Canadian IPTV software house Espial may be slightly behind the curve in launching its Elevate IPTV platform as a software as a service (SaaS) option in the cloud, but its ongoing partnership with Arris is helping the firm open up more doors in North America and prepare for making its mark in Europe. Building on a successful first quarter in which Espial more than doubled its revenues, the company came out with an upgraded version of its cloud service Elevate this week, to help operators spin up live and VoD OTT services, plus whole-home DVR systems, within 90 days. Three months is a typical time frame now and two OTT specialists Kaltura and Viaccess-Orca both came out with new as…