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News

• Apple Releases Streaming QuickTime 4 and Final
  Cut Video Editing Software
• Geo Interactive Launches WebRadio.com
• Onradio.com Announces Branded Media Player
• SGI MediaBase to Integrate RealNetworks G2 Server
• Encoding.com Announces Record 1st Quarter Sales
• RealNetworks Acquires MP3 Developer Xing
  Technology Corp.
• Microsoft Introduces Beta Release of Streaming
  Media 4.0
• RealNetworks IBM Team Up for Secure Online
  Music Delivery
• Spinner.com to Offer Music Auctions with
  CityAuction
• Diamond Multimedia Launches Special-Edition Rio
  Portable Player
• Creative Labs Launches NOMAD Portable MP3 Player

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More News

• MSN Announces Marketing Agreement with
  Broadcast.com
• 1st Net Technologies to Launch www.iporoadshow.net
  
• MultiMedia Access Changes Name to ViewCast.com
• White Pine Software Integrates Streaming into
  Videoconferencing Server
• Log On And Make Money Interview with Mark Cuban
• Tunes.com Launches BigVideo for Broadband Music
  Videos
• Globix and RealNetworks Offer Turnkey Solutions
• MCI WorldCom Enhances Multicast Service
• On2.com Launches Sites Catering to High-Bandwidth
  Users

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Apple Releases Streaming QuickTime 4 and Final
Cut Video Editing Software

• Apple Computer released the public beta of
  QuickTime 4 for both the Macintosh and Windows
  platforms. QuickTime 4 features streaming of
  live and on-demand video and audio over the
  Internet. In addition, Apple announced it has
  begun licensing its Internet Streaming Server
  software under an Open Source model. The beta
  also includes a new QuickTime Player with an
  improved layout including the ability to play MP3
  files and can be downloaded at http//www.apple.co
  m/quicktime. Apple also introduced Final Cut
  Pro, its long-awaited digital video editing
  software for the Macintosh for 999.

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Geo Interactive Launches WebRadio.com (4/19/99)

• Geo Interactive announced the official launch of
  WebRadio.com, a brand new no-plug-in Internet
  radio site that will broadcast 24 hours a day/7
  days a week. WebRadio is using Geos Emblaze
  (http//www.emblaze.com) streaming audio and
  video technology that doesnt require plug-ins
  for playback, just a Java-enabled browser. So
  far, WebRadio has deals with over 70 radio
  stations. Geo Interactive is an Israeli-based
  company with offices in Woodland Hills,
  California.

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Onradio.com Announces Branded Media Player
(4/14/99)

• Onradio.com (http//www.onradio.com), the largest
  network of radio station Web sites on the
  Internet, announced the availability of the
  Onradio.com Branded Media Player. The
  custom-designed player is built from Microsoft
  Windows Media Technologies 4.0. The program is
  designed to provide local radio stations with
  additional branding and revenue-generating
  opportunities by extending their station brand
  over the Internet. Two Onradio.com affiliates
  (WBLS in New York and Q101 in Chicago) have
  already beta tested the product, which will be
  available to all of Onradio.coms streaming
  stations starting this month. Onradio.com,
  formerly known as Electric Village, provides a
  scalable and turnkey Internet solution to the
  radio industry and currently has more than 575
  radio stations in its stable.

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SGI MediaBase to Integrate RealNetworks G2 Server
(4/14/99)

• SGI (http//www.sgi.com) announced a development
  and distribution agreement with RealNetworks that
  will integrate RealSystem G2 into the companys
  SGI MediaBase server systems. According to the
  agreement, SGI will continue to bundle RealServer
  5.0 with the SGI MediaBase media streaming
  solution, but will provide SGI customers who
  purchase SGI MediaBase in 1999 with a free
  upgrade to the G2 system once its released
  sometime this summer. In a separate
  announcement, the company announced it was
  changing its name from Silicon Graphics, Inc. to
  SGI. SGI is a supplier of high-performance
  systems, from desktop workstations and servers to
  high-end supercomputers.

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Encoding.com Announces Record 1st Quarter Sales
(4/13/99)

• encoding.com, a provider of audio and video
  encoding and optimization for the Internet,
  announced a record first quarter of 1999 due to
  demand for its digital media encoding
  capabilities. Total sales for the first quarter
  ending March 31, 1999 were more than twice the
  sales of all of 1998. As a result of the
  increase in demand, encoding.com opened a
  satellite lab in Southern California by
  partnering with InterVU, a leading provider of
  hosting solutions for streaming media.
  Additionally, encoding.com also launched the beta
  version of mediaUpgrade.com (http//www.mediaupgra
  de.com), an online automated encoding and
  publishing solution. Later this month, the
  privately held company expects to close on a
  5-10 million round of investment.

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RealNetworks Acquires MP3 Developer Xing
Technology Corp (4/13/99)

• RealNetworks announced it was acquiring
  privately-held Xing Technology Corporation
  (http//www.xingtech.com), a developer of MP3
  software, in a deal valued at 75 million. Xing
  is the maker of StreamWorks, a streaming media
  system. Recently however, Xing has focused on
  making a wide array of MPEG audio and video
  compression software such as AudioCatalyst and a
  free streaming MP3 system called StreamWorks MP3.
  The acquisition is expected to be completed in
  the third quarter of 1999.

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Microsoft Introduces Beta Release of Streaming
Media 4.0 (4/13/99)

• Microsoft announced the availability of Windows
  Media Technologies 4.0 beta, a major upgrade of
  its streaming media system. Much of the focus of
  this upgrade deals with digital music delivery
  and e-commerce enhancements. According to the
  company, it can stream FM-quality audio to
  28.8Kbps modem users, allows for high quality
  downloadable files that are half the size of MP3
  songs. Video compression has also been improved.
  The Windows Media Technologies 4.0 beta, includes
  the Windows Media Player, Windows Media Services,
  Windows Media Tools and Windows Media Audio SDK
  available for download at http//www.microsoft.com
  /windows/windowsmedia/.

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RealNetworks IBM Team Up for Secure Online
Music Delivery

• RealNetworks and IBM announced an agreement to
  develop a platform for the secure delivery of
  online music. The companies will use
  RealNetworks client technology and encoding
  tools and IBMs Electronic Music Management
  System (EMMS), a system developed for the
  distribution of digital content, including music.
  The EMMS will be used by the big five music
  companies (BMG, EMI, Sony Music, Universal Music
  and Warner) to conduct a trial that will
  eventually allow the secure distribution of
  full-length, CD-e-quality albums to consumers.
  The market trial will begin this spring.

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Spinner.com to Offer Music Auctions with
CityAuction

• Internet radio company Spinner.com launched
  Spinner.com Auctions, a music auction partnership
  with CityAuction, a person-to-person auction
  site. Spinner.com will offer listeners a place
  to buy and sell music CDs, vinyl, cassette tapes,
  audio equipment and memorabilia through a
  co-branded auction marketplace accessible on the
  Spinner.com homepage. As part of the
  co-branding agreement, Spinner.com will display
  CityAuction banner ads on its site and music
  players. CityAuction (http//www.cityauction.com)
  is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ticketmaster
  Online-CitySearch.

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Diamond Multimedia Launches Special-Edition Rio
Portable Player

• Diamond Multimedia Systems (http//www.diamondmm.c
  om) introduced a special edition of its Rio
  portable player. This updated player features a
  teal iMac colored casing, more capacity (64MB)
  and will sell for 249.99.

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Creative Labs Launches NOMAD Portable MP3 Player
(4/12/99)

• Multimedia hardware manufacturer Creative
  Technology (http//www.soundblaster.com)
  introduced its line of NOMAD portable digital
  audio players. The NOMAD includes features like
  voice recording, an FM Tuner, an LCD screen to
  view artist name and song title,rechargeable
  batteries and is smaller than a deck of cards.
  The player uses a cradle to connect to the
  computer and also comes with software to convert
  CDs into MP3 format. Creative also launched an
  MP3 portal called NOMADWorld (http//www.nomadworl
  d.com) where users can download music and MP3
  tools. The NOMAD comes in a 64MB (249.99) and a
  32MB (169.99) version and will be available some
  time this quarter, the company said.

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Entertainment Blvd. to Stream Infomercials
(4/9/99)

• Website operator Entertainment Boulevard is
  starting an infomercial web site called
  Netfomercial (http//www.netfomercial.com)
  featuring streaming video infomercials.
  Entertainment Boulevard entered into a deal with
  LA Group, Inc. which operates the Ronco website
  (http//www.ronco.com) and Seen on TV
  (http//www.seenontv.com) that allows it to
  stream two-to-five minute ads of Ronco products
  prior to purchasing them. In exchange
  Entertainment Boulevard will receive a percentage
  of the purchase price of each product sold.
  Entertainment Boulevard runs a number of web
  sites including Vidnet, an interactive music
  video site.

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MSN Announces Marketing Agreement with
Broadcast.com (4/8/99)

• Microsoft Corp. announced a joint marketing
  agreement with broadcast.com to become a
  preferred Internet service provider on the
  broadcast.com Web site. As a result, customers
  of MSN Internet Access tuning in to broadcast.com
  should experience better quality audio and video
  when using multicast. MSN Internet Access will
  also promote its ISP services through
  broadcast.coms site and in turn, broadcast.com
  will feature it as a preferred ISP for its
  visitors.

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1st Net Technologies to Launch www.iporoadshow.net
(4/8/99)

• 1st Net Technologies Inc. (http//www.1stnettech.c
  om) announced the introduction of
  www.iporoadshow.net, a web site that will provide
  online streaming of investor information. 1st
  Nets Multimedia division will offer streaming
  services, utilizing INTERVUs network.

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MultiMedia Access Changes Name to ViewCast.com
(4/7/99)

• MultiMedia Access Corporation, a supplier of
  turnkey video solutions and makers of video
  capture cards announced it was changing its name
  to ViewCast.com, Inc (http//www.viewcast.com).
  The company takes its name from its ViewCast
  system, released in September 1997, which offers
  a turnkey solution for streaming media that works
  with both RealSystem and Windows Media. As part
  of the name change, the company will focus more
  on streaming media technologies. Its NASDAQ
  ticker symbol is now VCST.

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White Pine Software Integrates Streaming into
Videoconferencing Server

• White Pine Software, Inc. (http//www.wpine.com),
  a provider of videoconferencing software
  announced the integration of streaming media
  technologies into its MeetingPoint conference
  server. MeetingPoint is a standards-based
  software product that enables real-time
  multipoint group conferencing over an IP network
  using the H.323 protocol. With the integration
  of streaming media, MeetingPoint will be able to
  broadcast a live conference and allow them to be
  recorded and played back through third-party
  streaming technologies like RealPlayer or Windows
  Media Player. The software is scheduled to be
  released in June 1999.

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Tunes.com Launches BigVideo for Broadband Music
Videos (4/7/99)

• Internet music site Tunes.com (http//www.tunes.co
  m) announced the launch of BigVideo, a new
  broadband video section on RollingStone.com.
  BigVideo is designed for users with high-speed
  Web access and was created in collaboration with
  Microsoft, using the newest version of its
  Windows Media Technologies. RollingStone.coms
  BigVideo will reportedly have TV-quality
  resolution for its initial collection of 100
  music videos available on demand and will be
  streamed on INTERVU Inc.s network.

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Globix and RealNetworks Offer Turnkey Solutions
(4/7/99)

• Globix Corporation (http//www.globix.com), a
  streaming media solutions provider announced an
  arrangement with RealNetworks, Inc. that makes it
  ones of the largest providers of RealNetworks
  solutions on the east coast. Globix manages,
  produces and broadcasts live and on-demand
  content for the Internet and intranets.

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MCI WorldCom Enhances Multicast Service (4/6/99)

• UUNET (http//www.uu.net), a division of MCI
  WorldCom, announced the next phase of UUcast, its
  IP multicast service. This phase, to be
  available in June 1999, will allow both dial-up
  and dedicated broadband users to access the UUNET
  multicast network for receiving content such as
  streaming audio and video. Multicast enables
  broadcasters to reach hundreds of thousands of
  users via a single stream thereby reducing the
  amount of bandwidth to reach a large audience.
  Bloomberg is one of the first companies that will
  be testing the enhanced UUcast service.

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On2.com Launches Sites Catering to High-Bandwidth
Users (4/5/99)

• On2.com, a new division of video compression
  company The Duck Corporation, announced plans to
  launch a network of sites that focus on broadband
  content. The first sites slated for introduction
  are On2Movies, On2Travel and On2School. The
  sites will offer full motion video content such
  as movies on demand and video tours of schools
  and travel destinations. The first site,
  On2Movies, is scheduled to launch in Q4 1999.
  The Duck Corporation (http//www.duck.com) is the
  creator of the TrueMotion compression (or codec)
  that is used to compress digital video.