Recent industry announcements -- including today´s announcement that RealNetworks, Inc. has licensed Windows Media technology -- show that Windows Media is taking major steps toward becoming the industry´s universal format for digital media. In addition to RealNetworks, Liquid Audio, Yahoo!, AOL, and dozens of other key companies now support Windows Media, opening the door to the first common, open and secure digital media format for major portable digital music devices, digital media players, jukeboxes and content providers.

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