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Concurrent's MediaHawk VOD Solution Powers Time Warner Cable's VOD Launch and SVOD Trial in Cincinnati, Ohio; Concurrent's SVOD Solution First to Market.


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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2001

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 On Demand subscription VOD services to approximately 100,000 Cincinnati area digital subscribers.

Time Warner Cable's Greater Cincinnati division serves 585,000 homes passed and 333,000 basic customers. The HBO On Demand SVOD service is being offered to subscribers at a $9.95 monthly fee and provides on-demand access to HBO programs, such as "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City," with added convenience and control features including pause, rewind, and fast forward of the programming. The Greater Cincinnati division is using Concurrent's MediaHawk(TM) Model 2000 Video Servers to drive the service, as well as Concurrent's Broadband VOD Business Management System (BMS BMS
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) for back office services, such as billing and subscription management. Time Warner Cable plans to follow the SVOD service with a commercial movie-on-demand offering for its customers before the end of the year. The Greater Cincinnati division is using HBO On Demand applications developed and integrated by PowerTV. Additionally, Time Warner Cable's Greater Cincinnati division uses the Scientific-Atlanta and Pioneer set-top boxes, and the Pioneer Passport electronic program guide (EPG (Electronic Program Guide) An online listing of TV or other programs. Periodically, EPGs are downloaded into set-top boxes so that viewers can preview offerings by time or category and set reminders. ).

Jack Bryant, Concurrent president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  said: "We are delighted to work with Time Warner Cable on several SVOD trials throughout the U.S. We appreciate Time Warner Cable's confidence in Concurrent's commercially proven end-to-end VOD solution as the platform to test the consumer acceptance of HBO On Demand." He added: "We are seeing a great deal of interest in the deployment of VOD and SVOD by our customers and are proud to be a pioneer with Time Warner Cable in the industry's first SVOD trials. Today, Concurrent is leading the way with multiple SVOD trials underway with multiple cable operators on both Scientific-Atlanta and Motorola based digital systems."

Virgil Reed: Time Warner Cable's Cincinnati Division president, said, "I've waited over 20 years to be able to provide this type of interactive on-demand services to our customers - giving them the power to watch what they want, when they want. This is the most significant advancement in technology to hit the cable industry to date, and I'm glad to be on the forefront of the future of interactive television." He continued, "Based on Concurrent's proven track record and proven ability to launch VOD and SVOD services on a large scale, we chose them as our partner. This newest Time Warner Cable service offering is a tremendous opportunity as two market leaders form an alliance in shaping and embracing the future of interactive TV services."

As the first company to deploy VOD in 1999, Concurrent continues to build on its commercial VOD leadership position with a total of 22 commercial VOD market deployment commitments with AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services.  Time Warner, Cox, Comcast, Cogeco, Mediacom, and Blue Ridge Blue Ridge, eastern range of the Appalachian Mts., extending south from S Pa. to N Ga.; highest mountains in the E United States. Mt. Mitchell, 6,684 ft (2,037 m) high, is the tallest peak. Beginning with a narrow ridge in the north, c.  Communications.

Concurrent's MediaHawk Model 2000 VOD System

Concurrent's MediaHawk Broadband VOD System features the MediaHawk Model 2000 Video Server and MediaHawk Business Management System (BMS), which provide cable operators all the tools necessary to run their VOD business from end-to-end. The MediaHawk BMS includes a complete system for managing content, subscriber demographic information, transaction and usage analysis, billing, and order fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment . The MediaHawk Model 2000 Video Server is a high-performance, scalable, digital video server that offers industry-leading performance and provides the most reliable response time achievable in the worldwide marketplace today. Concurrent's VOD technology enables subscribers to use a digital set-top box to instantly call up digital movies from a list of major movie titles and control their selected movie with VCR-like functionality including fast forward, pause, and rewind.

About Concurrent

Concurrent Computer Corporation (http://www.ccur.com) is a leading provider of high-performance computer systems, software, and servers. Concurrent Computer Corporation's XSTREME Division is a leading supplier in the emerging digital video server marketplace. This market includes broadband VOD and rich streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub.  applications such as corporate training, education, hospitality, and digital video-to-the-home. Operating worldwide, Concurrent provides sales and support from offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Concurrent brings over 35 years of real-time experience to the broadband VOD and rich streaming media industries, and in a very short time has become the market leader. Today, Concurrent's worldwide broadband VOD and rich streaming media trials and deployments include: Time Warner Cable - 7 markets, Beijing

Fengtai Cable - China; Blue Ridge Communications - Pennsylvania; Cogeco Cable - Quebec and Ontario, Canada; Comcast - 9 markets; Cox - 3 markets; Horizon.com - Singapore; Mediacom - one market; NXTV Inc. - 4 hotels; OLYMPUS Optical - Hamburg, Germany; Safari Technologies - 16 educational institutions throughout North America; Shanghai Telecom - China; and VOD Pty Ltd./TransAct - Australia.

"Forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995 may be included in this news release. A variety of factors could cause the Company's actual results to differ from the anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements. Investors are referred to the Company's Risk Factors included on Form 8-K Form 8-K

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Form 8-K

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 filed on October 22, 2001, which statements are incorporated into this news release by reference.

Note to Editors: For additional company or product information from Concurrent Computer Corporation, please contact Concurrent Computer Corporation, 4375 River Green Parkway, Duluth, GA 30096. Call toll free in the U.S. and Canada at (877) 978-7363, fax (678) 258-4199. Readers can also access information through the company's Web site at http://www.ccur.com.

Concurrent Computer Corporation is a registered trademark and MediaHawk is a trademark of Concurrent Computer Corporation. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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