Nero Recode 2 surpasses 34 million downloads in first nine weeks

Ahead Software, leaders in digital media
technology, announced today that Nero Recode 2(TM), the latest addition to Nero
6(TM), its award-winning digital media software suite, has surpassed the
34-million download mark within nine weeks of its initial release. Nero Recode
2, which includes Nero Digital(TM), the world’s fastest MPEG-4 video and audio
codec, are part of December’s free update of Nero 6.3 and are still available at
no cost to Nero 6 retail users across the globe.

Nero Recode 2 is the first application to take full
advantage of Nero Digital’s power. In addition to its capabilities to re-author,
copy and reduce MPEG-2 streams (DVD-9 to DVD-5), Nero Recode 2 can recode
‘non-protected’ DVD movies to Nero Digital, preserving chapters, sub-titles,
multi-channel audio and above all else, quality – all at lightening speed. No
other application today offers these features.

“Nero Digital is setting standards in audio and
video compression technology, successfully combining speed with quality
providing a complete home theater experience at a fraction of the space.” says
Charly Lippoth, Business and Product Development Manager of Ahead Software AG,
“Nero Digital is compatible with set-top players and portable devices which will
become the CE industry’s most sought after digital video players in the near
future.”

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About Ahead

Ahead Software provides the most reliable CD/DVD
software applications available to serve digital media markets worldwide. Since
its inception in 1995, Ahead’s leading application, Nero, has built a loyal
customer base of more than 120 million users world-wide.

Ahead’s award-winning flagship product Nero 6
provides an all-in-one comprehensive CD/DVD burning suite. Ahead’s product line
also includes Nero Digital – audio/video technology, SIPPS – VoIP, and across –
professional computer aided translation software. Ahead distributes its products
globally through world’s leading drive manufacturers and PC makers, as well as
leading world-wide retailers, online partners, and also directly to consumers at
www.nero.com. Ahead Software AG is headquartered in Karlsbad, Germany, with its
subsidiary Ahead Software Inc. located in Glendale, California USA.

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