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NEW YORK, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- RightsFlow, a leading provider of licensing and royalty services, announced today an agreement to provide bulk mechanical licensing and administration and reporting support for Rhapsody, the leading online music subscription service. The deal will provide Rhapsody with additional tools and solutions for mechanical licensing and content management services for publishing rights in the United States. Rhapsody offers subscribers unlimited on-demand access to...

SEATTLE, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital entertainment services company RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK) today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Quarterly Highlights: Revenue of $128.6 millionNet income attributable to common shareholders of $3.2 million or $0.05 per shareAdjusted EBITDA of $5.7 millionCash and short term investments of $335.2 million as of March 31, 2010 "We made significant progress toward achieving our milestones to transform...

LONDON, April 28, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- David Cameron may be leading the latest voting intentions polls, but things can be very different in the world of web video clips. RealNetworks, the online video specialist, asked research company YouGov to take an alternative approach to the leadership question by asking respondents which of a series of embarrassing online videos, featuring each of the party leaders, they would most like to see or see again. Almost twice as many people wanted to...

SEATTLE, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Rhapsody today launched a new version of its popular Rhapsody for iPhone app with an important new feature: music fans can now download their favorite Rhapsody playlists to their iPhone(TM), iPod® touch or iPad(TM) so they can listen any time - even when they're not connected to the Internet. Rhapsody is the first U.S. service to enable people to download subscription music to the iPhone. By downloading playlists directly to their device, fans can enjoy...

LAS VEGAS, March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CTIA Wireless -- RealNetworks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), the digital entertainment services company, has been selected by MetroPCS Communications, Inc., the fifth largest facilities-based wireless carrier in the United States, to power MetroPCS' new MetroMusic Store currently scheduled to launch in the second half of this year. Real's Media Entertainment Platform, which will be used to power MetroMusic, provides wireless carriers with a branded,...

SEATTLE, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RealGames(TM), a division of RealNetworks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), today announced that Jeffrey Revoy has joined the executive management staff as vice president of social games. In addition to welcoming Revoy, RealGames also announces the promotion of Wilf Russell to the position of chief technology officer. Both veterans of the social networking space, Russell and Revoy have deep experience driving new technologies to success in the mass...

SALZBURG, Austria and SEATTLE, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- RealNetworks®, Inc. (RNWK), the digital entertainment services company, transitioned Mobiltel Bulgaria's music service to the Real platform on March 10, 2010, adding all-you-can-eat functionality and continuing its strong momentum across Europe. This is the third deployment under Real's 4-year agreement with mobilkom austria group (MAG), providing Mobiltel's 5.4 million subscribers with access to the most feature-forward mobile...

SEATTLE, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK) announced today that it has settled lawsuits with the six major Hollywood movie studios, Viacom Inc., and the DVD Copy Control Association related to Real's RealDVD product. As part of the settlement, RealNetworks will withdraw its pending appeal of the District Court's preliminary injunction. The parties have agreed to the terms of a permanent injunction that will prohibit RealNetworks from distributing or...

SEATTLE, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RealNetworks, Inc.® (Nasdaq: RNWK) today released a new version of RealPlayer® SP that includes a new trimming feature that lets people quickly edit their video clips to focus just on the content that they want to keep and share with family, friends and social networks. Additional new features include an ever expanding list of supported devices and the ability to easily upload personal video and audio to social networking sites. Available for...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. and SEATTLE, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital entertainment services company RealNetworks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK) and Sprint (NYSE: S) announced today an agreement to streamline the music-related offerings (ringtones, ringback tones and full-track music) available on Sprint phones into a user-friendly, unified, digital music storefront. The two companies plan to work together to streamline Sprint's digital music offerings later this year to provide the same choice...