Real to use Intel's slide presentation
technology
By Stephanie Miles
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
December 3, 1999, 5:30 p.m. PT
On Monday, Real Networks will unveil the RealPresenter technology, which will
allow companies to stream slide presentations via the Internet.
Real Networks has licensed the Intel Internet Presentation software from the chip giant and
will incorporate it into its product, sources close to Intel confirmed.
With the IIPS, companies can send presentations such as those created using Microsoft's
PowerPoint over the Internet. Already, many companies
use the Internet for "Webcasts," of important
announcements, such as earnings reports. Now, Intel and
Real will be streamlining the process by offering automated
slide-show software.
Real Networks declined to comment. The two companies
last year entered into an alliance to cooperate on Internet
video technology.
Real's streaming media technology allows Web surfers to
watch video or listen to audio in real time, rather than
downloading the media to their hard drive and playing it
back.
Both companies are interested in advancing the popularity
and relevance of streaming broadcasts, for separate reasons. For Real, the company's
business depends on propagating its software as the dominant tool for such broadcasts.
Intel, on the other hand, benefits as consumers upgrade to pricier computers which can
handle these bandwidth and processor-intensive broadcasts.
When released, the software will be a plug-in, downloaded as an addition to typical Internet
surfing software. Dubbed RealPresenter, the plug-in will work in tandem with Real
Networks streaming software.
News.com's Michael Kanellos contributed to this story. |
