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Industry-Leading RealJukebox Adds Windows Media Audio to Long List of Playback Formats, Extending Reach to Incremental 2% of Media Content

RealNetworks also announced there are more than 27 million unique registered RealJukebox users worldwide, with more than 100,000 new unique users added daily. This market momentum was substantiated by a January 2000 Media Metrix report citing RealJukebox as the #1 digital jukebox product. Additionally, more than 75 million CDs have been played or recorded by consumers using RealJukebox since its launch in May of 1999, and the use of RealJukebox's Internet CD lookup feature has grown by 11% per month since its release.

RealNetworks recently licensed the Windows Media Audio format, one of several digital formats available, and has the option to support it in its products. The addition of this format will enable RealJukebox to support an additional 2% of audio programming available on the Internet. Once the Windows Media Audio format is available, consumers can use RealJukebox exclusively for one-click access to virtually all of the audio content available on the Internet.

``Supporting the widest range of formats is yet another way RealNetworks is demonstrating to consumers its commitment to providing the best digital music experience,'' said Steve Banfield, general manager, Consumer Division, RealNetworks, Inc. ``No other jukebox product supports such a comprehensive array of content formats. Even if consumers can only access an additional 2% of Internet audio content, we want to provide the most complete solution for meeting their needs.''

``Users have a relationship with their software's complete capabilities, not with any one particular format,'' said Richard Doherty, Director of technology & market research at The Envisioneering Group. ``They want to be able to access any online content regardless of the way it has been encoded. RealNetworks' products already boast the largest consumer popularity, with the ability to play the widest range of content on the Internet. Adding the ability to play Microsoft formats is just one more step toward providing a complete solution ... it removes any reason to consider using alternative players.''

About RealJukebox

RealJukebox, the market-leading 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. It provides users with a single complete solution for all their music needs by supporting the broadest range of popular music formats and music related hardware. RealJukebox is available for free download from http://www.real.com/.

About RealNetworks

RealNetworks, Inc., based in Seattle, is the recognized leader in streaming 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. 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 registered 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, RealAudio, RealPlayer, RealJukebox, RealText, RealPix and RealVideo are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. RealFlash is a trademark of Macromedia, Inc. and RealNetworks, 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.