Looking for who said what in the sound world? Well there is no better place to find every audio related press release than 3DsoundSurge.!

World's Most Popular Music Jukebox Software, Now With More than 21 Million Users and Over 80% Market Share, Extends Lead With New Agreements Delivering Breakthrough Music Portability

``RealJukebox has demonstrated leadership in the market for music jukebox software,'' said Howard Dyckovsky, vice president of operations at PC Data Online, a leading market research firm. ``With 80% market share and a rapidly growing user base, RealJukebox is well-positioned to deliver the promise of the digital music revolution to mass market consumers.''

RealJukebox Update 1, available for immediate download from http://www.real.com or via the AutoUpdate feature in RealJukebox or RealPlayer, now provides two additional ways for consumers to customize their digital music collections and take them on the go. New integrated CD-Recording technologies from Adaptec, a leader in audio and video recording software, enable RealJukebox consumers to create their own custom audio CDs which can be played back on any standard CD player. Users can immediately take advantage of the huge installed base of CD players rather than waiting for newer technologies to be adopted. By integrating Adaptec's Easy CD Creator technology, RealJukebox now enables users with CD-R or CD-RW drives to create personalized CDs by simply dragging and dropping individual music files or personal playlists from the RealJukebox music library onto a built-in CD-R icon.

RealJukebox Update 1 also provides new drag and drop file transferring capabilities to users of Iomega's Zip®, Jaz® or Clik!(TM) drives, allowing them to quickly and easily transfer hours of music between their PCs at home, work or school. Four hours of CD quality music can be carried on a single Zip 250MB disk, each with an estimated street price of less than $20 (U.S.), when purchased in a six- or four-pack. In addition, Iomega will distribute RealJukebox with each of their drives and with every pack of Zip, Jaz and Clik! disks.

``Our release of RealJukebox Update 1, coupled with today's announcements with Adaptec and Iomega, are evidence of our commitment to deliver the best possible digital music experience to consumers,'' said Dave Richards, vice president, Consumer Products, RealNetworks, Inc. ``The new portability features built into RealJukebox Update 1, including CD-Recording and Iomega storage integration, will add even more to consumers' enjoyment of digital music.''

RealJukebox, the world's most popular music jukebox software, enables consumers to build and manage extensive digital music collections by recording songs from their CDs or downloading them from the Internet, and play them back from a PC, portable music player or stereo. Users can also customize the look of their RealJukebox by selecting from the hundreds of available ``skins.'' More than two million skins have been downloaded since the product's launch in May 1999.

About RealJukebox

RealJukebox, the first complete digital music system, enables consumers to easily acquire, play and manage their personal music collections. It has been downloaded by over 21 million unique users in the eight months since its launch in May 1999, making it the world's most popular music jukebox software. RealJukebox turns PCs into the best way to experience music by allowing consumers to listen to their favorite music at their convenience, record their personal CD collections to their PC hard drive, find and download music from the Internet, organize and personalize music collections, and take their music anywhere through the use of portable music players, CD-R drives and removable media. RealJukebox is immediately available for free download at www.real.com. PC Magazine and PC Computing recently recognized RealJukebox one of the standout software products for 1999.

About RealNetworks

RealNetworks, Inc., based in Seattle, is the recognized leader in media delivery on the Internet. 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. All RealNetworks systems and corporate information is located on the Internet at http://www.realnetworks.com.

RealNetworks continues to maintain a strong leadership share of the streaming media market. As of January 2000, there are more than 95 million unique users of RealPlayer and more than 85% of all streaming media Web pages on the Internet use industry leading RealAudio®, RealVideo®, RealFlash(TM), RealText® or RealPix(TM), and more than 350,000 hours of live RealAudio and RealVideo programming are available each week (Source: Hotbot).

NOTE: RealNetworks, RealPlayer, RealSystem, RealJukebox, RealAudio, RealVideo, RealText and RealPix are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. RealFlash is a trademark of RealNetworks and MacroMedia, 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.

SOURCE: RealNetworks, Inc.