Real Sues Baseball Over Windows Media

westlake writes 'According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, RealNetworks has sued Major League Baseball over its use of Windows Media. The dispute began with MLB's decision to stream exhibition games in WMA format only, under its revised contract, Real claims all live MLB streams must include RealMedia as an option. The piece states: 'Windows Media Player controlled about 34 percent of the U.S. market, compared with nearly 19 percent for RealOne player and 10 percent for QuickTime player, according to January data from Nielsen/NetRatings.'"

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Me Thinks

[Jexx Dragon]

that all streaming video should be .avi or a good open-source video format. I hate all these damn Windows Media and RealPlayer formats. Every time I go to a website they have two options for video (and audio) clips and streams:
1) Windows Media
2) Real Player

Damn Windows.