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RealNetworks Introduces RealOne Platform Integrated Media Platform Transforms the Creation and Consumption Of Digital Media Platform Now Available to Content Providers and Technology Partners, Consumer Release Within Sixty Days SEATTLE, Sept 24 /PRNewswire/ -- RealNetworks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK - news), the global leader in Internet media delivery, today unveiled RealOne(TM) Platform, a new integrated media platform for connecting consumers to content. At the core of the platform is its media engine, RealOne Player, which combines and reinvents the industry-leading RealPlayer® and RealJukebox® and adds to them a powerful new media browser to give consumers an unmatched, multi-dimensional media experience. RealOne Platform enables content providers to easily author content using standard Internet languages, extending their current Web sites to create an immersive multimedia experience which features audio and video playback with contextual information. The new platform is compatible with a wide-range of development tools and services that enable content providers and technology partners to create secure, compelling digital media content, and to supplement it with contextual commerce. More than 150 content providers and technology partners worldwide have already announced their endorsement of the RealOne Platform, the Company reported today. ``RealOne Platform will empower our partners to create a new generation of digital media businesses,'' said Rob Glaser, chairman and CEO, RealNetworks, Inc. ``By combining the many ways that people enjoy and interact with digital media, and by steering use of the Internet toward integrated, compelling audio-visual content, RealOne Platform will fundamentally change how consumers and creators of content will relate.'' ``ABC has had a great relationship with RealNetworks since the launch of RealAudio® in 1995. We have always recognized that Real is at the forefront of technology, and is a leading innovator for media delivery on the Internet,'' said Bernard Gershon, senior vice president and general manager, ABC News.com. ``RealOne Platform is groundbreaking and will introduce ABCNEWS.com's audience to a true multimedia experience.'' RealOne Platform is extensible through a variety of software development toolkits (SDKs) exposing a broad set of open application programming interfaces (APIs.) The RealOne Authoring Guide lays out details and examples for using existing popular Web and digital media development tools to create new media experiences leveraging the customization and extensibility features of RealOne Platform. Authoring for RealOne Platform is eased through its compatibility with a robust set of tools and services for optimizing content. A developer preview of RealOne Platform is available immediately for download at www.realnetworks.com. Within sixty days, the Company also will launch RealOne Service, a deeper and greatly expanded version of its GoldPass(TM) media subscription service, which has surpassed 400,000 active paid subscribers in just over a year. RealOne Service will be built upon RealOne Platform and will offer a wide range of premium content and services, including downloadable and streaming major label music from MusicNet. About RealNetworks RealNetworks, Inc. is the global leader in Internet media delivery. It develops and markets software products and services designed to enable consumers 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. RealNetworks' systems and corporate information is located on the Internet at realnetworks.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including those relating to continued growth and success of online subscription services, as well as RealNetworks' ability to (a) continue its leadership position in the digital media market; (b) successfully launch the RealOne consumer product in the fourth quarter of 2001; and (c) market and procure content for the RealOne consumer service. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from the results predicted include the risks associated with the development of new games technologies and the sustained adoption and use of RealNetworks technology by customers. More information about potential risk factors that could affect RealNetworks' business and financial results is included in RealNetworks' annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2000, and from time to time in other reports filed by RealNetworks with the Securities and Exchange Commission. NOTE: RealNetworks, RealOne, RealPlayer, RealAudio, GoldPass, RealJukebox and RealSystem are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. Other companies or products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. SOURCE: RealNetworks, Inc.