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WebTV
Networks and RealNetworks Agree to Provide RealAudio G2 Support For
WebTV Networks Subscribers
REDMOND, Wash., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- WebTV
Networks, Inc. and RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK
- news) today
announced that RealNetworks will provide WebTV Networks with
technologies enabling an upgrade of existing WebTV® products to
support the latest RealNetworks RealAudio G2 format. In addition,
RealNetworks agreed to develop a new RealPlayer G2 for the Windows®
CE operating system platform, allowing WebTV to incorporate RealPlayer
G2 support in its future products that connect to the WebTV Network(TM)
service. Under this agreement, users of WebTV will be able to listen
to next-generation RealAudio programming, which will greatly widen
their listening choices and enhance their experience on the WebTV
Network service. WebTV Networks intends to provide RealAudio G2
support to its subscribers via a service upgrade later this year. ``WebTV strives to provide great value to its
subscribers, and RealAudio G2 is an important feature for them,'' said
Bruce Leak, president, WebTV Networks, Inc. ``Our ongoing work with
RealNetworks continues to allow us to deliver audio technology that
makes the Internet experience even more interesting and compelling for
our subscribers.'' ``This agreement allows us to continue to provide
innovative audio technologies such as RealSystem G2 to a TV-based
Internet audience,'' said Phil Barrett, senior vice president, Media
Technologies, RealNetworks. ``We are pleased that WebTV Networks'
growing user base will now be able to enjoy the widest range in
Internet audio news, music and entertainment.'' The agreement announced today builds on the support
offered by WebTV for earlier RealAudio formats. By adding support for
the new RealAudio G2 CODECs in the existing WebTV RealPlayer, WebTV
Networks, with help from RealNetworks Broadband Systems team, will fit
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