01.12.04 - RealNetworks And Official College Sports Network(OCSN)'COLLEGE SPORT PASS' Subscribers Up More Than 60 Percent; 2003-2004 College Basketball Season A Driver of Growth With Live Game Audio of Top Teams
Via RealNetworks' and OCSN's "College Sports Pass," Subscribers Can Keep Up With Their Favorite College Hoops Teams No Matter Where They Are

More Than 50 Schools Available via College Sports Pass

SEATTLE, WA January 12 -- RealNetworks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), the leading provider of sports video and audio on the Internet, and the Official College Sports Network - the largest and most-trafficked network on the internet devoted exclusively to college sports - have seen subscribers to their College Sports Pass audio and video package increase 63% over last year.

With the broad lineup of schools and tremendous interest in college sports, fans from all 50 states and 46 countries have subscribed.

College Sports Pass provides fans with live audio of games of more than 50 top collegiate basketball programs -- including ranked teams (USA Today/ESPN through Jan. 11) such as Arizona, Gonzaga, Illinois and Texas Tech - as well as major colleges such as Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State and UCLA, among many others. In addition to the live game audio, College Sports Pass includes on-demand video and audio clips (interviews, highlights, coaches shows and press conferences), and an integrated "game tracker" with up-to-the-minute scores and statistics for the most passionate of college basketball fans.

OCSN builds, hosts, maintains and markets official Web sites for more than 145 college athletic departments, conferences and athletic associations, and also operates CollegeSports.com.

Fans can go to either sports.real.com or www.collegesports.com to sign up. A full-year subscription is available for only $44.95, or monthly for $6.95. And, for fans who enjoy truly supporting their school, a portion of the subscription proceeds go to directly benefiting the athletic departments of the participating schools.

A full list of the participating colleges and universities can be found at www.collegesports.com.

"RealNetworks is delighted to be working with OCSN to broadcast college basketball games on the Internet to fans around the world," said David Eckoff, RealNetworks Senior Director, Marketing and Business Development. "Year-to-year subscriber growth for College Sports Pass has been fantastic and we look forward to continuing to serve college sports fans."

"College Sports Pass allows the fans to follow conference and tournament play in an interactive fashion that is clearly a preference to more and more consumers," said OCSN President Jeff Cravens. "The quality and quantity of content available in College Sports Pass will continue to improve as we continue to grow and expand the best premium content package available in college sports."

The action doesn't end with the men's basketball season, either. Subscribers to College Sports Pass will also be able to access live audio of other sports supplied by the member schools such as football, women's basketball, volleyball and baseball.

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