Espial announced that KPU Telcommunications is now delivering premium on-demand video services to its IPTV subscribers in Ketchikan, Alaska using Espial MediaBase and Nokia Siemens Networks IPTV Middleware. KPU Telecommunications is one of three divisions of Ketchikan Public Utilities. KPU delivers some of the most advanced communications products available in the marketplace, including high-definition digital television, video on demand, extensive local television content, broadband internet, business communication systems and local phone service. KPU offers services over an active fiber to the home network capable of up to 1 Gigabit per second speeds in addition to it’s copper based network.
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- Espial MediaBase is selected by KPU Telcommunications to provide premium on-demand video services to its IPTV customers in Ketchikan, Alaska. Using Espial MediaBase, KPU Telcommunications is now providing video-on-demand and other on-demand services to subscriber.
- KPU Telcommunications selected Espial MediaBase for its proven track record across dozens of global implementations, integration with Nokia Siemens IPTV middleware and excellent cost to performance ratio using commercial-off-the-shelf hardware.
- Nokia Siemens Networks IPTV Middleware offers an open environment that allows KPU to tailor its TV services and encourages third-party developers to create their own rich media and Web 2.0 applications that integrate with the operator’s IPTV system quickly and cost effectively.