3G VideoGroup Chooses DVDit! to Expand DVD Publishing Market in Italy; Leading Italian Video Distributor Brings DVDit! to Corporate and Consumer Market.Business Editors/Technology Writers NAB2000 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000 Sonic Solutions Sonic Solutions NASDAQ: SNIC is a digital media company based in Novato, California, USA. It was created in 1986 by former Lucasfilm employees who developed the AudioDroid digital audio editing system as part of the Droidworks project. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SNIC SNIC Singapore National Institute of Chemistry SNIC Snow and Ice Clearance SNIC Sub-Network Independent Convergence (functions) SNIC Standard Network Interface Card ) announced today at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB) that Milan-based 3G VideoGroup, a leading distributor of digital video management systems, has selected the Sonic DVDit!(TM) product line as its DVD authoring solution. Through its network of more than 120 resellers, 3G will provide DVDit! to dealers eager to distribute DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. publishing systems to the corporate, professional and consumers markets. "3G VideoGroup is very excited to be working with Sonic, the industry leader in DVD publishing systems," said Maria Teresa Gallo Gorgatti, Marketing and Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Manager. "Market trends in digital media are shifting from traditional tape media to DVD because it provides a more captivating cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. and satisfying experience for the user. With Sonic DVDit!, we are able to offer our dealers the best and most cost-effective DVD publishing solution available today." Established in 1994 by video and graphic experts 3G Electronics, the 3G VideoGroup serves the needs of the specialized digital video market. In addition to providing a high-level technical knowledge and personal service to its resellers, 3G VideoGroup offers configuration, consulting, training, service and support for a wide variety of products. Along with Sonic DVDit!, 3G VideoGroup distributes products for some of the most progressive companies in the digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. market. 3G VideoGroup will handle DVDit! SE as a standalone application as well as DVDit! LE to SE upgrades for current users of DVDit! LE. "3G VideoGroup has long been recognized as one of the leading distributors in Italy," said Rolf Hartley, Vice President of European Operations for Sonic Solutions. "With their deep understanding of the corporate and industrial video market in Italy, 3G VideoGroup recognized the importance of adding DVD publishing to their strong line-up of video products. We look forward to working with 3G VideoGroup as the video market adopts DVD as the standard publishing format for interactive video." About Sonic DVDit! Sonic DVDit! is the easiest way to publish on DVD. Combining a simple and straightforward user interface with Sonic's award-winning DVD formatting technology, DVDit! gives video professionals, graphic designers, artists and video enthusiasts the power to create stunning interactive DVD content on their PC. DVDit! is compatible with AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) A Windows multimedia video format from Microsoft. It interleaves standard waveform audio and digital video frames (bitmaps) to provide reduced animation at 15 fps at 160x120x8 resolution. Audio is 11,025Hz, 8-bit samples. and QuickTime video files, so that virtually any video content - from DV to D1 - can be incorporated into a DVDit! project. With an intuitive interface, building DVD titles is as easy as selecting a menu background and then dragging and dropping an AVI, QuickTime or MPEG-2 video file. DVDit! automatically builds buttons and interactivity, multiplexes and formats content and records to CD-R (CD-Recordable) A writable CD technology using a type of compact disc that can be recorded, but not erased (CD-Rs are "write once" discs). CD-R discs are used to master CD-ROMs, to back up data and to make copies of data for distribution. or DVD-R (DVD-Recordable) A write-once (read only) DVD disc for both movies and data endorsed by the DVD Forum. DVD-Rs are often called "DVD Dash Rs" or "DVD Minus Rs" to distinguish them from the competing "Plus R" format (see DVD+R). for playback in consumer set-top DVD players or DVD-equipped PCs. DVDit! can create interactive titles in DVD-Video, DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. , cDVD(TM) and Streaming DVD(TM) formats. About 3G VideoGroup Located in Milan Italy, 3G VideoGroup offers sales, promotional, and consulting services to its wide range of digital video and broadcast clients. In addition to these services, 3G VideoGroup's highly skilled sales force also provides technical support and training. About Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ:SNIC) Based in Marin County, California Marin County (IPA: /məˈrɪn/) is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2000, the population was 247,289. , Sonic (http://www.sonic.com) is the leading manufacturer of solutions for DVD publishing and interactive, streaming video on the Internet. Sonic DVDit! (http://www.dvdit.com) is the first application for DVD authoring targeted at consumers and corporate video producers, and is bundled with major video editing, capture, encoding and media production systems. Streaming DVD is the first interactive technology based on DVD for content distribution over the Internet. Sonic DVD Creator and DVD Fusion are the most widely used systems for professional DVD publishing, and are installed worldwide at major studios, post production facilities and in corporate marketing departments. SonicStudio HD is the leading digital workstation for preparing audio for release on CD and the first for creating content for the new DVD-Audio format. Sonic is also a full voting member of the DVD Forum, the standards-setting body for the DVD format. The above paragraphs of this press release contain forward looking statements that are based upon current expectations. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties including, among others, the timely introduction and acceptance of new products, costs associated with new product introductions, the transition of products to new hardware configurations and platforms and other factors, including those discussed in the Company's annual and quarterly reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release should be read in conjunction with the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. 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. (c)2000 Sonic Solutions. Sonic, Sonic Solutions, the Sonic logo, DVD Creator, DVD Fusion, DVDit!, and SonicStudio HD are trademarks of Sonic Solutions. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice. |
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