RealNetworks RealPlayer G2 What Does RealPlayer Do? Douglas Smith
RealPlayer G2 is the first open, extensible, standards-based streaming media system which delivers new rich media experiences to users through the synchronization and playback of multiple media types. RealNetworks also announced recently that more than 50 leading media companies are providing programming through branded RealChannels on RealPlayer™ G2. RealNetworks also said that more than 20 leading media companies are providing exclusive, next generation SMIL-based programming for RealPlayer G2 users. The beta release of RealPlayer G2 is available immediately for free download.
"With today's broad public release of RealSystem G2, RealNetworks sets yet another milestone in advancing the development of compelling Web-based multimedia and connecting consumers to the most popular programming available on the Internet," said Maria Cantwell, senior vice president of the Consumer and E-commerce Division at RealNetworks. "By providing customers with an open, standards-based solution, we are enabling a whole new generation of streaming media applications and solutions."
"In a short two years, streaming media has evolved from a Web novelty to the next-generation delivery platform for entertainment and one-to-one marketing," said Larry Gerbrandt, senior vice president at Paul Kagan Associates. "By utilizing the standards-based SMIL authoring language, streaming media has taken a giant next step in increasing the media experience on the Web and moving the Internet towards a true broadcast medium"
