RealNetworks, Inc.
Type	Public (NASDAQ: RNWK)
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA
Key people	Rob Glaser, Chairman/CEO Michael Eggers, Senior VP/CFO
Industry	Computer software
Products	RealPlayer RealPlayer Music Store RealArcade RealRhapsody realtime
Revenue	$395.26 Million USD (2006)
Net income	$145.22 Million USD (2006)
Employees	1,594 (2006)
Website	RealNetworks.com

RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK) is a provider of Internet media delivery software and services based in Seattle, United States. The company is best known for the creation of RealAudio, a compressed audio format, RealVideo, a compressed video format and RealPlayer, a media player. The company is also known for its subscription-based online entertainment services like Rhapsody and RealArcade, and for its media properties like Film.com and RollingStone.com (which it operates in partnership with Rolling Stone owners Wenner Media). Image File history File links Size of this preview: 80 × 77 pixelsFull resolution (80 × 77 pixel, file size: 1 KB, MIME type: image/png) Real Networks Inc. ... A public company usually refers to a company which is permitted to offer its securities (stock, bonds, etc. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... “Seattle” redirects here. ... Rob Glaser (born ca. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Computer program. ... RealPlayer, briefly known also as RealOne Player, is a cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media and multiple versions of proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo codecs. ... Rhapsody is an online music service run by RealNetworks. ... RealNetworks NASDAQ: RNWK is a provider of Internet media delivery software and services based in Seattle, United States. ... Rhapsody is an online music service run by RealNetworks. ... For the tax agency in the United Kingdom of the same name, see HM Revenue and Customs. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... “Seattle” redirects here. ... RealAudio is a proprietary audio format developed by RealNetworks. ... RealVideo is a proprietary video format developed by RealNetworks. ... RealPlayer, briefly known also as RealOne Player, is a cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media and multiple versions of proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo codecs. ...

RealMedia streaming files can contain RealAudio and RealVideo streams, and several other formats like SMIL. Helix is their free software / open source media framework. The code is released under various licenses, like the RealNetworks Public Source License starting in 2003 and the GPL in 2004. Not all of the source code is licensed under one of the free software licences, for example the codecs. RealMedia is a multimedia container format created by RealNetworks. ... Streaming media is multimedia that is continuously received by, and normally displayed to, the end-user while it is being delivered by the provider. ... RealAudio is a proprietary audio format developed by RealNetworks. ... RealVideo is a proprietary video format developed by RealNetworks. ... Helix is RealNetworks open source media framework. ... The RealNetworks Public Source License (RPSL) is a software license. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Free software is software which grants recipients the freedom to modify and redistribute the software. ...

Music Store

In August 2003, RealNetworks acquired Listen.com's Rhapsody music service, and renamed it RealRhapsody. It offers streaming music downloads for a monthly fee. In January 2004, RealNetworks announced that they are creating RealPlayer Music Store, featuring DRM-"protected" (restricted) music in the AAC file format. After some initial tries to push their own DRM scheme (named Helix DRM) onto all device manufacturers with the Creative Zen Xtra as the only existing compliant device, they sparked controversy by introducing a technology called Harmony that allowed their music to play on iPods as well as Microsoft Windows Media Audio DRM-equipped devices using a "wrapper" that would convert Helix DRM into the two other target DRM schemes. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rhapsody is an online music service run by RealNetworks. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rhapsody is an online music service run by RealNetworks. ... Digital rights management (DRM) is an umbrella term referring to technologies used by publishers or copyright owners to control access to or usage of digital data or hardware, and to restrictions associated with a specific instance of a digital work or device. ... Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. ... Zen Vision:M, Creatives flagship player, in all five of its colors. ... FairPlay is a digital rights management (DRM) technology created by Apple Inc. ... A grayscale fourth-generation iPod with earphones. ... Windows Media Audio (WMA) is brand name for several technically distinct proprietary compressed audio file formats developed by Microsoft. ...

History

RealNetworks (then known as Progressive Networks) was founded by ex-Microsoft executive Rob Glaser in 1995. The original goal of the company was to provide a distribution channel for politically progressive content. It quickly evolved into a technology venture to leverage the Internet as an alternative distribution medium for audio broadcasts. Progressive Networks became RealNetworks in September 1997. Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Rob Glaser (born ca. ... This article is about Progressivism. ...

Company timeline:

• April 1995: RealAudio 1.0 released (finalized June 1995)
• August 1995: First live broadcast of a baseball game over the Internet between the Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees
• October 1995: RealAudio 2.0 debuts (finalized April 1996)
• September 1996: RealAudio 3.0 launches, with debut of Sheryl Crow's single "If It Makes You Happy"
• October 1996: RTSP standardization initiative launched with Netscape Communications Corporation
• February 1997: RealVideo debuts as part of RealPlayer 4.0 (finalized June 1997)
• June 1997: RealPlanet.Com international content aggregation site launches with landmark cybercast of the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong.
• July 1997: Broad technology and investment relationship between Progressive Networks and Microsoft
• September 1997: RealSystem 5.0 debuts, adding support for Macromedia Flash
• September 1997: Progressive Networks changes name to "RealNetworks", and files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to become a publicly traded company
• November 1997: Initial public offering of shares from RealNetworks (RNWK).
• March 1998: RealNetworks acquires Vivo Software
• April 1998: RealSystem G2 debuts. G2 was a complete rearchitecture of RealSystem, allowing development of plugins at all levels of the system. G2 was the first release to support RTSP, SMIL, GIF, JPEG, RealPix, and RealText.
• July 1998: Rob Glaser testifies before the United States Senate regarding competitive practices of Microsoft
• April 1999: RealNetworks acquires software maker Xing Technology
• May 1999: RealJukebox 1.0 launched
• November 1999: RealPlayer 7 launched, with Take5 daily programming service and MP3 support
• January 2000: RealNetworks acquires NetZip
• May 2000: RealSystem 8 debuts, with RealVideo 8
• January 2001: RealNetworks acquires Aegisoft corp.
• May 2001: RealArcade launches
• July 2001: RealNetworks reduces staff by 15%
• September 2001: RealOne Platform launched, including new subscription service
• January 2002: RealOne subscription service passes 500,000 subscribers
• April 2002: RealVideo 9 released
• July 2002: Helix initiative launched, along with Helix Universal Server. Initiative includes plan to release substantial parts of proprietary technologies under an open source licence. RealNetworks also announced partnership with Xiph.org to support the free software Ogg Vorbis audio codec.
• August 2002: RealNetworks reduces staff by 11%
• October 2002: Helix DNA Client source code released under open source license
• December 2002: Helix DNA Producer source code released under open source license
• January 2003: Helix DNA Server source code released under open source license
• August 2003: RealNetworks acquires Listen.com's Rhapsody music service and renames it RealRhapsody
• January 2004: RealNetworks announce RealPlayer Music Store as a response to iTunes Music Store
• January 2004: RealNetworks acquires GameHouse
• July 2004: RealNetworks reverse-engineers Apple Computer's FairPlay code, allowing songs from their online store to be played on an iPod. Starts a website at www.musicfreedomofchoice.org petitioning Apple to remove the lock-out from their products, but then removes the petition when many of the signers complain about RealNetworks' similar policies.
• October 2005: RealNetworks and Microsoft settle lawsuit filed by Real in December 2004, which accused Microsoft of illegally leveraging its Windows monopoly to win customers in the digital-music business. Real receives $460 million to settle antitrust claims and another $301 million in cash and services to promote and distribute Rhapsody.
• January 2006: RealNetworks provides unlimited downloadable movies through its co-branded Starz service with a 14 day free trial to encourage consumers.
• March 2006: RealNetworks announces that Cingular Video, Cingular Wireless, on-demand video services for mobile phones is powered by RealNetworks Helix media delivery and playback platform. Included in the announcement is reference to 80 other wireless carriers and 60 million handsets using Helix.
• June 2007: Starz Movie service ends on June 14th, 2007. All Superpass members are allowed the option to watch movies from the Superpass homepage.

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External links

• RealNetworks Public Source License and other licenses for the Helix project
• RealNetworks press release regarding Vorbis support (via WayBack Machine)
• Real to launch song store
• Real gets flamed over iPod campaign
• RealNetworks' iPod Campaign Backfires