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Concurrent MediaHawk Solution Powers Time Warner Cable Launch in Columbus; Columbus, Ohio Division Offers VOD to over 320K Subscribers.


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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2002

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) commercial deployments, today announced the successful launch of VOD services in Time Warner Cable's Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816.  Division.

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.  - Columbus serves more than 326,000 basic subscribers and 108,000 digital subscribers. For the launch, Concurrent has 13 MediaHawk(R) 3000 VOD Systems installed, with a total streaming capacity of over 7,000 streams and an initial storage capacity of over 800 titles.

Randy Hall, vice president of engineering for the Columbus system, said, "Concurrent has proven the viability of its interactive television platform, its technology expertise and its great attention to customer service. Throughout the launch process, Concurrent was with us each step of the way." He continued, "We are very pleased with the smooth launch of VOD services and with the outstanding response from our customers."

Steve Necessary, president of Concurrent's XSTREME (VOD) Division, said, "We are delighted to be working with Time Warner on another significant commercial VOD rollout. Concurrent is proud to be a Time Warner Columbus ally in their delivery of innovative on-demand programming." He added, "We appreciate Time Warner's confidence in Concurrent's VOD solution and look forward to duplicating our success in the Columbus system."

As the first company to commercially deploy VOD in 1999, Concurrent continues to build on its VOD industry leadership position with a total of 48 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, 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, Charter, Cogeco, Comcast, Cox and Mediacom. These markets serve 3.4 million digital cable subscribers, making Concurrent's installed base 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.  the largest in the industry.

Concurrent's MediaHawk Broadband VOD System features the MediaHawk Video Server and MediaHawk Business Management System (BMS BMS
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), 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 . Concurrent's VOD technology enables subscribers to use a digital 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.  to instantly call up digital movies and other programming from a list that includes major movie titles and control their selected movie with VCR-like functionality including fast forward, pause and rewind.

About Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable, Columbus Division serves 326,000 customers in 290 communities in central and southeast Ohio. It is a division of Time Warner Cable, which owns and manages the world's most advanced, best-clustered cable television operations with 92 percent of its 12.8 million customers in systems of 100,000 subscribers or more. It is a division of AOL Time Warner Inc.

About Concurrent

Concurrent Computer Corporation (http://www.ccur.com) is a worldwide leader in high-performance computer systems, software, and servers. Concurrent's XSTREME Division is the worldwide market leader in providing digital VOD systems to the broadband industry. 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. 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 35 years of experience and is providing these best of breed solutions through its offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Concurrent is the established leader in the VOD market, serving seven major cable operators in 48 markets with 3.4 million digital subscribers. Concurrent's proven technology provides one of the most flexible and comprehensive solutions for HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax.
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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. The company's powerful and scalable VOD systems are 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 are integrated with the leading broadband technologies.

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," 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: 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 the entry of new well-capitalized competitors into our markets.

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 September 25, 2002 and may be discussed in subsequent filings with the SEC. 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 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, 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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