Concurrent announces that Cox Communications has completed a Master Purchase Agreement to deploy MediaHawk 4500 VOD servers across Cox’s entire VOD-enabled subscriber base. The multi-year agreement will enable Cox to standardize on the Concurrent MediaHawk Content Delivery System across all Cox markets, with Concurrent’s MediaHawk 4500 replacing other server brands and integrating with SeaChange’s AXIOM back office. Every Cox system will upgrade during this time, adding additional streams and increased content storage. Additionally, as part of the agreement, Cox has been granted a license to Concurrent’s targeted advertising patent portfolio.

As an integral component of the MediaHawk Content Delivery System, Concurrent’s MediaHawk 4500 is a standards-based, highly-available video server capable of supporting 2,300 simultaneous on-demand streams (SD content at 3.75 Mbps) over a wide array of transport networks. This high-density server requires only a 2RU enclosure, enabling on-demand complexes scaled to hundreds of thousands of streams with minimized footprint and power consumption. The multi-level memory cache approach and economical commercial hardware design allow service providers to employ scalable, pay-as-you-grow deployment models. Reliability is greatly enhanced with Concurrent’s Gatling Resilient Streaming Technology, which automatically detects failures and instantly routes stream demands to alternate resources in order to prevent any loss of VOD sessions. When combined with the MediaCache 1000, Concurrent’s flash SSD storage product, the MediaHawk 4500 provides an additional level of reliability while lowering maintenance costs