Envivio Announces MPEG-4 Support for RealNetworks RealSystem

Envivio Delivers MPEG-4 Plug-in for RealSystem Server and RealOne Player

Brisbane, CA, December 10, 2001: Envivio, the leader in MPEG-4 solutions, today announced availability of an MPEG-4 plug-in for the RealPlayer, RealOne Player and RealSystem Server. Envivio's advanced software allows users to view standardized MPEG-4 audio and video as well as mixed media through the RealPlayer and RealOnePlayer, which represent the world's largest streaming media subscriber base of more than 235 million registered users. In addition, Envivio also announced today the availability of its plug-in to the RealSystem Server, which enables content owners and creators to stream MPEG-4 audio and video using the most widely deployed streaming system in the world.

A complete suite of Envivio MPEG-4 authoring, encoding and streaming server tools is now available for content creation and distribution. With the inclusion of the EnvivioTVÔ MPEG-4 plug-in to the RealPlayer and RealOne Player, developers can now create standards-based content for mass-market viewing. The MPEG-4 solution will be available to RealPlayer and RealOne Player users through RealNetworks' auto-update program. The revolutionary new RealOne Player combines a next-generation media player with a jukebox and media browser.

"The world's largest and most demanding ISPs, Content Distribution Networks, and telecom carriers count on the RealSystem for mission-critical delivery of IP media," said Martin Plaehn, senior vice president, Media Systems, RealNetworks, Inc. "We are pleased that these customers can now leverage their investments in the RealSystem for delivery of Envivio's MPEG-4 technology."

Envivio sells MPEG-4 software solutions for use today across multiple vendor and device networks, for both the Television and Internet markets. These solutions include a server plug-in to the RealSystem Server, offline and real-time software MPEG-4 encoders, content creation tools, and the EnvivioTV plug-in to the RealOne Player and RealPlayer.

"We are excited to be working closely with RealNetworks to enable the widespread deployment of MPEG-4. Envivio's solution provides RealServer and RealOne Player users with the ability to create, view, listen and interact with MPEG-4 content," said Julien Signes, President and CTO of Envivio.

Envivio is the leading MPEG-4 software solution for the professional media industry, including broadband, satellite and cable network operators as well as content developers. The company showcased at NAB 2001 the first demonstrations of an end-to-end Streaming MPEG-4 application suite.

About Envivio:
Envivio is the leading developer of end-to-end MPEG-4 solutions utilizing MPEG-4's rich set of integrated streaming media elements: high performance audio and video, two dimensional graphics and animation, providing a rich interactive user experience. The company maintains a worldwide perspective on creating MPEG-4-based solutions to enable broadcasters, distribution network operators and content developers to build new revenues and utilize the efficiencies of targeting content at the full range of MPEG-4 capable devices. The Envivio Solution includes various components to create, encode, protect and distribute MPEG-4 content: the Envivio Encoding Station for offline encoding and protection of MPEG-4 audio and video, the Envivio Broadcast Studio for authoring complete MPEG-4 applications, the Envivio plug-in to the RealSystem Server, to distribute MPEG-4 content over the Web and broadcast networks, and the EnvivioTV™ plug-in to the RealOne Player and RealPlayer to retrieve and playback MPEG-4 content. The company is privately held and has received investments from Royal Philips Electronics, France Telecom, Sigma Designs, Aurora Ventures, Global Accelerator and other leading broadband media investors. For further information, visit us at www.envivio.com

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