REALNETWORKS PROVIDES COVERAGE OF KOSOVO CRISIS, INCLUDING BROADCAST
Of Belgrade's Underground Radio, Station B92
RealNetworks(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK) the recognized leader in streaming media, is providing live RealAudio(R) and RealVideo(R) coverage of news and events in Kosovo including the broadcast of Radio B92, the Belgrade radio station shut down by the government earlier today. Other featured live coverage includes Fox News, CBS.com, ABCNews.com, ABCRADIONEWS.com, BBC Online, and CNN.com. As well, on demand coverage will be provided by TF1, BBC, Voice of Russia, C-Span, CBC, ITN and others.
Coverage can be accessed from realguide.real.com through the RealPlayer(R), available for free download at real.com.
RealNetworks Market Leadership
There are now more than 55 million registered unique users of
RealPlayer, the largest absolute growth of any consumer desktop
application in 1998. Actual usage of RealPlayer has also grown
dramatically, with Media Metrix reporting that the number of
unduplicated home users in the US climbed by more than 300% to 15.5
million in December 1998, compared to 3.5 million consumers who used
the RealPlayer in December 1997.
RealNetworks continues to maintain a more than 85% share of the streaming media market. More than 85% of all Web pages on the Internet using streaming media use industry leading RealAudio(R), RealVideo(R), RealFlash(TM), RealText(TM) or RealPix(TM), and more than 300,000 hours of live RealAudio and RealVideo programming are available each week (Source: Hotbot).
About RealNetworks
RealNetworks, Inc., based in Seattle, WA, is the recognized leader
in the streaming media market. 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. RealNetworks can be found
on the World Wide Web at real.com.
For More Information, Press Only:
Jenny Sorensen, RealNetworks, 206-674-2374, jenny@real.com
NOTE: RealAudio, RealVideo, RealText, RealPix and RealPlayer 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.
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