MONTREAL — As we told you Friday, Cogeco Connexion is officially launching today its new IPTV service, Epico, which offers an entertainment experience combining the Internet and television.
Epico is based on the MediaKind platform which is integrated into Google’s Android TV ecosystem and on the advanced expertise of the Cogeco engineers who contributed to the development of the final Epico product, says Cogeco’s press release.
“We are excited to provide our customers with the latest technology in home entertainment, while using a progressive marketing approach for its introduction in the market. More than 1,200 employees were our first users before offering Epico to our customers,” said Frédéric Perron, president of Cogeco Connexion, in the release. “We are very proud of our employees’ engagement and now, more than 12,000 customers are enjoying the benefits of Epico.”
The Epico service allows customers to take advantage of the latest technological developments in television, a cloud-computing infrastructure and a scalable platform, says the release. Customers can access all of their favourite content through a single interface, including live and on-demand channels, as well as Netflix, YouTube, Disney+ and thousands of applications via the Google Play Store.
The service provides an intuitive and more personalized interface via per-user profiles and also includes features such as voice command and the ability to restart a program that is currently being, or has recently been, broadcast. Customers will also be able to watch their content whenever and wherever they want, thanks to the Epico 4K wireless cloud PVR with a capacity to record up to 1,000 hours of content, allowing customers to download and watch content without an Internet connection using the Epico mobile app.
Cogeco says Epico is available to the majority of its customers in the territories served by the company (the Oakville to Niagara Falls corridor in Ontario, the Windsor region, and portions of southern Quebec). The company says it will inform customers as the service becomes available in new cities.
More information about the Epico service, which starts at $120/mo, can be found here.
