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Articles tagged with: Realnetworks
Rhapsody streaming app approved for iPhones
RealNetworks's subscription music service Rhapsody has been approved for use on iPhones and iPod Touches, the first time Apple has allowed an on-demand music streaming program on its devices in the United States. more
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RealNetworks posts wider 2Q loss as sales slip
Digital entertainment company RealNetworks posted a wider loss for the second quarter on Thursday, hit with declining revenue and write-offs on the value of its assets. more
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RealNetworks Loses Arbitration with VeriSign Over SMS Alliance
realnetworks has announced that it has lost a legal action with VeriSign over an alliance between the two companies, and that contractual limitations on the financial penalties had been overturned. The alliance referred to VeriSign Metcalf Intercarrier SMS, an outsourced inter-carrier messaging solution for wireless carriers. Together with realnetworks, it powers inter-carrier mobile messaging for eight of the top 10 wireless carriers in North America and other major operators throughout the world. more
RealPlayer Video Launched for BlackBerry Phones
realnetworks has launched a video player application for the BlackBerry family of phones, that automatically converts video for playback on the media player that comes with the BlackBerry smartphones. more
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Vodafone Extends Music Services with RealNetworks
Vodafone and realnetworks have announced a multi-year global partnership today to support Vodafone's music services across Europe. The agreement will make realnetworks' mobile music services, including Internet radio-style streaming music and the ability to purchase and download full songs, available to Vodafone customers in Europe. These services are available today from Vodafone in Germany, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Romania and the UK. The Internet radio-style streaming music service is available in France. more
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realnetworks has announced that it is buying the mobile entertainment services group, WiderThan for approximately $350 million. WiderThan is a provider of ringback tones, music-on-demand and other mobile entertainment services to more than 50 wireless carriers in more than 25 countries including leading carriers such as SK Telecom in South Korea, Verizon Wireless in the USA, and Bharti Airtel in India. more
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Testing 3G Video Streaming Standards
The International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium's Packet-switched Streaming Services Activity Group (PSS-AG) staged a live face-to-face interoperability test event in June, kicking off its latest cycle of interoperability testing of 3GPP and 3GPP2 mobile phone streaming standards. The PSS-AG is focused on testing the interoperability of features from the latest 3G multimedia streaming specifications, including streaming bit-rate adaptation, multi-track signaling, and progressive download of the latest codecs including H.264 Video and Enhanced aacPlus Audio. more
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DoCoMo Signs MOU With RealNetworks On Software Devt
TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- NTT DoCoMo and realnetworks announced Friday that they have signed a memorandum of understanding as a first step toward jointly deploying realnetworks' Mobile Streaming Server software. more
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RealNetworks Unveils New Wireless Media Push
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) - Stepping up its long-running competition with Microsoft, realnetworks unveiled a new partnership Wednesday designed to boost its presence in the growing market for mobile phone-based content. more
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Sprint Offers Streaming Music Service For Phones
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP)--Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) is becoming the latest cellphone carrier to let its customers listen to music on the devices. more
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