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Englewood, Colo. and Seattle, Wash. — September 27, 2004 — RealNetworks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK) and Starz Encore Group LLC (Starz) today announced two significant additions to STARZ! Ticket on Real Movies, the first premium subscription movie service delivered over high-speed broadband connections to PCs. Effective immediately, the $12.95 per month service now offers approximately 150 new release and classic Hollywood titles - a 50% increase in title count. Also available is a new, progressive download feature that enables viewers to begin watching the movie while the download is in progress.

Separately, the companies lauded the technological progress demonstrated earlier this month at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The companies believe that DTCP-IP and other evolving content delivery standards will ultimately assist in greater adoption and acceptance of broadband as a viable means of delivering movies into the home. More information on STARZ! Ticket on Real Movies is available at http://movies.real.com and www.starz.com.

STARZ! Ticket on Real Movies gives subscribers access to a rotating library of premium, major motion pictures for only $12.95 per month. Unlike pay-per-view services, STARZ! Ticket on Real Movies does not charge a separate fee each time a movie is downloaded, so subscribers can watch as much as they want for no additional charge.

Approximately 25% of the STARZ! Ticket on Real Movies library is rotated weekly, equating to over 250 unique titles made available each month. Offered in RealVideo® 10.5 and through RealPlayer®, movies will take as little as a few minutes to download depending on the speed of the subscriber's broadband service. Additionally, subscribers have access to a streamed version of the STARZ! linear service.

"Starz has the deepest, most robust library of film titles in pay television to go along with its stable of first-run studio output partners," said Bob Greene, SVP, Advanced Services for Starz. "With this free upgrade to the service, STARZ! Ticket users have an even greater selection of classic films, such as Taxi Driver and The French Connection, in addition to pay-TV movies found exclusively on STARZ! and STARZ! Ticket on Real Movies, including Lost in Translation, Mona Lisa Smile, Spy Kids 3: Game Over, and, coming soon, Miracle and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."

Greene continued, "Under the terms of our studio contracts, until the end of Starz’ first pay--TV window, we are the only subscription service permitted to offer these films through any electronic delivery method. This includes cable, satellite, broadband, and other forms of electronic distribution and typically runs until at least two years after theatrical release."
Hollywood studios supplying films to STARZ! Ticket on Real Movies include: Disney, Universal, MGM, Sony, Fox, New Line, Revolution Studios, and Miramax.

Though STARZ! Ticket on Real Movies was created with the PC as the destination for viewing movies; new technology is emerging which will change that dynamic course for consumers. To this end, last week at the Intel Developer Forum, RealNetworks and STARZ! demonstrated support for DTCP-IP, an industry backed content protection scheme that enables delivery of content from the PC to the TV.

"The ability to move content off the PC to other home-networked devices in a standard and secure fashion is a key step in the expansion of our online services," said Richard Wolpert, RealNetworks Chief Strategy Officer. "The success we've seen in delivering subscription services in music with Rhapsodyâ, and in games with RealArcadeâ, coupled with the early feedback from STARZ! Ticket subscribers supports the evolution of delivery and digital media consumption for consumers."

For more information, contact:
Eric Becker, Starz, (303) 638-3469 (cell), (720) 852-4065 (direct), eric.becker@starz.com
Maureen Farley, RealNetworks, (206) 351-4242 (cell), (206) 892-6653 (direct), mfarley@real.com

ABOUT STARZ
Starz is the largest provider of premium movie services in the United States with approximately 164 million pay units. Starz offerings include the Starz Super Pak®, with up to 13 digital movie channels and more than 750 movies per month, Starz On Demand®, the only on-demand pay TV subscription service available on the cable and satellite platforms, and its broadband equivalent, STARZ! Ticketsm. Starz also offers a suite of advanced video offerings, including STARZ! HDsm, Encore HDsm, and Starz On Demand HDsm. Starz is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE: L, LMCb), www.starz.com.

ABOUT REALNETWORKS, INC.
RealNetworks, Inc. is the leading creator of digital media services and software including the award-winning Rhapsodyâ Internet jukebox service and RealPlayer 10. 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.