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Technology Stocks : RealNetworks (NASDAQ:RNWK) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (1554)	1/11/1999 11:38:00 PM
From: Pruguy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5843

I'm betting many investors and traders will come to the same conclusion I have. Broadcast.com is a great company and is likely to be much bigger in the future. However, it is possible that someonbe will come along and do a better job than broadcast.com. To a rnwk shareholder, that doesn't matter. They all pay us royalties, and most people don't even know these companies actually exist. I bet their market penetration isn't even 3%. If it gets to 25% in the next year, which i think is realistic, then there is an 8 fold increase in motre traffic. more royalties to us. This is the stock to play if you like the brodcasters, not the broadcasters themselves. Who made the most money from their shareprices over the last 10 years as the pc market grew? was it ibm?cpq?dell?aapl?hwp? or msft.It was msft. Thats because they all had to put msft into the system.....same here except it has to be rnwk into the system.

To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (1554)	1/12/1999 12:36:00 AM
From: Estephen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5843

Real networks is the dominant master in streaming media :) Here's one of the parts of today's upgrade I like.. <<90 percent of the content Internet in its RealPlayer format.>> Monday January 11, 12:42 pm Eastern Time RESEARCH ALERT - RealNetworks raised NEW YORK, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Friedman Billings Ramsey & Co. on Monday said analyst Rob Martin raised his rating on the shares of RealNetworks Inc. to buy from accumulate, and set a 12-month price target of $75 per share. -- RealNetworks is poised to be leading beneficiary in growing Web streaming media market, with 90 percent of the content Internet in its RealPlayer format. -- Advertising revenue opportunies have potential to grow more rapidly than expected. -- Company has 43 million registered users, and downloads of its Internet audio/video player have increased to 150,000 a day from 125,000 a day in mid-1998. -- Shares traded up 7-1/4 to 57-1/4 in afternoon trade on Monday.