PROGRESSIVE NETWORKS' REALVIDEO LAUNCHED WITH WIDE
`INDUSTRY SUPPORT
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`PR Newswire Europe
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`February 10, 1997
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`Origin Universal News Services Limited, 1997
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`Section: GENERAL AND CITY NEWS
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`Length: 833 words
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` Also Attention Entertainment and Business Editors
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` Cannes, France, February 10 - More than 50 international companies from the entertainment, personal computer
`and content industries, including Warner Bros., EMI/Virgin Records, BBC, Telepiu, Ferrari, Sony Music, Hotwired,
`Starwave, MGM, Polygram, Aegean Records, MCA and ABC today announced support for Progressive Networks'
`RealVideo, a full featured solution for delivering real time video over the Internet.
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` RealVideo was launched during simultaneous ceremonies conducted in Cannes and New York. In Cannes,
`Aegean recording artist George Michael introduced the product via a specially produced clip available only in
`RealVideo. In New York, film director Spike Lee premiered three new five minute film shorts exclusively for
`RealVideo users. These clips and many others are available for viewing at http://www.real.com
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` "We believe RealVideo delivers the best cross-platform solution for live and on-demand video on the web," said
`Rob Glaser, Chairman and CEO of Progressive Networks, pioneer and market leader for real-time audio and
`multimedia over the Internet. "But in the end, RealVideo's success will be measured by the great content and
`technology partners. Progressive is very excited about the broad support announced for RealVideo today. We
`believe RealVideo will do for video what RealAudio did for audio on the web, and help deliver the next step to turn
`the Internet into a true mass medium."
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` "As a musician, I feel that my audience will only fully embrace the Internet when it gives them the quality that they
`are accustomed to," Michael said. "And with the help of RealAudio and RealVideo, Aegean Net will be the first
`website to give music fans exactly that … exactly what they want."
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` RealVideo is the first video product optimized for today's bandwidth needs, delivering "newscast" quality video
`over 28.8 kbps modems as well as "full-motion" and "broadcast-quality" video over greater bandwidths such as
`V.56 (56kbps), ISDN (56/64kbps) and LAN (100 kbps and above). On the client side, RealVideo delivers easy-to-
`use, advanced interactive player features, such as seeking and scanning, clickable video regions, and buffering for
`greater video quality. On the server back-end, RealVideo delivers the most scaleable, cost-effective media server
`solutions, allowing webcasting companies to deploy from several hundred to several thousand of individual video
`streams at both 28.8 kbps dial-up and Intranet uses.
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`Anthony Khan, Director of Interactive Services for Telepiu, said "RealVideo allows Telepiu to enrich its Internet
`presence while also creating and testing interactive services that we will bring to the digital satellite television
`platform."
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` RealVideo can be obtained for free off the net by downloading the RealPlayer from http://www.real.com .
`RealVideo is the only streaming video product that offers large-scale distribution for Internet and Intranet
`broadcasting and is built on the most reliable and feature-complete streaming technology on the Internet.
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` Progressive Networks, creators of RealAudio and now RealVideo, also announced today a strategic alliance with
`Iterated Systems, Atlanta, Georgia. The development pact involves some core video compression technologies
`behind RealVideo, called codecs, which boost the professional quality of audio and video for the web.
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` The RealVideo platform is supported by industry-leading tools vendors including InSych Speed Razor, InSych
`Kohesion and Adobe premier which offer advanced video editing and saving of RealVideo files. Terran Interactive is
`developing a tool to take poor quality video content, clean it up with Movie Cleaner Pro, and save it in RealVideo
`format. In addition, RealVideo is supported by Netscape plug-ins, Active X Controls and Java Script.
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` Progressive Networks will show media companies and other businesses how to build audio and video into web
`offerings at its RealMedia Conference, March 2-4, 1997 in San Francisco. At the conference, web developers will
`learn everything they need to know about streaming media, from adding CD-quality sound to a web site to
`integrating full-motion video, animation and MIDI. The RealMedia streaming media platform allows developers to
`sidestep bandwidth limits. For details, call 1-800-765-3705 in the US or visit the Progressive Networks' web site at
`http://www.real.com
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` Progressive Networks, based in Seattle, Washington, 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.
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` TOPIC: TECHNOLOGY
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` Contact: John A. Beyer, tel Seattle 001 206 674-2366, e-mail: johnb@prognet.com or Mila conference booth No.
`21-15.
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`Language: ENGLISH
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`Subject: ARTISTS & PERFORMERS (90%); MUSIC (89%); SINGERS & MUSICIANS (89%); PRESS RELEASES
`(79%); FILM DIRECTORS (78%); FILM (76%); EXECUTIVES (75%); MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS (73%)
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`Company: EMI GROUP LTD (92%); EMI GROUP LTD (92%)
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`Industry: NAICS512250 RECORD PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION (92%); SIC3652 PHONOGRAPH
`RECORDS & PRERECORDED AUDIO TAPES & DISKS (92%); INTERNET VIDEO (91%); ARTISTS &
`PERFORMERS (90%); COMPUTER NETWORKS (90%); INTERNET & WWW (90%); NEWS SYNDICATION
`(90%); RECORD PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION (90%); BANDWIDTH (89%); INTERNET BROADCASTING
`(89%); SINGERS & MUSICIANS (89%); FILM DIRECTORS (78%); MODEMS (78%); MOVIE INDUSTRY (78%);
`NETWORK SERVERS (78%); PERSONAL COMPUTERS (78%); STREAMING MEDIA (78%); TELEVISION
`INDUSTRY (78%); INTERNET AUDIO (77%); FILM (76%); VIDEO ON DEMAND (76%); DIGITAL TELEVISION
`(73%); NETWORK SOFTWARE (73%); SATELLITE TELEVISION (73%); SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY (60%)
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`Person: ROB GLASER (79%); SPIKE LEE (79%)
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`Geographic: NEW YORK, USA (88%); EUROPE (90%)
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`Load-Date: February 10, 1997
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