RealNetworks Names Philip W. O'Neil SVP of Music
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SEATTLE, Feb. 26  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RealNetworks , the leading creator of digital media software and services, today announced that it has named Philip W.
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RealNetworks&#39; campaign to grab digital-music market share away from Apple&#39;s iTunes service -- most recently, with cut-rate, 49-cent song downloads -- is raising the ire of Apple loyalists. A petition placed online by Real was swamped with ...
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RealNetworks has slashed the price for downloading music taking the online music market competition a step further.
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RealNetworks Inc., which sells songs over the Web, said Apple Computer Inc. has altered the software for some of its market-leading iPod digital music players so that songs purchased from RealNetworks won&#39;t play.
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RealNetworks is sending a real message to Apple, their largest competitor in the online music market. On Tuesday, RealNetworks announced that it was launching the biggest music sale in history, offering single music downloads for just 49 cents, and most ...
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Blog: Real Networks announced today that the new version of their RealPlayer will allow users to download and organize embedded internet video content right from their browser.
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(InfoWorld) - Ever wanted to hang out with The Beastie Boys or Korn? Members of teen-friendly virtual world There.com will soon be able to virtually get up close and personal with those musicians and others through a deal the world's creator Makena Technologies has struck with Capitol Music Group. The companies announced the first phase of what they expect to be a significant, long-term partnership between Makena and the EMI Group business unit on Thursday. They didn't reveal any financial details about the deal. As record companies search for new ways to make money while protecting their intellectual property, they're becoming more interested in the possibilities of virtual worlds, according to Ben Richardson, vice president of business development at There.com. Over the next few months, specially created avatars of Capitol Music Group artists including The Beastie Boys, Korn, Lily Allen, MIMS, and Yellowcard will come into There.com to meet and be quizzed by their fans. All of the musicians have new albums coming out and have also been chosen to appeal to the virtual world's inhabitants. There.com has aroundÂ 1 million members, 70 percent of whom are aged between 13 and 26 years old, according to Richardson. About 46 percent of the user base is female, he added. Rap artist MIMS will be the first to make a There.com appearance on July 10. Members of the virtual world will receive an invitation to the meet-and-greets, which will take place at a particular time. Makena is buildingÂ 10 virtual nightclubs in There.com, each able to hold a maximum of 50 fans, Richardson said. The bands' avatars will teleport between the nightclubs over the course of an hour to an hour and half so that fans can ask them questions and view their videos. Makena is also creating interactive kiosks throughout There.com where fans can buy both real world CDs and DVDs by the musicians as well as virtual band merchandise, including T-shirts and posters. Any object created for There.com has to be approved by a product submission review board, according to Richardson. The board checks that the object is appropriate for a PG-13 audience, that it doesn't infringe on any copyright, and that it works correctly. In the case of a virtual T-shirt, the clothing would contain no objectionable words or imagesÂ or pirated logos, and itÂ would fit avatars properly. Initially, the meetings between fans and bands will be conducted through text messaging, Richardson said. In future, There.com might use the world's voice chat feature and the bands may perform live music as well, he added. Being a PG-13 world, There.com has already some measures in place that it can call upon to avoid any band and fan interchanges getting out of hand. For instance, there are controls on extreme language so that if you try to type an obscenity into the world's text chat, it shows up as asterisks. There.com also doesn't allow nudity or porn and is able to eject any member who's causing trouble. Makena has the ability to block the hardware ID on a troublesome member's computer so that, once ejected from the virtual world, they can't re-enter under a different identity. Through an earlier partnership with MTV Networks, which resulted in the creation of the Virtual Hills and Virtual Laguna Beach worlds, Makena has already been involved in hosting meet-and-greets with some actors and musicians. Members of the band Korn were able to take time out from rehearsing and log onto four laptops to meet fans virtually recently in one of the MTV worlds, Richardson said. Looking ahead, as well as bringing in more musicians, There.com may well host actors and other celebrities for virtual meet-and-greets, even U.S presidential hopefuls eager to garner the youth vote, he added.
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STOCKTON, Calif., June 1  /PRNewswire/ -- Recordnet.com, a news website based in Stockton, CA and serving the greater Central Valley has won 1st place for Best Site Architecture and Overall Design and 2nd place for Best Overall News Site from Suburban Newspaper of America.
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RealNetworks rings up a deal to broaden its digital wings.
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- RealNetworks Inc. RNWK.O on Tuesday said it   agreed to acquire South Korea-based mobile music services   provider WiderThan Co. Ltd. WTHN.O in a cash tender offer for   $17.05 a share, or about $350 million.
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RealNetworks Inc. on Thursday said the three-week cut-rate promotion on its online music store garnered sales of more than 3 million songs.
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RealNetworks will end its three-week &quot;Freedom of Choice&quot; online music promotion this week. Over 3 million songs were purchased during the sale, the company says.
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Ostensibly acknowledging that focusing on its own audio and video formats has become a losing proposition with the near-ubiquity of Flash video, RealNetworks is preparing a new version of its oft-maligned RealPlayer software that support Windows Media, Apple's QuickTime and even Adobe's Flash.
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RealNetworks Inc. (RNWK.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has sold more than a million song downloads since launching a 49 cent per song campaign a week ago, the Internet media and software company said on Tuesday.
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By Nic Fildes  Blinkx, the internet video search engine, has signed a contract to provide search functionality for the new version of RealPlayer, a deal that will drive the number of searches it conducts every day well past its current four million.
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RealNetworks Inc. is merging its RealPlayer and Music Services business units into a single group so that the teams can collaborate on developing new products and services, the company announced Thursday.
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RealNetworks Inc.  is ending its 49 cent-per-song music download service but will keep the promotional prices in place for top 10 songs, the Internet media and software company said on Thursday.