New product leverages the power of Internet protocol technology to deliver video content in digital format with high-definition capabilities and all-digital channels
Woodbury, MN., July 28, 2009—North State Communications selected Dascom Systems Group to design and build their IPTV headend. The new headend has enabled the company’s launch of IP television services under its new Plex brand, which also includes residential and consumer broadband Internet, and wireless and home phone products.
“Control over the programming we offer our subscribers is extremely important to us and that required us to deploy a full headend,” said Royster Tucker III, President & COO, North State Communications. “With our advanced fiber network literally going into neighborhoods and directly to homes in the area, we are delivering a television product that is superior to cable TV- presenting a new alternative that consumers have wanted for a long time.”
Utilizing the headend integrated by Dascom, the new digital television product from North State Communications called Plex Advanced TV leverages the power of Internet protocol technology to deliver video content in digital format with high-definition capabilities and all-digital channels. The company can now offer customers the new IPTV service that includes more than 80 HD channels, digital music, a video-on-demand library and digital video recording capability. North State anticipates offering the new product to several thousand homes by summer’s end, with expansion continuing through the fall and in years to come.
“Dascom has a long history of engineering, furnishing and installing full headends, and a strong partnership with North State,” said Dave Hattey, Chief Executive Officer, Dascom Systems Group. “We were pleased to be selected to bring the latest technology to North State’s new headend and look forward to many more years of partnership.”
About Dascom Systems Group
Dascom Systems Group, LLC is an audio/video and IPTV systems integrator based in Woodbury, Minnesota. Since 1995, Dascom has been providing customers in corporate, education, medical, government, and telecommunications markets with audio/video technology through distance education, videoconferencing and headends. In the IPTV market, Dascom has more than 100 IPTV customers, ranging from full headends to local insertion. Through superior integration and key partnerships, Dascom has become the leading integrator of legacy and next-generation IPTV systems in the industry. For more information on Dascom, please visit www.dascom-systems.com
About North State Communications
Headquartered in High Point, North Carolina, North State is one of the nation’s 20 largest integrated communications companies, offering wireless, broadband Internet, voice services, directory advertising, data and IP-based business services and digital television services in the Piedmont Triad Region of North Carolina. Visit www.northstate.net for more information.
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