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Concurrent Awarded Technical Emmy for Outstanding Contributions to the VOD Arena and Growth of On-Demand Television.


ATLANTA -- With Its Patent Pending Technologies, Unique Modular Architecture and History of VOD See video-on-demand.

VoD - video on demand
 Firsts, Concurrent's Technology Receives NATAS NATAS National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
NATAS North American Thermal Analysis Society
NATAS Nation Ahead of Time and Space (band) 
 Emmy Recognition for Industry Achievements

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 (NATAS) awarded the company an Emmy Award Emmy award

Annual presentation for outstanding achievement in U.S. television. Its name is taken from the nickname “immy” for the image orthicon, a television camera tube.
 for technical achievements. Steve Necessary, president of Concurrent's Video-On-Demand (VOD) Division accepted the award at ceremonies held last night in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
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. Portions of the Nov. 15 awards ceremony will be broadcast on "Pulse," the G4TechTV cable network news program, on Nov. 19 at 10 PM ET/PT.

Launched in 1948, Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards recognize companies, organizations and individuals for breakthroughs in technology that have a significant effect on television engineering. Concurrent was honored for the "development, productization, and commercialization of video server technology leading to large scale video-on-demand implementations."

As the first company to commercially deploy VOD in 1999, Concurrent continues to build on its VOD industry leadership position with more than 100 committed North American North American

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 sites and international commercial trials and deployments, including recent wins with two of Korea's largest HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax.
2. (hardware) HFC - hydrofluorocarbon.
 cable service providers that serve more than 5.3 million basic subscribers. Concurrent's MediaHawk On-Demand Platform is used by some of the largest cable systems in the world, including Bright House Networks' Tampa and Orlando divisions on the Scientific-Atlanta platform and Time Warner Cable's Houston division on the Motorola platform. As VOD has continued to grow, Concurrent has continued to develop and deploy technologies that support a growing number of on-demand applications and ever-increasing amounts of content, enabling broadband operators to give their customers more choice and control of their television viewing experience.

"The Emmy Award is validation that on-demand is here to stay. Concurrent is honored to receive this prestigious award and very proud of our Engineering team," said Steve Necessary, president of Concurrent's Video-On-Demand Division. "We've just scratched the surface with VOD systems widely deployed in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  and several major international deployments. We look forward to a bright VOD future with new applications to support greater amounts of content as well as new features that make television-on-demand even more exciting."

About The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences was founded in 1957. It is dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted cov·et  
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1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy.

2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire.
 Emmy Award. Visit www.emmyonline.org.

About Concurrent

Concurrent Computer Corporation (www.ccur.com) is a global leader in providing digital VOD systems to the broadband industry and real-time computer systems for industry and government. Concurrent's VOD systems are deployed worldwide by major broadband operators. Its proven technology is based on open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced  and provides a flexible, comprehensive and robust solution for HFC, DSL DSL
 in full Digital Subscriber Line

Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary
, and IP-based networks. Concurrent is also a leading provider of high-performance, real-time computer systems, solutions, and software that focus on hardware-in-the-loop and man-in-the-loop simulation, data acquisition, and industrial control systems for commercial and government markets. Concurrent has nearly four decades of real-time technology experience and provides its best of breed solutions through offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Certain statements made or incorporated by reference in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. When used or incorporated by reference in this release, the words "believes," "expects," "estimates," "anticipates," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Statements regarding future events and developments and our future performance, as well as our expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates, or projections relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

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 the future, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. All forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events to differ materially from those projected. The risks and uncertainties which could affect our financial condition or results of operations include, without limitation: our ability to keep our customers satisfied; availability of video-on-demand content; delays or cancellations of customer orders; changes in product demand; economic conditions; various inventory risks due to changes in market conditions; uncertainties relating to the development and ownership of intellectual property; uncertainties relating to our ability and the ability of other companies to enforce their intellectual property rights; the pricing and availability of equipment, materials and inventories; the limited operating history of our video-on-demand segment; the concentration of our customers; failure to effectively manage growth; delays in testing and introductions of new products; rapid technology changes; demand shifts from high-priced, proprietary real-time systems to low-priced, open server systems; system errors or failures; reliance on a limited number of suppliers; uncertainties associated with international business activities, including foreign regulations, trade controls, taxes, and currency fluctuations; the highly competitive environment in which we operate and predatory pricing pressures; failure to effectively service the installed base; the entry of new well-capitalized competitors into our markets; the success of new products in both the VOD and ISD See IDD.  divisions; the success of our new initiative to penetrate opportunities with the U.S. government; the availability of Linux software in light of issues raised by SCO group; capital spending capital spending

Spending for long-term assets such as factories, equipment, machinery, and buildings that permits the production of more goods and services in future years.
 patterns by a limited customer base; and contract obligations that could impact revenue recognition.

Other important risk factors are discussed in our Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 7, 2004 and may be discussed in subsequent filings with the SEC. The risk factors discussed in such Form 10-K under the heading "Risk Factors" are specifically incorporated by reference in this press release. Our forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and speak only as of the date of such statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of future events, new information, or otherwise.

Note to Editors: For additional company or product information from Concurrent, please contact Concurrent, 4375 River Green Parkway, Suite 100, 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 www.ccur.com.

Concurrent Computer Corporation, its logo and MediaHawk are registered and unregistered trademarks of Concurrent Computer Corporation. All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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