: REALNETWORKS SHIPS GOLD RELEASE OF REALPLAYER 7 BASIC AND REALPLAYER 7 PLUS
REALPLAYER ENTERS NEW YEAR WITH MORE THAN 95 MILLION UNIQUE USERS Version 7
Shatters Product Adoption Records
SEATTLE, Jan 5, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- RealNetworks(R), Inc.
(Nasdaq: RNWK), the recognized leader in media delivery on the
Internet, today announced the gold release of RealPlayer(R) 7 Basic and
RealPlayer 7 Plus for Windows. The Gold release of RealPlayer 7 builds
on the success of RealPlayer 7 beta, which has been embraced by more
than 10 million unique users in less than 2 months, an adoption rate
believed to be the fastest ever for a product distributed over the
Internet. The Gold release of RealPlayer 7 Basic and RealPlayer 7 Plus
for Windows is immediately available for download from
real.com or via the AutoUpdate feature in RealPlayer G2 and
RealPlayer 7 beta.
"We're thrilled to deliver Gold versions of RealPlayer 7 to consumers,
providing quick, easy access to great Audio/Video content from hundreds
of programming partners," said Maria Cantwell, senior vice president,
Consumer and E-Commerce Division, RealNetworks, Inc. "With the
tremendous improvements in performance and usability, new media caching
capabilities, and a new message service, RealPlayer 7 is delivering a
rich Internet media experience that consumers are turning to every
day."
The release of RealPlayer 7 builds on previous releases of the
award-winning RealPlayer, whose popularity continues to grow with more
than 95 million unique users, a 100% increase in the number of users in
the last year. RealPlayer 7 is built on the technology foundation
developed in the previous version of RealPlayer, RealPlayer G2, which
was awarded "Best Software of 1999" by C5/8Net, a leading source for
computers and technology at cnet.com.
Pricing and Availability RealPlayer 7 Basic is immediately available
for free download from www.real.com. RealPlayer 7 Plus is immediately
available for purchase and download for $29.99 from www.real.com. For
more information on the new features in RealPlayer 7, please visit
real.com.
About RealNetworks RealNetworks, Inc., based in Seattle, is the
recognized leader in streaming media delivery on the Internet. It
develops and markets software products and services designed to enable
users of personal computers and other consumer electronic devices to
send and receive audio, video and other multimedia services using the
Web. Consumers can access and experience audio/video programming and
download RealNetworks consumer software on the Internet at
real.com. All RealNetworks systems and corporate information
is located on the Internet at realnetworks.com.
RealNetworks continues to maintain a strong leadership share of the
streaming media market. As of January 2000, there are more than 95
million unique users of RealPlayer and more than 85% of all streaming
media Web pages on the Internet use industry leading RealAudio(R),
RealVideo(R), RealFlash(TM), RealText(TM) or RealPix(TM), and more than
350,000 hours of live RealAudio and RealVideo programming are available
each week (Source: Hotbot).
NOTE: RealNetworks, RealPlayer, RealAudio, RealText, RealPix and
RealVideo are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc.
RealFlash is a trademark of Macromedia, Inc. and RealNetworks, Inc.
Macromedia and Flash are registered trademarks of Macromedia, Inc. All
other companies or products listed herein are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE RealNetworks, Inc.
(C) 2000 PR Newswire. All rights reserved.
prnewswire.com
-0-
CONTACT: press only, Kari Day of RealNetworks, 206-674-2358, or
karid@real.com
/Company News On-Call:
prnewswire.com or fax,
800-758-5804, ext. 119814
WEB PAGE: realnetworks.com
real.com
GEOGRAPHY: Washington
INDUSTRY CODE: CPR
MLM
ENT
SUBJECT CODE: PDT
*** end of story *** |
