RealNetworks Launches RealOne - the Next Media Revolution

New RealOne Player Offers Breakthrough Media Experience Uniting Digital Media And the Web Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- RealNetworks(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), the global leader in Internet media delivery, today announced the availability of RealOne(TM), the single source for consumers to discover, play and manage digital media.

"This is a watershed event for consumers and the industry," said Rob Glaser, chairman and CEO, RealNetworks, Inc. "With RealOne, consumers now have access to the richest media experience ever available on the Web, and media companies have an unprecedented platform to build new revenue streams."

RealOne Player provides consumers with everything they need to enjoy and organize their media including the ability to stream and download, browse the Web, create CDs and use portable devices. Immediately, RealOne will offer premium content from companies such as ABCNEWS.com, CBS SURVIVOR INSIDER, CNN, E! Networks, FoxSports.com, MLB Advanced Media, and NBA through RealOne Membership. With RealOne Music, music lovers will also have access to their favorite songs from such artists as Christina Aguilera, Backstreet Boys, The Corrs, Eric Clapton, Faith Hill, matchbox twenty, N*SYNC, and Britney Spears. RealOne Music is the first consumer subscription offering of MusicNet, the world's first digital distribution platform for streaming and downloading music from major and independent music labels.

"We've worked with RealNetworks from very early on because we have shared the same goal. With RealOne we are once again providing our audiences with the news and information that they want, when and where they want it," said David Westin, president, ABC News.

RealOne Player
RealOne Player offers consumers an immersive, breakthrough media experience uniting digital media and the Web.

The entirely new user interface and functions increase the consumer's ability to discover, play and manage digital media, empowering consumers to revolutionize their digital media experience. Blending the functions of RealPlayer(R) and RealJukebox(R) with a media browser, RealOne Player's 3-pane user interface enables consumers to create their own personalized media experience by providing easy navigation between media playback, related links, and websites. Because RealOne Player is based on RealNetworks' RealSystem(R) core digital media technology, RealOne Player enables consumers to play virtually all digital media including streaming and downloaded content, CDs, MP3s, thousands of radio stations and more -- with support for more than 50 media formats. RealOne Player also offers full music management capability, including the "Now Playing" list that provides the most flexible means of creating audio and video playlists from content in the media library or anywhere on the Internet. Integrated CD burning, including MP3 CDs, and support for a host of portable devices enable consumers to make their music collection portable.

RealOne Membership
The RealOne member service is the premier network of the Web's best, brand name digital programming for news, sports, entertainment and music. Built upon the success of RealNetworks' popular GoldPass(TM) subscription service, which has achieved more than 400,000 active paying subscribers, RealOne members enjoy new integrated premium and exclusive programming. Members of RealOne have access from a single online destination, with a single log-on, to subscription content and are able to take advantage of the enhanced features of the RealOne Player such as theater mode for video, faster CD ripping and high-end video and audio controls. Specific programming offerings for RealOne Membership include:

• ABCNEWS.com: Daily exclusive news offerings include: World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, viewable by segment; Nightline with Ted Koppel; and Sam Donaldson's nationally broadcast Live in America radio show. In addition, the ABC News channel features compelling news clips through the feature, Visual Impact, high-bandwidth breaking news reports, and Bill Diehl's box office reports and movie reviews.



• allfood: Access to entire episodes of such popular TV chefs as Jacques Pepin, Graham Kerr and Nick Stellino. The allfood channel also features thousands of recipes and video cooking clips for casual cooks, gourmet chefs, and anyone who loves food.



• AnimalChannel: Access to films, features, and documentaries on everything from urban wildlife and mysteries of the deep to humane lifestyles and living with your pets. Each week, members are offered exclusive content under five programming areas: Wildlife, Lifestyles, Documentary, Classics, and Pets. AnimalChannel is created by The Humane Society of the United States.



• CBS SURVIVOR INSIDER: Weekly access to exclusive, never-before-seen video clips related to each "Survivor: Africa" episode. Content might include: scenes from daily life in the camp, nighttime activities of the Survivors, conversations and disputes between the Survivors, as well as other insightful interviews not in the network broadcast.



• CNET Networks: Award winning content includes exclusive video feature stories that cover cutting-edge technology products, emerging tech trends and breaking industry news. Other highlights of the CNET Networks channel include CNET Radio 24 hours a day and CNET News.com's top news stories.



• CNN: Daily news offerings include: QuickCast, a three-to-five minute news-on-demand product updated every hour, 12 hours per day, seven days per week and CNN Uncut, a daily Webcast with behind-the-scenes footage and in-depth news stories created exclusively for the Web. QuickCast and CNN Uncut both utilize the unparalleled news gathering resources of CNN and its 43 bureaus around the world.



• E! Networks: Unseen footage from the popular "Wild On" series, expanded coverage of news items and interviews featured on "E! News Daily." The E! Networks channel also offers an extensive archive of celebrity interviews with some of the top names in entertainment today.



• FOXSports: The FOXSports.com channel goes deeper into sports video than any site on the Internet, plus it's packed with Fox Sports action, attitude and opinion. Members can enjoy extended interviews, behind the scenes action, TV show clips, and the FOXSports.com Video Vault.



• IFILM: Exclusive access to some of the Web's most bizarre, gutsy and wild video available. IFILM, the Internet Movie Guide, also features the ultimate video junkies's daily fix in "IFILM Extreme."



• MediaBay (Old Time Radio): Classic radio for RealOne members who remember the likes of Jack Benny, The Shadow, Dragnet, The Lone Ranger, Burns & Allen, Abbott & Costello. Comedy, mystery, science, drama and fiction are available, without having to turn the radio dial.



• NBA: The ultimate way for fans to follow NBA game action includes a season-long Audio League Pass to listen to every NBA game, home and away; access to NBA.com TV, a 24-hour channel covering all things NBA; "Highlights at the Quarter" providing up-to-the-minute video highlights every quarter-hour during game nights; and a customized highlight package of the NBA.com Slam Dunk presented by RealOne.



• ON24: Access to ON24's Personalcast to uncover comprehensive, breaking financial news and analysis from ON24, the award-winning financial news service. Personalcast provides in-depth financial programming with analytic tools and financial data, all based on your pre-programmed selection of companies.



• RealArcade Games: Free games including full version downloadable games and a wide selection of ad-free java games for RealArcade. Popular games include the addictive "Diamond Mine," and a variety of puzzle, action, arcade, card, casino and strategy challenges.



• Vast Video: Exclusive access to programming series including "This is Pop!," the ultimate pop culture collection, "Caught on Film," hilarious bloopers and wacky highlights from the world of sports and entertainment, and "To the Extreme," awesome extreme sports video. All that and much more from VastVideo, the online source for out of the ordinary entertainment.



• The Weather Channel: Exclusive daily video forecasts for major cities in the U.S., along with regional reports highlighting the latest weather information across the country. Members can also enter a zip code or city name and get a local outlook page to coincide with their regional video forecast.



• Wall Street Journal: Hourly audio reports from the authority in business news, covering market action and breaking corporate and economic news. Other audio includes highlights from the Journal's popular columns and reports from Barron's.

All RealOne channel providers will offer free and premium content to RealOne users.

RealOne Music
RealOne Music provides to consumers, for the first time as a commercial service, high-quality, reliable downloads and streams in all genres from the music catalogs of major and independent record labels such as Arista, BMG, Capitol, Elektra, EMI, Jive, RCA, Virgin, Warner Bros. and Zomba. RealNetworks is the first to offer a subscription service based on the MusicNet platform.

Each month, for less than the price of a single CD, RealOne Music allows members to download and stream individual tracks or entire albums from a selection of over 75,000 songs, a collection that is ever increasing. A sampling of artists available through RealOne Music includes: Christina Aguilera, Backstreet Boys, Bjork, Brandy, The Corrs, Eric Clapton, Dandy Warhols, D'Angelo, Everclear, Ben Harper, Faith Hill, matchbox twenty, N*SYNC, Brad Paisley, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M., Carlos Santana, Britney Spears, Vitamin C and Robbie Williams. Members of RealOne Music also receive RealOne Radio, 48 exclusive stations of ad-free music programming, and advanced music services such as discographies, album art, and music recommendations and the enhanced features of the RealOne Player.

RealOne Music's integration with RealOne Player makes it easy for members to combine music from MusicNet with their existing collections, compile personalized playlists of downloaded or streaming tracks, listen to favorites and discover new music. In addition, RealOne Player's high quality recording gives RealOne Music members CD-quality digital music, while keeping file sizes as small as possible. Other RealOne Player features available to RealOne Music members include: faster CD burning, a digital graphic equalizer, analog recording, the ability to print custom CD jewelcases and media playlists, and toll-free telephone support.

Pricing and Availability
RealOne Player is available today for free download for the following operating systems: Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me and Windows NT. RealOne Membership with access to premium channels is $9.95 per month. RealOne Music is priced at $9.95 a month and offers 100 streams and 100 downloads per month. For $19.95, RealOne Gold Membership provides access to both premium content and 125 music downloads and 125 music streams. GoldPass members are able to transition to RealOne membership. Information on all products and services is available at real.com.

About RealNetworks
RealNetworks, Inc. is the global leader in Internet media delivery. 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 http://www.real.com. RealNetworks' systems and corporate information is located on the Internet at http://www.realnetworks.com.

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