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Technology Stocks : Concurrent Computer (CCUR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Christiaan McDonald who wrote (11912)	12/13/1999 7:55:00 PM
From: Don Hand	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21142

another version of todays press release. Q1 of 2000 for rollout. atlanta.dbusiness.com Concurrent develops personal TV By Daniel F. DeLong, dbusiness.com ATLANTA, Dec. 13 (dbusiness.com) - Concurrent Computer Corporation (Nasdaq: CCUR) announced Monday new technology that allows cable television operators to offer easy interactive, on-demand offerings to customers. Concurrent's XSTREME Division calls its video-on-demand equipment the MediaHawk video server line. The company said it will be rolled out in the first quarter of 2000. Cost has not been determined yet, a company spokesman said. The company said a technology breakthrough was achieved by creating a session between digital set-top boxes, or PC-based clients, with Concurrent's video server. Subscribers can record or pause a broadcast TV event and play it back at another time. Concurrent, through its Vivid Technology unit, works with a number of companies that offer set-tops. Among them is Scientific Atlanta (NYSE: SFA), which announced Monday it has developed technology that will reduce the cost to cable operators of deploying interactive video-on-demand service to their customers' homes. Scientific-Atlanta calls its technology a MQAM modulator, which will be available in the first half of 2000. Both companies will be showing off their latest at the Western Cable Show, which starts on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Concurrent said its technology will allow customers to "make appointments" with their favorite shows and mark them for future playback. This is an important plus for cable networks, the company says, because for the first time they will know in advance who is watching what programs. Concurrent shares, which had been trading near a 52-week high, dropped below the mark for a while in Monday trading, but ended the day at $17.94, their high price for the year. Concurrent's 52-week low is $3.