with end-to-end video quality assurance for TV operators worldwide. With IP video deployments operating in more than 20 countries, we are really pleased to be selected as a finalist in this year’s Fierce Innovation Awards, and  that major service providers worldwide recognize the Inca Modular Series 4400’s value for managing and delivering reliable HD IPTV service, on any screen,” says Jeff Campbell, CEO of Inca Networks.

The Inca 4400 Modular Series real-time transcoding solution provides operators 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 operators to meet the growing demand for digital TV services, while lowering capital and operating expenses through reduced power consumption and rack space. The series offers 20 per cent higher MPEG-4 HD transcoding density than the industry incumbent.

At the core of every Inca product is VidiOS™, an advanced, real-time monitoring engine that provides deep visibility and control of all the IP video streams in the headend.

Inca has successfully deployed the 4400 in a wide variety of networks for IPTV FTTH, IPTV DSL and traditional cable TV and IP/QAM networks.

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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. wisiprod.wpengine.com.

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