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Progressive Networks to Market AirWorks' Products On-Line; Creators of RealAudio Provide Virtual Storefront for S/Link and TuneBuilder

Business Wire, Sept 30, 1997

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1997--AirWorks Media Inc.(Alberta Stock Exchange AWM, OTC Bulletin Board AWMSF) AirWorks Media Inc. today announced that Progressive Networks Inc. will market, sell and distribute TuneBuilder and S/Link through RealStore, an exclusive on-line electronic commerce website. The announcement is significant as the first sales agreement entered into by AirWorks with an industry leader in on-line distribution.

The RealStore will be stocked with relatively few products. AirWorks contribution will be S/Link (US$199) and a specially configured version of TuneBuilder packaged with starter content (US$99). Hitting the "virtual" shelves in late October 1997, both TuneBuilder and S/Link are capable of outputting RealAudio compatible files. Assuming 1 in 10,000 of the 240,000 unique visitors each day to the PN homepage purchase an AirWorks product, with product prices averaged, AirWorks marketing targets the potential gross sales from this site alone at US$1.3 million annually.

ABOUT PROGRESSIVE NETWORKS

Progressive Networks' (PN) website at http://www.real.com is one of the ten most visited sites in the world (excluding search engines). PN uploads tens of thousands of its products, including RealAudio and RealVideo players, every day and sells its software worldwide.

Progressive Networks is a world leader in the delivery of real-time information over the Internet, known as streaming. Many well-known websites deliver live and on-demand audio and video broadcasts configured for RealAudio and RealVideo players, and more than 15 million players are in distribution worldwide. PN commands an impressive 80 percent market share of the media streaming market.

ABOUT AIRWORKS

AirWorks develops and markets software-based sound-handling technologies for application in film, electronic production, advertising, video, multimedia, training and education. The Company pioneers in the field of automatic music editing with its TuneBuilder application for broadcast, multimedia and music production. As a result of its agreements with industry leaders, including the production music libraries of such giants as BMG and KPM, over 50 percent of production music available worldwide can be quickly and easily edited using TuneBuilder.

TuneBuilder is a registered trademark of AirWorks. All other trademarks and tradenames are the property of their respective owners and are used in reference only. AirWorks is publicly traded on the Alberta Stock Exchange. -0- The Alberta Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the information herein.

CONTACT: AirWorks Media Inc.

Blake Fallis, 403/424-9922

airworks@supernet.ab.ca

http://www.airworks.com

or

Darryl Goede, 403/424-9922

75124,3323@compuserve.com

COPYRIGHT 1997 Business Wire
COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning

 

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