It’s Formal: RealNetworks & MSFT Settle For $761 Million; Big on Music & Games

More to come… Microsoft and RealNetworks have announced three agreements valued at $761 million to settle their antitrust case and create a “new partnership to innovate and promote consumer choices in digital music and games”.

The three agreements include:

– an agreement to resolve all the companies’ antitrust disputes worldwide;

– an agreement for digital music collaboration between the parties, including promotional and marketing support of Real’s Rhapsody, on MSN properties;

– and an agreement to offer RealNetworks’ digital games through MSN Games and Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360.

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