Rogers Communications to Begin Deploying Comcast's X1 Platform Early 2018

Rogers Communications will begin deploying Comcast's X1 platform in early 2018, it announced Friday. Before the X1 launch, Rogers said, it will make changes to its existing video platform, including additional 4K content and a 4K personal video recorder. The Canada cable company said it's moving to X1 "to ensure it has access to the scale and technical roadmap needed to meet the ongoing pace of IPTV innovation." Comcast previously licensed X1 to Cox Communications in the U.S. and Canada's Shaw (see 1507230038).