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RealNetworks, Inc.

American company
Also known as: Progressive Networks
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  • livestreaming
    / Historical developments

    …a media player developed by RealNetworks, Inc. One of the first webcasts, made possible by technology developed by Excite@Home Network and broadcast from George Washington University, occurred in 1999; the event featured U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton.

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    …a media player developed by RealNetworks, Inc. One of the first webcasts, made possible by technology developed by Excite@Home Network and broadcast from George Washington University, occurred in 1999; the event featured U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton.

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    …by Progressive Networks (after 1997, RealNetworks, Inc.) that was popular in the 1990s and early 2000s but was supplanted by such formats as MP4.

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    …by Progressive Networks (after 1997, RealNetworks, Inc.) that was popular in the 1990s and early 2000s but was supplanted by such formats as MP4.

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