SEATTLE, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Enjoy Videos on Your Favourite Portable Device and Share Them
With Friends

Digital entertainment services company RealNetworks(R) (NASDAQ: RNWK)
today announced the global release of RealPlayer(R) SP. Available at
http://www.realplayer.com, RealPlayer SP is the first software product that
enables people to easily take Internet videos with them on their favourite
device and share it with others via Twitter and Facebook. RealPlayer
eliminates the complexity of downloading, converting and transferring video
files, so consumers can simply enjoy their videos anywhere, on a wide range
of popular devices. Since launching the RealPlayer SP beta in June, it has
been downloaded by over four million people and more than 22 million videos
have been downloaded using the product.

"Using RealPlayer SP, it is really simple to download and transfer web
videos to your portable device and we're excited to see the number of people
already using the product during its public beta period," says Piers
Heaton-Armstrong, Vice President of Global Consumer Business at RealNetworks.
"With today's global release of RealPlayer SP, consumers around the world now
have an easy way to take their favourite videos with them to enjoy on-the-go
and share with friends."

For anyone that wants to enjoy their favourite videos while mobile -
whether it's taking a library of user-generated content (UGC) video clips to
a party or showing off recently captured family videos - RealPlayer SP takes
the guesswork out of the process. RealPlayer SP works with a device's
existing media player so no additional download is required. The same videos
can also be shared with friends through Twitter, Facebook or email with one
extra click.

Fast Facts about RealPlayer SP:

    - Plays Internet video on nearly any device, including the Blackberry
      smartphones, a range of Nokia S60 devices, Palm Pre, iPhone, iPod, 
      iTunes, Xbox and many others through automatic conversion, and 
      transfers to the correct device format, including h.264, MPEG4, Windows
      Media, QuickTime and RealVideo.

    - Saves time by downloading or transferring multiple videos at the same
      time.

    - Adds custom device profiles and easily change format settings to
      maximise video quality and control for a device.

    - Creates audio-only files from videos for playback on devices that only
      support audio.

    - Easily shares videos on Twitter and Facebook.

    - Supports the latest versions of Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google
      Chrome.



RealPlayer SP is available as a free download from 
http://www.realplayer.com. Support for h.264 video conversion, DVD playback 
and DVD burning is available to those customers who upgrade to RealPlayer 
SP plus at a one-time cost of GBP24.99.

ABOUT REALNETWORKS

RealNetworks, Inc. delivers digital entertainment services to consumers
 via PC, portable music player, home entertainment system or mobile phone. 
Real(R) created the streaming media category in 1995 and has continued to 
lead the market with pioneering products and services, including: 
RealPlayer(R), the first mainstream media application to enable the 
downloading and transfer of online video to mobile devices; the Rhapsody(R) 
digital music service, which delivers a catalogue of more than 8 million 
songs to users at home, work and on-the-go; GameHouse(R).com, one of the 
premier casual games destinations on the Web; and a variety of mobile 
entertainment services, such as ringback tones, offered to consumers 
through leading wireless carriers around the world. RealNetworks corporate 
information is located at http://www.realnetworks.com/company.

RealNetworks, RealPlayer, Real, Rhapsody and GameHouse are trademarks or
registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. All other trademarks, names of
actual companies and products mentioned herein are the property of their
respective owners.