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CRICINFO OFFERS PREMIERE GLOBAL CRICKET CONTENT FOR REALNETWORKS' REALONE SUPERPASS
19 Jun 2002


LONDON, June 19, 2002 - CricInfo.com, the home of cricket on the Internet, today announced an agreement with RealNetworks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), the global leader in Internet media delivery, to offer premium cricket content for its newly launched European English RealOne SuperPass subscription service, the first offering of its kind to bring the best online news, sport and entertainment programming to consumers outside of North America.

CricInfo will provide session-by-session audio reports from every Test match and One Day International. Its global network of reporters will file stories to CricInfo's RealOne SuperPass Channel, allowing fans to keep in touch with games being played anywhere in the world. The Channel will also offer a host of other audio content, and fast links to to the latest news stories and to CricInfo’s popular scores service.

"RealNetworks is committed to offering the best digital media experience and online programming available to our new European RealOne SuperPass subscribers," said Mark Hall, vice president, RealOne Services for Europe, Asia/Pacific and Latin America, RealNetworks, Inc. "The premium cricket programming that CricInfo brings to RealOne is a great fit for RealOne SuperPass."

"CricInfo’s RealOne Channel will push back the boundaries of cricket on the internet," said Tom Faulkner, Head of Business Development at CricInfo. "The RealOne SuperPass channel extends CricInfo’s massively popular match coverage, delivering a whole new range of audio and video content possibilities for the online cricket fan. As well as being a platform for CricInfo’s premium content, the RealOne SuperPass Channel offers a comprehensive raft of other channels, so all in all it’s a very attractive package for CricInfo users."


About CricInfo
CricInfo Limited is the world's leading digital cricket information company. CricInfo's web site, www.cricinfo.com, is the most popular cricket site in the world and is among the internet's most popular sports sites, estimated to reach more than fifteen million fans in 180 countries. 2001 was CricInfo’s most successful year in terms of page impressions, registering in excess of 1.5 billion, and reaching 3 billion since it’s inception in 1993.

CricInfo has its Head Office in the UK, with regional offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and South Africa. Satyam Infoway Limited (Nasdaq: SIFY), India's leading internet services and e-commerce company owns a 25% stake in CricInfo.

CricInfo works with cricket boards and sponsors, blue chip companies and the media to deliver cricket content for a wide range of different platforms. It currently produces official websites for eight of the ten Test-playing countries, for the ICC and for a number of domestic teams worldwide.

About RealOne
RealOne is the single source for consumers to discover, play and manage the best in brand-name digital programming - music, entertainment, sports and news from top media companies - to give users the most enjoyable media rich experience on the web. An all-in-one service and technology platform, RealOne Player is the streamlined integration of the playback, download and management functions of RealPlayer® and RealJukebox® combined with a media browser and content discovery window. The RealOne Player allows customers to discuss, play and manage all free content available on the web, while RealOne SuperPass provides access to the best premium programming available on the Internet. RealOne SuperPass also includes TurboPlay, a new technology enabling near-instant playback of audio and video content for broadband PC users. The RealOne Platform empowers content providers and technology partners to create a new generation of digital media experiences and businesses that transform their consumers' media experience, enrich their offerings, and enable commerce opportunities. More information about RealNetworks’ RealOne is located on the Internet at: http://europe.real.com.


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