Concurrent Brings On-Demand to Central America.Panamanian Deployment First Launch in the Country and the Region ATLANTA -- Concurrent (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CCUR CCUR Center for Crops Utilization Research ), a worldwide leader of on-demand technology that is shaping the future of television, announced today the first commercial deployment of video-on-demand (VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand ) in Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. . Cable Onda, the leading cable service provider in Panama, has chosen Concurrent's MediaHawk[R] 4000 on-demand platform to support the launch of VOD to approximately 15,000 digital cable subscribers in a centralized architecture. This is the first on-demand launch in both Panama and Central America, as well as the first Latin American launch for Concurrent's Real-Time Media product. "Panama has long been considered the 'gateway' to Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. ," stated Gary Trimm, 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. of Concurrent. "There are over 15 million cable households in Latin America, with 1.2 million in Central America and the Caribbean. The Cable Onda launch represents Concurrent's continued success in this lucrative cable market." "Concurrent was chosen because of their reliable, widely-deployed technology and their reputation for solid customer support," stated Karlos Brown, senior manager of operations, Cable Onda. "The modularity of their on-demand solution also allows us to easily and independently scale content storage and streaming capability as our needs for both grow." Cable Onda also launched Concurrent's Real-Time Media, enabling the system to provide subscribers on-demand access to real-time content, such as news, sports, select broadcast television series and original programming from Cable Onda. As an optional component to the Media-Hawk On-Demand Platform, Real-Time Media allows viewers to pause, fast forward and rewind broadcast programs shortly after they have aired, while providing cable operators with a manageable and cost-effective revenue generator. Concurrent's MediaHawk 4000 series VOD platform provides unequalled system stability and uptime. The first and most widely deployed VOD solution to utilize commercial off-the-shelf Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) is a term for software or hardware, generally technology or computer products, that are ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license to the general public. hardware, the MediaHawk delivers independent scalability of content ingest in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. , storage and streaming across both HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax. 2. (hardware) HFC - hydrofluorocarbon. and IP networks worldwide. To date, Concurrent has deployed over 1.1 million video streams in 26 countries. About Concurrent Concurrent (NASDAQ: CCUR) is a leading provider of high-performance, real-time Linux software and solutions for commercial and government markets. For over 40 years Concurrent's best-of-breed products have enabled a range of time-critical solutions including: modeling and simulation, high speed data acquisition, visual imaging, low latency transaction processing and on-demand television. Concurrent's on-demand television applications are utilized by major service providers in the cable and IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. industries to deliver video-on-demand (VOD) and, through subsidiary company Everstream, measure the effectiveness of interactive television. Concurrent is a global company with regional offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and has products actively deployed in more than 26 countries. Concurrent's products and services are recognized for being uniquely flexible, comprehensive, robust and reliable. For more information, please visit www.ccur.com Certain statements made or incorporated by reference in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events and development and our future performance, as well as our expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates, or projections relating to the future, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. These forward looking statements include, among others, statements regarding our products, release schedules, and product development. All forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events to differ materially from those projected. Such risks and uncertainties include our ability to meet customer schedules and demands and deployment and integration goals. 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. 1, 2006 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. Concurrent Computer Corporation Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . its logo and Everstream and its logo are registered trademarks of Concurrent Computer Corporation. 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