Cogeco Connexion, a subsidiary of Cogeco Communications, has entered into an agreement with MediaKind (previously Ericsson Media Solutions) to offer its IPTV platform to customers in Canada. The platform allows for the customisation of video content, wireless receivers, voice-activated controls and access to Android Google Mobile Services. Cogeco Connexion’s VP of engineering and operations, Michel Blais, explained:
“Once integrated, Cogeco Connexion’s new MediaFirst video experience will be entirely IPTV-based, voice-activated and will rely entirely on a media-optimised, cloud-based TV platform. We expect to make the service available to customers throughout our footprint by mid-2019 and it will then become the standard video experience offered to new customers”.
Customers currently enjoying the company’s existing video services, including its TiVo solution, will continue to be offered their current services in the future, as MediaFirst will coexist with these video platforms.
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