Concurrent Introduces Unified Video Delivery Solutions for the Service Provider CDN Market
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Software-based server solutions feature TV-VOD and HTTP delivery from one platform
- MediaHawk(TM) VX supports pure TV-VOD, pure HTTP, or a mixture of delivery protocols using the same hardware
- Migration from traditional RF frameworks to pure IP models can be accomplished at the customer's own pace
- Integrated eFactor(TM) Transmux software dynamically repackages video content, reducing the complexities associated with multiscreen delivery
ATLANTA - Concurrent (NASDAQ: CCUR), a worldwide leader in video and media data solutions, is announcing new software solutions for service providers intending to build their own content delivery networks (CDNs). Concurrent's CDN product suite includes a unified origin server and unified edge server that can support traditional TV-VOD and HTTP delivery simultaneously using the same server hardware. By converging features from its flagship VOD product, MediaHawk VX, with its newly announced eFactor product suite for HTTP delivery, Concurrent has created a new breed of solutions designed to simplify the migration of services from traditional RF frameworks toward a pure IP model.
"Today's video revenues are primarily generated from video services that are delivered over RF networks to traditional set-top boxes," said James Brickmeier, Concurrent's vice president and general manager of video solutions. "While the introduction of new HTTP services in the near term represents an incremental growth opportunity for service providers, the long term challenge facing operators is how to cost effectively migrate their existing businesses to more flexible IP delivery models. There is a huge investment in RF networks, and competitive pressures drive the pace of the migration. Concurrent's CDN solution is designed to allow operators to facilitate the RF to IP transition at their own pace and without the capex challenges or risk associated with introducing new platforms into the network."
Concurrent's software can be configured to support pure TV-VOD, pure HTTP, or a mixture of protocols from the same server, enabling traditional services to be smoothly migrated to new devices without the need to introduce new hardware into the network. Concurrent's CDN solutions also include eFactor's transmuxing capabilities, which reduce the complexities of delivering multi-screen video by enabling a single content format to be converted on-demand to other formats as needed. Concurrent's CDN products include:
- CDN Ingest Manager: Content orchestration & TV-VOD back office
integration
- eFactor HTTP Edge: Pure HTTP streaming server & intelligent cache
- MediaHawk VX Unified Edge Server: TV-VOD & HTTP streamer & intelligent
cache
- MediaHawk VX Unified Origin Server: HTTP origin server Employed together, Concurrent's CDN products support video delivery over managed or unmanaged networks to a wide variety of consumer electronic devices including RF & IP set-top boxes, connected TVs, PCs, tablet computers, smartphones, and gaming systems. Deployed independently, each product supports open communication protocols and can be integrated as part of a multi-vendor ecosystem employing best-of-breed technologies.
Concurrent's solutions are designed around independently scalable software modules that can be applied separately or as part of an end-to-end solution architecture to support a broad array of deployment scenarios and commercial video applications. More than 2.2 million video streams have been deployed worldwide using Concurrent's MediaHawk video solutions. Concurrent will demonstrate its CDN products at the upcoming SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Atlanta, November 15 - 17, 2011.
About Concurrent
Concurrent (NASDAQ: CCUR) is a global leader in multi-screen video delivery, media data management, and monetization. Built on a solid foundation of Emmy Award-winning technology, Concurrent's solutions provide consumers with ubiquitous access to content on any screen and provide media stakeholders with a holistic view of the consumer video experience. Concurrent supplies customers across the entire media ecosystem (cable, telecommunications, wireless, web, advertising, and content supplier industries) with enterprise-level CDN technology, multi-screen video delivery, monetization, media data collection and logistics solutions. Concurrent's video solutions are built upon a rich heritage of high-performance real-time technology, which also powers solutions for the defense, aerospace, automotive and financial industries. Concurrent has offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Visit www.ccur.com for further information and follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Concurrent_CCUR.
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