SEATTLE, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital entertainment
services company RealNetworks(R), Inc., (Nasdaq: RNWK) today announced that
Pradeep Jotwani has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors. Mr.
Jotwani brings to Real's Board 26 years of information technology
experience.
"Pradeep is a great addition to our board," said Rob Glaser, chairman
and CEO of RealNetworks. "He brings a rare combination of breadth and depth
that will serve RealNetworks well. I'm looking forward to working closely
with Pradeep as we continue in our mission to enable consumers to enjoy
digital entertainment whenever and wherever they are."
Mr. Jotwani served as a senior executive at Hewlett-Packard for 17
years from 1990 to 2007. Most recently he was the SVP and GM responsible
for the $16 billion Printing Supplies business. Prior to that, he founded
and served as President for HP's $15 billion Consumer Business.
"RealNetworks' position at the intersection of technology and
entertainment gives it a great opportunity to serve consumers in new and
innovative ways," said Mr. Jotwani. "I'm looking forward to working with
Rob and the rest of the Board to advance Real's business."
Mr. Jotwani also serves on the Board of Directors for Presto, a Silicon
Valley start up, the Advisory Board of the Markkula Center of Applied
Ethics at Santa Clara University and the Board of Trustees of Crystal
Springs Upland School in Hillsborough, California. He is also a Fellow of
the American Leadership Forum in Silicon Valley and a teaching Guest Fellow
at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
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ABOUT REALNETWORKS
RealNetworks, Inc. delivers digital entertainment services to consumers
via PC, portable music player, home entertainment system and mobile phone.
Real created the streaming media category in 1995 and has continued to lead
the market with pioneering products and services, including: RealPlayer(R),
the first mainstream media player to enable one-click downloading and
recording of Internet video; the award-winning Rhapsody(R) digital music
service, which delivers more than 1 billion songs per year; RealArcade(R),
one of the largest casual games destinations on the Web; and a variety of
mobile entertainment services, such as ringback tones, offered to consumers
through leading wireless carriers around the world. RealNetworks' corporate
information is located at http://www.realnetworks.com/company.
RealNetworks, RealPlayer, Rhapsody and RealArcade are trademarks or
registered trademarks of RealNetworks or its subsidiaries.
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CONTACT:
Press, Bill Hankes, +1-206-892-6614,
bhankes@real.com, or Investors, Marj Charlier, +1-206-892-6718,
mcharlier@real.com, both of RealNetworks
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