Income Taxes	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Income Taxes	Note 18. Income Taxes As of June 30, 2011, there have been no material changes to the Company’s uncertain tax positions disclosures as provided in Note 15 to the Company’s audited financial statements included in the Company’s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company currently anticipates the closure of foreign income tax examinations in the next twelve months that may reduce total unrecognized tax benefits by an amount up to $9.3 million as a result of the successful defense of the Company’s positions, the settlement and payment of a liability, or a combination thereof. The Company has not provided for U.S. deferred income taxes or withholding taxes on certain non-U.S. subsidiaries’ undistributed earnings. These earnings are intended to be permanently reinvested in operations outside of the U.S. If these amounts were distributed to the U.S., in the form of dividends or otherwise, the Company could be subject to additional U.S. income taxes. It is not practicable to determine the U.S. federal income tax liability or benefit on such earnings due to the availability of foreign tax credits and the complexity of the computation if such earnings were not deemed to be permanently reinvested. However, as the Company currently has significant net operating losses and other tax attributes that could be used to offset the potential U.S. income tax that could result if these amounts were distributed to the U.S., the Company does not anticipate a material U.S. tax impact on such earnings as of June 30, 2011. The Company files numerous consolidated and separate income tax returns in the United States including federal, state and local, as well as foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to United States federal income tax examinations for tax years before 2006 or state, local, or foreign income tax examinations for years before 1993. RealNetworks, Inc. and/or subsidiaries are under audit by various states and foreign jurisdictions for certain tax years subsequent to 1993.

Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Note 18. Income Taxes

As of June 30, 2011, there have been no material changes to the Company’s uncertain tax positions disclosures as provided in Note 15 to the Company’s audited financial statements included in the Company’s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company currently anticipates the closure of foreign income tax examinations in the next twelve months that may reduce total unrecognized tax benefits by an amount up to $9.3 million as a result of the successful defense of the Company’s positions, the settlement and payment of a liability, or a combination thereof.

The Company has not provided for U.S. deferred income taxes or withholding taxes on certain non-U.S. subsidiaries’ undistributed earnings. These earnings are intended to be permanently reinvested in operations outside of the U.S. If these amounts were distributed to the U.S., in the form of dividends or otherwise, the Company could be subject to additional U.S. income taxes. It is not practicable to determine the U.S. federal income tax liability or benefit on such earnings due to the availability of foreign tax credits and the complexity of the computation if such earnings were not deemed to be permanently reinvested. However, as the Company currently has significant net operating losses and other tax attributes that could be used to offset the potential U.S. income tax that could result if these amounts were distributed to the U.S., the Company does not anticipate a material U.S. tax impact on such earnings as of June 30, 2011.

The Company files numerous consolidated and separate income tax returns in the United States including federal, state and local, as well as foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to United States federal income tax examinations for tax years before 2006 or state, local, or foreign income tax examinations for years before 1993. RealNetworks, Inc. and/or subsidiaries are under audit by various states and foreign jurisdictions for certain tax years subsequent to 1993.