ClipSync Moments gives viewers the ability to share videos with friends on social networks. But instead of sharing a link to the entire video and having their friends search for the part it refers to, ClipSync attaches comments to a specific moment in time. Read More »
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RealNetworks has made a strategic investment in ClipSync, which makes it easy to create social viewing rooms online. RealNetworks uses ClipSync for its SuperPass subscription service, which allows Big Brother viewers to get a behind-the-scenes look at what really happens on the reality TV show. Read More »
Today on the Net: the BBC iPlayer gets an upgrade to hook it into more social networks, RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser gets a new gig as a part-time venture partner with Accel, and Verizon doubles the number of VOD titles that are available to FiOS customers Read More »
RealNetworks Offers New Way To Mass Produce Mobile Video Apps; the company is rolling out a new mobile video service that will help entertainment and wireless companies tap into consumers’ increasing demand for watching video on the go. (paidContent) mSpot’s Mobile Movie Streaming Service Expands … Read More »
RealNetworks has finally settled a lawsuit it filed 18 months ago against Viacom and six Hollywood studios, by agreeing to pay them $4.5 million in legal fees and to shut down any remaining services tied to its ill-fated RealDVD software. The settlement puts … Read More »
RealNetworks is officially releasing a new version of its RealPlayer SP for Windows today that comes with some basic video editing features aimed at making the sharing of video clips more meaningful. Users are now able to trim a video and save only … Read More »
There are lots of things that Rob Glaser did right at RealNetworks — among them, as Dan Rayburn points out on his blog, kickstarting the streaming media industry. Long before anyone else had really figured out how to deliver video at scale, RealNetworks introduced a … Read More »
Longtime RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser has stepped down, just one day after the company announced COO John Giamatteo’s resignation. A company spokesperson denied that the two announcements were connected, but the timing is a little curious. Read More »
RealNetworks’ COO Giamatteo Quietly Resigns; according to an SEC filing, John Giamatteo will step down effective April 2. (paidContent) Travel Channel Site Makeover Adds Video; the cable network, now managed by majority owner Scripps Networks International, has relaunched Travelchannel.com with a new video player and a … Read More »
Judge Marilyn Hall Patel from the California Northern District Court dismissed RealNetworks’ antitrust lawsuit against Hollywood, providing another blow to the company’s plans to provide consumers with software that would make it possible to copy DVDs to a computer’s hard drive. RealNetworks had sued a … Read More »
From the tragedy of 9/11 to the groundbreaking election of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States, the first decade of the 21st century had its fair share of memorable moments. However, what really set these years apart from decades before is … Read More »
Playboy CEO Says TV Business is Changed “For Good;” company expreiences a $2 million drop in domestic TV revenues, driven by shift to VOD. (paidContent) RealNetworks Laying Off 4% of Staff; roughly 70 people of its 1,700 workforce. (CNET) Puppet Walt Mossberg v. Ryan Block; a … Read More »
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