Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business. RealNetworks, Inc. and subsidiaries is a leading global provider of network-delivered digital media applications and services that make it easy to manage, play and share digital media. The Company also develops and markets software products and services that enable the creation, distribution and consumption of digital media, including audio and video.

Inherent in our business are various risks and uncertainties, including a limited history of certain of our product and service offerings. RealNetwork's success will depend on the acceptance of our technology, products and services and the ability to generate related revenue.

In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 (10-Q or Report), RealNetworks, Inc. and Subsidiaries is referred to as “RealNetworks”, the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”.

Basis of Presentation. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of RealNetworks and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments that, in the opinion of the Company’s management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the periods presented. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any subsequent period or for the year ending December 31, 2013. Certain information and disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the 10-K).

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. In addition, current economic conditions may require the use of additional estimates, and certain estimates we make are subject to a greater degree of uncertainty as a result of the current economic conditions.

Reportable Segments. In the first quarter of 2013 we reorganized the management of our businesses and as a result, we changed our reportable segments. See Note 17, Segment Information, for details.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). The components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) consisted of unrealized gains on investment securities and foreign currency translation adjustments, net of any applicable tax, as follows (in thousands):



	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Unrealized gains on investments, net of tax effects of $783 and $(846) at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively	$	29,322		$	26,685
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(54,463		)	(53,225		)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	$	(25,141	)	$	(26,540	)

For the three months ended March 31, 2012 we liquidated the investment in certain of our foreign entities and recorded a net pre-tax gain of $1.6 million in Other income (expense), net, in the consolidated statement of operations upon the reclassification of the same amount of cumulative foreign exchange translation adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) on the balance sheet. The reclassification adjustment had no related income tax expense or benefit. No reclassification adjustments related to foreign exchange translation amounts or unrealized gains on investments occurred in 2013. In the first quarter of 2013 we recorded an income tax benefit of $1.6 million related to unrealized gains on investment securities, and recognized the corresponding amount as a reduction to accumulated other comprehensive income. There were no tax related adjustments to accumulated other comprehensive income in the first quarter of 2012.

2012 Sale of Patents and Other Technology Assets to Intel Corporation. In the second quarter of 2012, we completed the sale of certain patents, patent applications and related rights held by us, and certain of our assets relating to our next generation video codec technologies to Intel Corporation (Intel). Related to this transaction, within the first quarter of 2012 we incurred $1.6 million of total direct costs.