RealNetworks, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. RealNetworks, Inc. provides network- delivered digital media products and services worldwide. It develops and markets software products and services that enable the creation, distribution, and consumption of digital media, including audio and video. The company operates in four segments: Technology Products and Solutions (TPS), Media Software and Services (MSS), Games, and Music. The TPS segment primarily offers software-as-a-service offerings, which include ringback tones, music-on-demand, video-on-demand, and messaging services, as well as system software license sales and intellectual property licensing. This segment also licenses Helix server software that allows companies to broadcast live and on-demand audio, video, and other multimedia programming to users over the Internet. The MSS segment offers RealPlayer, a media player software, which includes features and services that enable consumers to discover, play, download, manage, and edit digital video. The Games segment offers various casual games available through digital downloads or online portals, social networks, and mobile devices. This segment also involves in game development, publishing, licensing, and distribution. It distributes games principally in North America, Europe, and Latin America through the company’s own Web sites, which are operated under the GameHouse, RealArcade, Zylom, and Atrativa brands, and through Web sites owned or managed by third parties. In addition, this segment develops and distributes games for other platforms, including mobile phones, other handheld devices, and videogame consoles. The Music segment offers Rhapsody, a subscription and advertising-supported music service; Rhapsody.com, a free Web-based limited version digital music service; and Rhapsody MP3 music store, where consumers purchase and download individual digital music tracks.

Brandow Company, Inc. was established in 1990 by president and owner Jon Brandow. The Brandow Company publishes BizMiner, an online database of business information in the form of industry analysis and marketing research profiles. BizMiner covers more than 17 million US business facilities in some 300 national and local market sectors. Users can find industry reports through searching by industry and by market area. BizMiner provides financial information through its BizStats subsidiary, which was acquired in 2007.

Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. provides language, development, and testing services. Its Global Language and Content segment provides product localization services, such as creating foreign language versions of its clients’ products and software applications, including the user interface, online help systems, and documentation; and content translation services, such as translating and maintaining clients’ Web-based content, eLearning courseware and training materials, technical support, and sales and marketing information. It also offers content development solutions, including technical authoring, eLearning courseware development, and production and integration of content within a technology platform; and global language and content services delivery. The company’s Global Development and Testing segment provides application development and maintenance solutions comprising custom software development, application maintenance, and code modernization. This segment also offers testing and certification services under the VeriTest brand name. Its services include performance testing, quality assurance, usability testing, globalization testing, certification, and competitive analysis. In addition, it provides multilingual search relevance and optimization services. Its Interpretation segment offers interpretation services for government business and healthcare organizations that require experienced linguists to facilitate communication. It provides interpretation communication services, such as onsite interpretation, over-the-phone interpretation and interpreter testing, training, and assessment services in approximately 360 languages and dialects. The company serves the technology, mobile and electronics, life sciences, consumer, publishing, manufacturing, automotive, and government industries in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

PlusNet is looking for people who want to add more data to their lives. Founded in 1996, PlusNet company provides Internet access services to more than 200,000 residential and business customers in the UK, with about half of those signed up for broadband service. Other services include voice-over IP telephony and wireless broadband. Sales are made through various brands including PlusNet, Force9, and Free-Online. PlusNet plc is a subsidiary of BT Group.

Everybody needs a good buddy on the road. Road New Media, through its RoadCompanion.ca and Compagnonderoute.ca Internet sites, offers consumers vehicle pricing information, VIN investigation reports, used-car analyses, and more. Road New Media partners with non-profit consumer organizations, companies, and other information providers to give its users one-stop shopping when they are researching vehicles and insurance. Road New Media revenue comes from user fees; Road New Media Corporation also sells advertising on its sites.

Global NAPs Networks provides Internet access, leased line transport, and network colocation services to companies nationwide. The company, which acts as a "middle man" between local and national carriers and the smaller phone companies and ISPs that connect to them via the Global NAPS network, offers service in 17 mostly eastern US states. Global NAPS is embroiled in ongoing legal disputes (some dating back to 2003) in several states with industry leaders AT&T and Verizon, as well as smaller regional players like FairPoint, over tens of millions in connection fees allegedly owed by the company. Global NAPS has disputed the charges, but the court battles have resulted in termination of its services in some areas.

Onvia was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. For more than 12 years Onvia (NASDAQ: ONVI), the gBusiness Innovator, has been successfully delivering the research, analytics and tools companies rely on to succeed in gBusiness – the intersection of business and government and a $5.5 trillion market. Onvia tracks, analyzes and reports the spending of more than 89,000 federal, state and local government agencies, giving companies a single source for conducting open, intelligent and efficient business with government. Along with providing an exclusive suite of integrated business tools for a wide variety of industries, Onvia offers DemandStar, the automated system that streamlines agency procurement processes, and Recovery.org, a free website that tracks Recovery Act-funded projects.

Tabor Communication was founded by CEO Tom Tabor in 2002. Tabor Communication provides media, research, market intelligence, and communication services for the computing industry. The company specifically focuses on the highly technical High Productivity Computing (HPC) market segment. Its flagship publication is HPCwire (www.HPCwire.com), an online news analysis and information source for the HPC community, including technical professionals, corporate management, and journalists. Tabor Publications also produces custom-published books, executive summits, industry showcases, and other special events. It sold its research and consulting business (Tabor Research) in 2009.

Media Corporation plc is one of the UK’s leading companies in internet media, focused on website publishing and online advertising. Founded in March 2000 and listed on the London Stock Exchange, Media Corp’s vision is to create a technology focused internet media group. This goal will be realised through a combination of sustained organic growth and strategic acquisitions. The Group has two principal divisions: website publishing and online advertising. Following is information regarding these two divisions.

Canoe Inc., Québec's Internet leader, is an integrated company offering e-commerce, information and communication services and IT consulting. It owns the Canoe Network, which attracts 7.8 million unique visitors per month in Canada, including more than 4.2 million in Québec*. The Canoe Network includes content sites Canoe.ca, Canoe.qc.ca, La Toile du Québec (toile.com), Canoe Money (money.canoe.ca and argent.canoe.com), the TVA network site (tva.canoe.com) and the LCN site (lcn.canoe.com). The Canoe Network also offers online services in the fields of employment and continuing education (jobboom.com), housing (Homes-Extra.ca), automobiles (autonet.ca), personals (reseaucontact.com), social networks (espacecanoe.ca) and classified ads (classifieds.canoe.ca).

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