Roxio Unveils Easy Media Creator™ 7.5
Supersonic
Latest Version of Market-Leading Digital
Media Suite Includes New Innovative Music, Data Backup, and DVD Playback
Capabilities
March 10, 2005 - Roxio®, a division of Sonic
Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today unveiled
Easy Media Creator 7.5 Supersonic. The latest version of Roxio's
award-winning digital media software combines technologies from both Roxio and
Sonic® into the most comprehensive suite of CD and DVD authoring and burning,
photo, video and music applications on the market. Available in retail
channels in April, Easy Media Creator 7.5 Supersonic offers exceptional value to
consumers who want to create, manage, share and preserve their personal digital
content.
In addition to Roxio's PhotoSuite® 7 Platinum,
VideoWave® 7 Pro, DVD Builder®, Disc Copier, and Creator Classic®, Easy Media
Creator 7.5 Supersonic also includes some of Sonic's award-winning applications:
Backup MyPC™ Deluxe 6 for comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery,
MyDVD® Slideshow for fast and efficient creation of DVD slideshows from still
photos, and CinePlayer™ 2 for high-quality playback of DVD-video content.
In response to strong consumer appetite for music downloads, internet radio, and
portable music players, Creator Supersonic introduces new audio features such as
an LP and Tape Assistant that streamlines the conversion of analogue recordings
to digital, an Easy Audio Capture utility that provides a quick and effective
way to record audio such as internet radio broadcasts, and an enhanced Sound
Editor that now provides features for the precise manipulation of audio files
and the creation of mixes.
Sonic acquired the Roxio software division in
December 2004, and with Roxio's strong retail brand and Sonic's strong OEM
position, Sonic now has an installed base of over 150 million users. To
date, Easy Media Creator has won over 40 awards for superior quality and ease of
use, from media publications across Europe.
'Creator Supersonic demonstrates the power and
potential of the Sonic and Roxio combination and illustrates Sonic Solutions'
unique position in the market," said Stephen Mold, European Sales and Marketing
Director for Roxio, 'Creator Supersonic is a must-have suite for owners of
digital media devices such as cameras, camcorders, portable music players, and
DVD burners, and is a compelling upgrade for our large installed base of users."
Other new features in Easy Media Creator 7.5
Supersonic include a Disc Image Loader that enables users to
mount disc image files in a virtual drive as if they were discs in a physical
drive; a DivX-to-DVD Creator that makes it easy to convert DivX
content to DVD for playback in the living room; DVDInfo Pro for
testing the performance of drives and media; support for
LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling Technology in Label
Creator, the suite's disc and label artwork creation component and
support for Media Center PC PVR files.
Pricing and Availability
Roxio
Easy Media Creator 7.5 Supersonic will be widely available in the UK in early
April 2005. The suggested retail price is £69.99. Further
information on Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5 Supersonic and detailed descriptions
of each of the new components can be found on our website.
About Roxio
Roxio, a division
of Sonic Solutions, develops and markets the best-selling digital media software
in the world. Roxio offers award-winning software products for CD/DVD
burning, photo editing and video editing and has an installed base of over 150
million users. Roxio distributes its products globally through strategic
partnerships with major hardware manufacturers, through leading retailers,
through Internet partnerships and through direct sales at www.roxio.com.
Roxio's parent company, Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ:
SNIC <http://finance.yahoo.com/q&d=t>;
<http://www.sonic.com>) is the leader
in digital media software and provides a broad range of software tools and
applications for creative professionals, business and home users, and technology
partners. Sonic's products range from professional DVD authoring systems and
interactive content delivery technologies that are used to produce the majority
of Hollywood movies released on DVD to the award-winning Roxio- and
Sonic-branded CD and DVD creation, playback and backup applications that have
become the premiere solutions for consumers and business users worldwide.
Sonic's AuthorScript, is the de facto standard for CD and DVD burning and
formatting and has been licensed by major software and hardware manufacturers,
including Adobe, Broadcom, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta, Sony, and many
others. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County,
California.
Source: Sonic Solutions
