RealNetworks, Inc.
RealDVD
- Conference
- DEMOfall 08
- Market Segment
- Consumer Software and Services
- Competitors
- No Direct Competitors. Secondary Competitors: Kaleidescape, Flip4Mac Drive-In, Magic DVD Ripper, SlySoft AnyDVD, Xilisoft DVD Ripper
- Product Description
- RealDVD lets consumers easily save their DVDs to a PC, and watch them later without the discs. With a single application, and with just one click, consumers can save their DVDs, and then sort their collection by genre, rating or actor. Now consumers can watch their favorite movies and TV shows anytime, anywhere, without the risk of losing or damaging their DVD discs. And, its legal.
- Market Opportunity
- U.S. consumers spent over $1.1 billion on DVD discs in 2007, according to Screen Digest Video Intelligence. TDG Research reports that half of U.S. broadband households have over 50 DVDs in their collections, and that one third of laptop users connect their laptop to their TV to view media.
- DEMO Says
- If you’re feeling a little guilty about the DVD library you ripped to your hard drive, listen up: RealNetworks will help you go legit. Simple, fast, convenient and legal, RealDVD unlocks the value in the DVDs you already own, augments the viewing experience and runs more efficiently on laptop computers. A great consumer play today, RealDVD positions RealNetworks in a sweet spot to become a distribution platform for highdefinition digital video.
- Contact
- Jeff Chasen
- jchasen@real.com
- Company Address
-
2601 Elliott Ave.
Seattle, WA 98121 - Primary Phone
- 206-674-2700
- URL
- www.real.com
- Officer One
- Rob Glaser - Chairman & CEO
MPAA Files Additional RealDVD Charges
Home Media Magazine ~ 06/26/2009
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed additional papers against...Read More
Judge weighs testimony in RealDVD copy caseRealNetworks, MPAA now await a ruling on whether the product can be put back on the m
Computer World Australia ~ 05/24/2009
A US federal judge is now considering whether to permit sales of RealDVD, after testimony on a...Read More
Judge Weighs Testimony in RealDVD Copy Case (PC World)
Green Social Tech ~ 05/22/2009
PC World - A federal judge is now considering whether to permit sales of RealDVD, after...Read More
At RealDVD hearing, MPAA says copying DVDs never legal
Techblips ~ 05/22/2009
news.cnet.com Updates are noted at the bottom of this story. Will RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser...Read More
RealDVD court case ends, verdict soon
MSN Tech & Gadgets ~ 05/22/2009
The hearing to decide whether RealNetworks is allowed to sell its RealDVD duplication software...Read More
Set movies free
Cape Times ~ 05/22/2009
Hollywood is suing yet another company for creating a product that allegedly violates copyright...Read More
RealDVD case: MPAA says no copying is ever legal
PublicTechnology.net ~ 05/21/2009
At hearing to decide whether RealNetworks can once again sell RealDVD, MPAA tells judge that...Read More
Studios: Real Worked to Defeat DMCA with RealDVD
PC Mag ~ 05/21/2009
SAN FRANCISCO A collection of Hollywood studios argued Thursday that RealNetworks actively...Read More
RealNetworks Fight Back!
Digital Digest ~ 05/16/2009
In the legal battle between RealDVD and Hollywood studios, RealNetworks is fighting back by...Read More
RealNetworks Files Antitrust Suit against Hollywood Studios
Maximum PC ~ 05/15/2009
Turning the tables on Hollywood movie studios, RealNetworks, the makers of RealDVD, has fired...Read More
Real Expands Studio Suit with Antitrust Allegation
Home Media Magazine ~ 05/14/2009
With the future of its RealDVD copying software in the hands of a federal judge, RealNetworks...Read More
RealNetworks countersues the MPAA and DVD CCA
Gadgetell ~ 05/14/2009
RealNetworks has been fighting against the MPAA and the DVD Copy Control Association in court to...Read More
RealNetworks ups ante in DVD backup case
ITwire ~ 05/14/2009
RealNetworks has added a new countersuit in its battle with the movie industry over the...Read More
Real Launches Legal Counterattack
Home Theater ~ 05/14/2009
RealNetworks is putting pedal to the metal in its attempt to save its DVD-copying application....Read More
Gadgetell: RealNetworks countersues the MPAA and DVD CCA
News Factor Network ~ 05/14/2009
12:46pm PT Visit Gadgetell Outtake: Section: Computers, Software / Applications RealNetworks...Read More
RealNetworks shows off DVD jukebox in court
Afterdawn.com ~ 05/14/2009
Last week, while defending their RealDVD software in court, RealNetworks demonstrated a new...Read More
Real CEO Upbeat on Facet DVD Storage Device
Home Media Magazine ~ 05/12/2009
Despite the future of its $30 RealDVD copying software in the hands of a federal judge,...Read More
RealDVD Legal Bill: $6M and Counting
Home Media Magazine ~ 05/12/2009
Taking on Hollywood can be detrimental to the bottom line. RealNetworks said ongoing legal fees...Read More
Former RealDVD project manager contradicts Real
VB Blogs ~ 05/11/2009
So last week RealNetworks was sanctioned by the judge in the RealDVD case for destroying...Read More
RealDVD Case Nears Conclusion
Over Clockers Club ~ 05/05/2009
If you have a particularly good memory, then you may recall that RealNetworks (the makers or...Read More
MPAA Takes on RealNetworks This Week
Audio Video Revolution ~ 04/30/2009
The trial between the Motion Picture Association of America and RealNetworks over the latters...Read More
CNET News Daily Podcast: Trial reveals RealNetworks' plans for 'DVD jukebox'
Congoo ~ 04/30/2009
We check in with reporter Greg Sandoval on the RealDVD trial, during which RealNetworks CEO Rob...Read More
RealNetworks plans cheaper Kaleidescape
VB Blogs ~ 04/30/2009
At the RealDVD hearing Tuesday, RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser demonstrated a DVD player in...Read More
RealDVD case; Vista; Geospiza; Amazon in education; and more
TechFlash ~ 04/29/2009
RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser acknowledged in a preliminary court hearing that the company's...Read More
RealNetworks CEO Testifies in RealDVD Disc-Copying Case
dmw ~ 04/29/2009
San Francisco - The CEO of RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) testified in federal court on Tuesday that...Read More
RealDVD Trial Heats Up
Home Theater ~ 04/29/2009
Do consumers have a right to copy DVDs? That's the central question of a lawsuit pitting the...Read More
MPAA: RealDVD copyright protections can be removed at any time
VB Blogs ~ 04/29/2009
An expert for the MPAA, Robert Schumann, testified yesterday at the hearing for the dispute over...Read More
Real CEO acknowledges RealDVD will copy rentals
Crave ~ 04/29/2009
Update 9 p.m.: To include more on Glaser's comments about efforts to prevent RealDVD from being...Read More
Real CEO acknowledges RealDVD will copy rentals : TechGuides : SMB : ZDNet Asia
ZDNet Asia ~ 04/29/2009
SAN FRANCISCO--Rob Glaser, founder and CEO of RealNetworks, acknowledged in federal court on...Read More
RealDVD can make copies of rented DVDs
Tech Whack ~ 04/29/2009
Tags: DVD, Lawsuits, MPAA, Real, RealDVD, RealNetworks RealDVD can make copies of rented DVDs ...Read More
Real CEO acknowledges RealDVD will copy rentals : News : Software - ZDNet Asia
ZDNet Asia ~ 04/29/2009
SAN FRANCISCO--Rob Glaser, founder and CEO of RealNetworks, acknowledged in federal court on...Read More
RealDVD's copy limits too easy to remove: MPAA
Macnn ~ 04/28/2009
In the ongoing legal battle between the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and...Read More
RealNetworks Stumbles Into Court, This Box Hangs in the Balance
Gizmodo ~ 04/28/2009
RealNetworks' courtroom feud with the MPAA is now under way, and as predicted, the company...Read More
Real CEO acknowledges RealDVD will copy film rentals
CNET News.com ~ 04/28/2009
SAN FRANCISCO--Rob Glaser, founder and CEO of RealNetworks, acknowledged in federal court that...Read More
RealNetworks CEO Tiptoes Through Piracy Issue
PC Mag ~ 04/28/2009
SAN FRANCISCO RealNetworks chief executive Rob Glaser said Tuesday afternoon that his company's...Read More
RealDVD Ripping Software Trial is Underway
Maximum PC ~ 04/27/2009
Hot on the heels of the Pirate Bay trial, which just recently ended (not without considerable...Read More
DVD copying case: why you should care
PC Advisor Blogs ~ 04/27/2009
RealNetworks and the major movie studios gathered in San Francisco's US District Court on Friday...Read More
Hollywood Goes To Court Over DVD Software
NPR Broadcast ~ 04/27/2009
RealNetworks recently released RealDVD software that allows people to copy DVDs onto a computer....Read More
DVD copying case: Why you should care
Australian Macworld ~ 04/27/2009
RealNetworks and the major movie studios are gathering in San Francisco s U.S. District Court to...Read More
RealNetworks, Hollywood still in court...
Congoo ~ 04/25/2009
RealNetworks and the Hollywood movie studios are set to face off in court over RealDVD's ability...Read More
RealDVD; AdReady; Seattle Genetics earns; and more
TechFlash ~ 04/25/2009
RealNetworks and the Hollywood studios head to trial Friday over RealDVD, the software product...Read More
RealNetworks Trial Starts
Home Media Magazine ~ 04/25/2009
Studio lawyers began their arguments against RealNetworks Inc. April 24 in a San Francisco...Read More
RealDVD developed by Ukranian hackers, studios say
VB Blogs ~ 04/25/2009
Lawyers for the major studios said in court Friday that RealNetworks worked with Ukranian...Read More
Real, MPAA Face Off in Court Over RealDVD
PC Mag ~ 04/24/2009
RealNetworks' defense of its RealDVD product kicked off Friday in a San Francisco district court...Read More
Trial Under Way for RealDVD Copying Software (NewsFactor)
Green Social Tech ~ 04/24/2009
NewsFactor - Late last year, RealNetworks released RealDVD, which allowed users to make a...Read More
Judge in RealNetworks Case Seals Court
PC Mag ~ 04/24/2009
U.S. District Court Marilyn Patel sealed the San Francisco courtroom Friday where RealNetworks...Read More
Today @ PC World Real Makes DVD Ripping Legal: Too Little, Too Late?
Techblips ~ 04/24/2009
blogs.pcworld.com ReadDVD-promo-real-networks.jpg Online streaming firm RealNetworks has...Read More
RealNetworks, movie studios square off in court
ITwire ~ 04/24/2009
In the latest case touching on consumer rights vis a vis digital content, RealNetworks and the...Read More
Hollywood and RealNetworks in court over RealDVD ripping software
Geek.com ~ 04/24/2009
RealNetworks $29.95 DVD ripper software, dubbed RealDVD, which allows a user to rip a DVD to...Read More
Hollywood attacks RealDVD in Federal Court
Afterdawn.com ~ 04/24/2009
In September of last year, RealNetworks began selling a new product called RealDVD for $30. The...Read More
RealDVD movie copying lawsuit goes to court on Friday
Skyje (Blog) ~ 04/23/2009
Remember RealDVD? That was the software created by RealNetworks that allowed users to easily...Read More
RealDVD Software Gets Next Court Date
Twice ~ 04/20/2009
Seattle RealNetworks gets its next chance to defend the lawfulness of its RealDVD software...Read More
Consumers want DVD convenience and freedom
Red State ~ 04/06/2009
I have written about the legal battle going on over RealDVD before (see here and here). For...Read More
RealNetworks to defend itself in court on April 24th (flag)
GadgetBlips ~ 04/04/2009
RealNetworks will get a chance to defend the legality of its RealDVD DVD ripping software on...Read More
RealDVD lawsuit finally gets court date
Afterdawn.com ~ 04/04/2009
In September, RealNetworks launched RealDVD, a $30 USD software application that allows users to...Read More
RealNetworks to defend itself in court on April 24th
Electronista ~ 04/03/2009
RealNetworks will get a chance to defend the legality of its RealDVD DVD ripping software on...Read More
RealDVD Software Gets Next Court Date
Consumer Electronics Net ~ 04/03/2009
Las Vegas RealNetworks gets its next chance to defend the lawfulness of its RealDVD software...Read More
RealNetworks confident of lawsuit win
Newsvine ~ 03/29/2009
RealNetworks Inc. Chief Executive Rob Glaser is still confident that people will be able to use...Read More
RealNetworks speaks out about RealDVD lawsuit
Afterdawn.com ~ 03/28/2009
In September, RealNetworks launched RealDVD, a $30 USD software application that allows users to...Read More
RealNetworks claimed it didnt foresee lawsuit
Gadgetell ~ 03/24/2009
Back in September/October of last year, RealNetworks released a product called RealDVD. It sold...Read More
MPAA Says Real Destroyed RealDVD Evidence
Congoo ~ 03/07/2009
The (MPAA) last week accused RealNetworks of destroying evidence relating to its lawsuit against...Read More
MPAA: RealNetworks Destroyed RealDVD Data
Home Media Magazine ~ 03/06/2009
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) said RealNetworks has deliberately stonewalled...Read More
Vidyo raises $15 million hires Ezra Sofer as first CFO
TechNews.AM ~ 03/06/2009
Vidyo raised a healthy $15 million in its third round of funding for its online video...Read More
Legal Briefs
Blue's News ~ 10/09/2008
Thanks Mike Martinez. Apple patents OS X Dock. RealNetworks Barred From Selling RealDVD Ever...Read More
RealDVD: Get it while you can
Network World Blogs & Columns ~ 09/30/2008
The scoop: RealDVD software, by RealNetworks, about $30 (introductory price). What it is:...Read More