SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 1999--
PRAJA inc., a San Diego based Internet company, has extended its relationship with RealNetworks(R) with today's launch of Real Player(R) 7, the next-generation media player, providing consumers with a gateway to instant audio and video programming on the Internet.
PRAJA multimedia event applications revolutionize the way people experience events on the Internet, and RealPlayer 7's advanced SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) capabilities will advance PRAJA's ability to deliver interactive, customized experiences to its users.
"The compelling advancements to RealPlayer 7 have enabled us to create PRAJA event experiences that offer the ultimate in indexed video, audio and text-based experiences. RealPlayer 7's latest enhancements are very much aligned with our goals of improving the quality of our users' experiences and the level of personalization," said PRAJA Chief Executive Officer Ramesh Jain.
PRAJA has emerged as an industry leader in providing multimedia event experiences on the Web. Recently, PRAJA partnered with more than 20 major college football programs to create PRAJA Football, an interactive football application that enables online college football fans to relive a game's key plays by viewing a unique, customizable combination of hundreds of video clips, game audio, statistics and analysis. Most recently, PRAJA partnered with Fox Sports to develop an immersive NFL Game Tracker experience that enables pro football fans to monitor live scores, statistics, and play-by-play information from NFL action.
"PRAJA's compelling technology combined with the RealPlayer 7 should result in the development of some of the most engaging, cutting-edge multimedia experiences available," said Kevin Foreman, general manager, RealNetworks Inc. "We are pleased to continue working with PRAJA to push the envelope of interactivity on the Web."
RealNetworks continues to maintain a favorable share of the streaming media market. As of October 1999, there were more than 85 million unique users of RealPlayer. More than 85 percent of all streaming-media Web pages on the Internet used industry-leading RealAudio(R), RealVideo(R), RealFlash(TM), RealText(TM) or RealPix(TM). More than 350,000 hours of live RealAudio and RealVideo programming are available each week (Source: Hotbot).
About Real.com Network
The Real.com Network provides an innovative variety of products that connect RealPlayer viewers to the programming they want, while also showcasing the best programming on the Internet. The Real.com Network features newly launched "best of the Web" services including: Real.com(TM) Take5; Channels; Live Stations; the new Real.com Message Service delivering headline updates to viewers' desktops; RealJukebox; and RealPlayer 7, which is available for immediate free download at http://www.real.com.
About PRAJA inc.
PRAJA inc. is an Internet company with technology that enables people to participate in events and visit places via the Web. PRAJA technology integrates video, audio and event information from multiple sources into one database that users can manipulate to personalize their own Web experiences, choosing what they want to see and when they want to see it. PRAJA's past interactive sports experiences include Tournament Tracker, a partnership with broadcast.com for the 1999 NCAA basketball tournament; the 1999 Cricket World Cup in conjunction with Cricinfo (www.cricinfo.org); and a partnership with Sportsline USA (www.cbs.sportsline.com) providing coverage of the 1999 Women's World Cup (soccer). With PRAJA Football, college football programs utilize PRAJA technology to deliver integrated game highlights, animated play-by-play and statistical information via school Web sites. PRAJA has also recently developed GameTracker 2000, a live NFL product that was produced in conjunction with Fox Sports. For more information, visit www.praja.com.
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