Roxio Launches Online Storytelling Platform
Everything Families Need to Easily Capture and Share Life's Greatest Moments
SANTA CLARA, Calif/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Roxio(R), a division of Sonic Solutions(R) (NASDAQ:SNIC)
, the leader in digital media software, today launched Roxio Online
with PhotoShow(R), a new Web service that enables families to quickly
and simply turn their personal photos and video clips into engaging
multimedia slideshows that can be shared privately with close friends
and family. Whether it is photos or footage shot during a recent
vacation, college graduation or other important family event, Roxio
Online makes it easy and fun to turn these personal memories into an
expressive multimedia slideshow complete with rich special effects and
transitions, creative animations and captions, and a professional
soundtrack. Families and others can begin to create unique personal
stories that can be shared and enjoyed on PCs, DVDs, TVs, handhelds,
and popular social media sites, all through a free subscription
available at: http://www.roxio.com/go/online.
"There is nothing more gratifying than being able to share the joys
of our lives with the ones closest to us," said Matt DiMaria, general
manager of the Roxio division of Sonic Solutions. "With busy schedules
and physical distances, photos and videos play an integral part in how
we communicate in today's digital world. Roxio Online brings families
together by not only making it easier than ever to create unique
stories to instantly share with relatives across the globe but also by
providing a complete storytelling platform that appeals to any memory
keeper."
Consumers can test-drive the service and create PhotoShow
presentations for free, and then subscribe to the premium service,
which unlocks a host of additional creation and sharing capabilities.
Premium subscribers are able to select from over 150 one-click themes
that suit any occasion, enhance their story with over 500 animated
graphics, add a commentary with more than 40 different title and
caption treatments, and then pick the perfect accompanying soundtrack
from more than 400 licensed professional music tracks. To see a visual
demonstration of Roxio Online in action visit: http://www.roxioonline.com/watch/iT5Bp3Ag, or to read about the experience of Dave Habiger, Sonic CEO and president, with PhotoShow go to: http://blog.roxio.com/mymoments/2008/08/making_digital_connections.html.
Bringing authors and viewers together, Roxio Online users can create
a free web page with channels dedicated to specific events or occasions
and share shows with family and friends by embedding final productions
in popular sites like MySpace and Facebook or personal blogs such as
Blogger. Users can also add a PhotoShow channel to their MSN, Yahoo, or
Google pages or to their iTunes Podcast library. Roxio Online is also
the only service that allows users to broadcast shows directly to cable
TV, where they appear as a video-on-demand offering. Modern day digital
storytellers can also turn their favorite PhotoShow stories into
professionally created keepsake DVDs to enjoy and share for years to
come.
Pricing and Availability
The Roxio Online premium service is priced at $39.99 a year and available now at http://www.roxio.com/go/online.
About Roxio
Roxio, Sonic's consumer products group, develops a range of
award-winning digital media creation, management, preservation,
sharing, and enjoyment applications for home and business users under
the Roxio brand. Roxio products offer the perfect blend of ease and
power, enabling consumers to achieve professional results from their
photo, video, and music projects with minimal effort. Roxio's flagship
applications, Easy Media Creator(R) for the PC and Toast(R) for the
Apple Macintosh, are the best-selling products in their respective
categories in North American retail.
Roxio's parent company, Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC; http://www.sonic.com/),
enables the creation, management, and enjoyment of digital media
content through its Hollywood to Home(TM) products, services, and
technologies. Sonic's products range from the advanced authoring
systems used to produce Hollywood DVD and Blu-ray Disc titles to the
award-winning Roxio-branded photo, video, music, and digital-media
management applications and services. Sonic's patented technologies and
AuthorScript(R) media engine are relied upon by leading technology
firms to define rich media experiences on a wide array of consumer
electronics, mobile devices, set-top players, retail kiosks, and PCs.
Always an innovator, Sonic has taken a leading role in helping
professional and consumer markets make the successful transition to the
new high-definition media formats and, through the Qflix(TM) platform,
Sonic is defining new models for the digital distribution of Hollywood
entertainment. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County,
California.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are
based upon current expectations, including the launch, distribution,
and market acceptance of Roxio Online service. Actual results could
differ materially from those projected in the forward looking
statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties, including
those discussed in Sonic Solutions' annual and quarterly reports on
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release
should be read in conjunction with Sonic Solutions' most recent annual
report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and other reports on file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, which contain a more detailed
discussion of the Company's business including risks and uncertainties
that may affect future results. Sonic Solutions does not undertake to
update any forward-looking statements.
Sonic, the Sonic logo, Sonic Solutions, Roxio, the Roxio logo,
PhotoShow, Roxio Online, Easy Media Creator, Toast, Hollywood to Home,
AuthorScript and Qflix are trademarks or registered trademarks owned by
Sonic Solutions in the United States and/or other countries. All other
company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners and,
in some cases, are used by Sonic Solutions under license.
Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change
without notice.
Source: Roxio
CONTACT: Mirka Janus of Sonic Solutions, +1-408-367-5255,
Mirka_Janus@sonic.com, for Roxio
Web site:
http://www.sonic.com/
http://www.roxio.com/