On2 licenses technology to RealNetworks

By Gwendolyn Mariano
Staff Writer, CNET News

Video compression provider On2 Technologies said it has inked a deal with streaming media company RealNetworks to license On2's video-compression technology for set-top boxes and other devices. New York-based On2 also said RealNetworks has made an investment of $1 million in On2. Under the deal, On2's VP4 video-compression technology will support RealNetworks' RealPlayer and RealSystem iQ to enable consumers to view digital video. On2 said it will develop a software plug-in to RealPlayer that will enable people to play files encoded in On2's VP4 format. The company will develop another plug-in for the RealSystem Server that will allow broadcasters to stream VP4 encoded files.

On2, formerly On2.com, licenses video codecs for set-top boxes, electronic gaming devices and wireless applications. Seattle-based RealNetworks develops software products and services that enable people to send and receive audio, video and other multimedia services using the Web.

Latest tech news headlines

RealNetworks appeals injunction on RealDVD sales
Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval

November 10, 2009 3:02 PM PST
Google hopes to remake programming with Go
Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland

November 10, 2009 3:00 PM PST
A child porn-planting virus: Threat or bad defense?
Posted in Safe and Secure by Larry Magid

November 10, 2009 2:38 PM PST
See all headlines

RSS Feeds

Add headlines from CNET News to your homepage or feedreader.

More feeds available in our RSS feed index.

Markets: Market news, charts, SEC filings, and more; Related quotes; Dow Jones Industrials (0.20%) 20.03 10,246.97; S&P 500 (-0.01%) -0.07 1,093.01; NASDAQ (-0.14%) -2.98 2,151.08; CNET TECH (0.22%) 3.42 1,571.70

Inside CNET News

Scroll Left Scroll Right

Deep Tech
Google hopes to remake programming with Go
A Unix co-creator is among those behind a language Google hopes will speed computers and programming. Today, Go becomes open-source software.
Gallery
Images: Firefox through the ages
The Open Road
When open source isn't (open enough)
It's very possible to be completely open-source without being completely open, but this may fade as more companies learn to use open source effectively.
Beyond Binary
Windows 7 use continues to climb
It now makes up 4 percent of Web-accessing computers, a mark that took Windows Vista nearly seven months to reach.
Video
Exploratorium's shocking 40th anniversary kicks off
CNET News Daily Podcast
CNET News Daily Podcast: Kindles, Droids, and gadgets for the blind
Did you hear? Motorola's Droid appears to be selling well. That's not all though. Intel's come up with a reading device for the blind using a digital camera. These stories and more in today's episode.
Video
A new workout for the Wii
The Social
A new set of rules for social games
Playfish's $300 million sale to Electronic Arts seems to spell good news for other makers of social-network games, but this is a fast-growing and messy niche filled with one plot twist after another.
Cutting Edge
Winner declared in space elevator race
LaserMotive wins $900,000 in NASA's Space Elevator challenge, where teams compete to see who could drive their space elevator the fastest.
Gallery
Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week
Crave
WiiWaa: Fun for kids, coma for animal controller
To play WiiWaa, the user bounces and shakes a stuffed monster around as the onscreen version moves in kind. It's a cute concept, but we feel kind of bad for the puppet who's forced to swallow a gadget and then get shaken into a coma.
Green Tech
iControl adds home energy services to broadband
Start-up iControl is developing a home automation system that includes energy management along with home security or broadband services.