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REALNETWORKS LICENSES TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE FROM CODING TECHNOLOGIES FOR MPEG-4 AAC / AACPLUS
Consumer Electronics Show 2004, LAS VEGAS — January 7, 2004 — RealNetworks®, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK), the leading creator of digital media services and software, and Coding Technologies today announced the licensing and incorporation of Coding Technologies’ MPEG-4 AAC / aacPlus™ technology and software within RealNetworks’ commercial media creation and consumer software player products. As a result, high fidelity digital audio can be created in RealNetworks’ RealAudio® 10 format by using the newest version of its media encoding software product, RealProducer® 10. Additionally, third party encoding products that incorporate RealNetworks’ Helix™ Producer SDK can produce content in RealAudio 10. By acquiring an additional license from Coding Technologies, these third party products can also produce content in MPEG-4 AAC and aacPlus.
RealNetworks’ newest and best consumer player, RealPlayer® 10, provides the most comprehensive media file playback including prior versions of the RealAudio file format, as well as the new RealAudio 10 with AAC, RealAudio 10 Lossless and MultiChannel, MP3, WMA, MPEG-4 AAC, and aacPlus. Further, consumers can use RealPlayer 10 to convert music on their CDs into RealAudio 10 with AAC, as well as access a vast online library of digital music from the new RealPlayer Music Store in high fidelity 192Kbps RealAudio 10 with AAC.
By combining RealAudio 10 and RealNetworks’ Helix DRM, a leading digital rights management platform, digital music can be securely and legally downloaded to RealPlayer 10 and then seamlessly transferred from the RealPlayer to a growing collection of consumer devices enabled to playback industry-leading MPEG-4 AAC.
"Coding Technologies’ innovative technology and quality software implementation has contributed to RealNetworks’ ability to deliver a great Internet music experience to consumers and provides our content partners the capability to encode their audio media at the industry’s highest fidelity," said Nagesh Pabbisetty, vice president Consumer Products and Support, RealNetworks, Inc. "For portable music device manufacturers, incorporating support for our RealAudio 10 with AAC and our Helix DRM provides consumers with more choice and ability to legally download music and play it on the go, without compromising a high fidelity music experience."
"RealNetworks founded the streaming multimedia industry a decade ago via RealAudio and today through RealAudio 10, RealNetworks is once again transforming consumers’ digital audio experience," said David Frerichs, vice president and U.S. General Manager, Coding Technologies. "RealAudio 10 and MPEG-4 aacPlus now give content providers high audio quality methods to deliver content to RealNetworks’ growing installed base of RealPlayers."
For More Information:
Karen DeMarco, mPRm for Coding Technologies, (323) 933-3399 x238, kdemarco@MPRM.com
Lisa Strong, RealNetworks, 206-892-6585, lstrong@real.com
About Coding Technologies
Coding Technologies provides the best audio compression for mobile, broadcasting, and Internet. SBR™ (Spectral Band Replication) from Coding Technologies is a backward and forward compatible method to enhance the efficiency of any audio codec; putting the "PRO" in mp3PRO and the "Plus" in aacPlus. SBR is a fundamental enabler of the Digital Radio Mondiale open standard, the HD Radio standard, and is a core component of MPEG-4 High Efficiency AAC (MPEG-4 aacPlus). Coding Technologies is a privately held company with offices in Sweden, Germany, and Silicon Valley. Founded in 1997 in Stockholm, the company later merged with a spin-off of the renowned Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, the inventor of MP3. Coding Technologies’ customers include Real Networks, XM Satellite Radio, iBiquity Digital, SK Telecom, mmO2, Thomson, Musicmatch and Texas Instruments.
For more information, visit http://www.codingtechnologies.com.
About RealNetworks, Inc.
RealNetworks, Inc. is the leading creator of digital media services and software including the award-winning Rhapsody Internet jukebox service and RealPlayer 10, the first product to integrate finding, organizing, buying, playing and managing digital audio and video in a single product. Consumers can access and experience audio/video programming and download RealNetworks’ consumer software at http://www.real.com. Broadcasters, network operators, media companies and enterprises use RealNetworks’ products and services to create and deliver digital media to PCs, mobile phones and consumer electronics devices. RealNetworks’ systems and corporate information is located at http://www.realnetworks.com.
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