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REALNETWORKS LAUNCHES REALPLAYER 10 - THE WORLD’S FIRST FREE MEDIA PLAYER SUPPORTING ALL MAJOR FILE FORMATS
RealPlayer 10 Now Available in The UK, Germany, Japan, and Other Markets
Major Content Owners Embrace New Player and Real 10 Platform
London, U.K. — April 07, 2004 — RealNetworks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), the leading creator of digital media services and software, today announced the immediate availability of RealPlayer® 10 Gold in English, German, Japanese as well as North American versions. RealPlayer 10 is the world’s first free media player to enable consumers to effortlessly play and enjoy content in any of the major Internet media formats, including RealAudio® RealVideo®, AAC, Windows Media, QuickTime MPEG-4 and MP3. Released in "beta" form on January 7th in the U.S. only, the final version of RealPlayer 10 is available immediately for download by consumers in Europe (German and English language versions) Asia Pacific (English and Japanese language versions), as well as North America. RealNetworks also announced that additional brand-name content, including content from the UEFA Champions League, Channel 4, Virgin Radio, Air America Radio, Car Talk from NPR and Movielink, is now available to consumers on RealPlayer 10. To date, over 50 content and technology companies, including BT Rich Media have announced support for RealPlayer 10 and the Real 10 platform (see related press releases issued today.)
The international versions of RealPlayer 10 promise an easy-to-use service for consumers to access and manage all their digital media from one convenient place. The free RealPlayer 10 is the friendliest most valuable RealPlayer ever, offering consumers:
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The ability to fast forward and rewind within audio and video streams without delay, and to pause live streams; |
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The best quality audio and video streaming experience yet via the new RealAudio 10 with AAC, and RealVideo 10 codecs; and, |
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Support for over 50 portable music devices for mobile lifestyle consumers, including the iPOD, palmOne Treo 600 and Creative Zen Xtra |
"With the launch of the first international versions of our popular RealPlayer 10, consumers in many countries now have a single product they can use to manage and play all the great free and premium content they find online. RealPlayer 10 will also work with consumers’ favorite portable devices," said Frank Keeling, vice president, Europe, Middle East and Latin America, RealNetworks, Inc. "The international versions of RealPlayer 10 will build on the overwhelming popularity we’ve seen for the North American version of RealPlayer 10 amongst consumers and content providers."
"RealPlayer 10 gives consumers a fun, easy-to-use product for finding, organizing, playing and managing digital audio and video while delivering a digital media experience that will overjoy entertainment lovers," said Alexandre Fourtoy, Chief Executive of UEFA New Media. "The great new design of RealPlayer 10 enhances consumers’ digital audio and video of the UEFA Champions League, to deliver the most compelling and complete media experience yet."
Additional international versions of RealPlayer 10, including French, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian-Portuguese, Korean, and simplified as well as traditional Chinese, are expected to launch this summer. RealPlayer 10 is available for immediate download in English, German, and Japanese at www.real.com. Consumers can download a basic free version of RealPlayer 10, upgrade to the premium version of RealPlayer 10, or get a combination of the premium version of RealPlayer 10, and enhanced content services such as RadioPass through a monthly subscription.
For More Information:
Lisa Strong, RealNetworks, 206-892-6585, lstrong@real.com
Maureen (Moe) Farley, RealNetworks, 206-892-6653, mfarley@real.com
ABOUT REALNETWORKS
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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