Concurrent Computer's Bruce Bradley to Present on `The Economics of Getting Video to the Home' at Kagan VOD Summit.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2001 Concurrent Computer Corporation  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . (Nasdaq:CCUR CCUR Center for Crops Utilization Research ), the pioneer and market leader in Video-On-Demand (VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand ) commercial deployments, today announced that Bruce Bradley, Vice President, Product Management, will be a featured panelist at the Kagan VOD Summit on October 23, 2001, in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Bradley will be one of five speakers featured on a session entitled, "Headend Servers, Video Streams, Thin Clients & Peak Demand: The Economics of Getting Video to the Home - Part 1." The panel will run 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. at the Park Lane Hotel The Park Lane Hotel is a 5 Star hotel on Piccadilly, London. The hotel was built in the 1920s in the Grand Art Deco Style by Sir Bracewell Smith. The building is a fine example with a mansard roof and Portland stone facade. The building is Grade II listed. , located at 36 Central Park South. During the session, Bradley will address the major considerations and decision points behind building a digital infrastructure to handle content delivery, such as node size, transport scheme, set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. model, backoffice integration, and server capacity. The presentation will also highlight design considerations that determine the economic viability of VOD, such as the number of streams per server, the number of homes per node, and the maximum number of customers who access the system at a time. "Technology advances and decreased costs enable cable system operators to begin to fulfill the promise of television content on demand," said Bradley. "Understandably, return on investment is the key driver for cable operators in designing a digital infrastructure. Concurrent works with cable operators to provide Video-On-Demand in the most cost-effective and scalable manner without incurring significant additional infrastructure cost." Today, Concurrent is involved in deploying VOD commercially to well over 1 million digital subscribers and is developing a strategic VOD server platform capable of providing new applications such as subscription VOD (SVOD SVOD Subscription Video on Demand SVOD Stacked Volumetric Optical Disk SVOD Subscription Voice on Demand ), personal video channel (pVC(TM)), and targeted advertising. Concurrent integrates the MediaHawk(TM) Video Server, a high-performance, scalable, digital video, with a Business Management System backoffice software suite with digital headend equipment, conditional access technologies, digital set-top boxes, electronic program guides, VOD client software, and interactive digital applications from the industry's leading suppliers. Other panelists include Mark DePietro, Vice President/Marketing, Motorola Broadband; Perry Tanner, Corporate Vice President/Marketing, Scientific-Atlanta; Terri Richardson, Vice President/Business Development & Alliances, nCUBE Corporation; and Jim Olson, 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. , SkyStream Networks 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 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 has become a market leader. Today, Concurrent's broadband VOD and rich streaming media trials and deployments include: 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 Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. - Oceanic Cable; AOL Time Warner Cable - Tampa Bay; Beijing Fengtai Cable - China; Blue Ridge Communications - Pennsylvania; Cogeco Cable - Quebec and Ontario, Canada; Comcast - nine systems with locations to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. ; Cox - Hampton Roads; Cox - Phoenix; Cox - San Diego; Horizon.com - Singapore; Mediacom - one system with location to be announced; NXTV Inc. - Bel Air Hotel, Peninsula Hotel, and Century Plaza Hotel The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel forming a sweeping crescent design fronting the spectacular fountains on Avenue of the Stars adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers. , Los Angeles; 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 in Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on July 16, 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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