Simple Star and Road Runner High Speed Online Launch Road Runner PhotoShow Deluxe; PhotoShow Deluxe Enables Road Runner High Speed Online Customers to Create Entertaining PhotoShows With a Rich Mixture of Photos, Music and Video.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Simple Star and Road Runner road runner: see cuckoo. Road Runner thrives on outwitting Wile E. Coyote. [Comics: “Beep Beep the Road Runner” in Horn, 105] See : Cunning Road Runner High Speed Online today announced the launch of Road Runner PhotoShow Deluxe. With Road Runner PhotoShow Deluxe, Road Runner customers are able to take advantage of a comprehensive range of PhotoShow Deluxe features and create PhotoShows that help bring memories to life through a rich mixture of photos, music and videos. PhotoShow Deluxe is available through a partnership with Simple Star, a leading consumer imaging software and services company, based in San Francisco. This premium product is offered at no additional charge to all of Road Runner High-Speed Online customers in Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Bright House Networks and Insight Communications Insight Communications is the ninth largest cable operator in the United States with approximately 1.4 million customer relationships in the four contiguous states of Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. service areas. Road Runner PhotoShow Deluxe is complete with personalization options like adding music and one-click styles for digital consumers to easily share their memories with family and friends. The result is a richer experience for both users and PhotoShow recipients. Leveraging Road Runner's "always on" broadband technology broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. , PhotoShow Deluxe also enables users to share PhotoShows through Road Runner PhotoShow Circle, a personalized website where subscribers can arrange their PhotoShows in galleries that are easy to customize with different themes and layouts. In addition to being shared online, PhotoShows can be shared via a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). or Video CD (VCD See Video CD. VCD - Video Compact Disc ). Users also have the option to burn a 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. at home or take advantage of PhotoShow's DVD service to enjoy the personally compelling content from the comfort of their living rooms on any DVD player A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. . When sent via email, PhotoShows are conveniently embedded as live links, which solves the problem of overwhelmed email inboxes with large photo files. Along with the link, recipients will receive a thumbnail of the first photo in the PhotoShow, inviting them to view. Road Runner High-Speed Online customers can send their PhotoShow stories to any valid email address See Internet address. , to users operating in a Windows or Mac environment with the free Flash player installed. The recipient of the PhotoShow does not need to be a Road Runner High-Speed Online customer in order to view it. "We created PhotoShow Deluxe from the ground-up to help empower new digital consumers to easily bring their memories to life," said Chad Richard, Chief Executive Officer for Simple Star. "With the combination of Time Warner Cable's flagship Road Runner High Speed Online Service and our PhotoShow storytelling environment, photo enthusiasts can transform their photos and videos into entertaining PhotoShows that they can view on their PCs and share with others." "The launch of Road Runner PhotoShow Deluxe provides yet another great reason for customers to subscribe to the award-winning Road Runner service and stick with it," said Steve Cook, Vice President and General Manager, Time Warner Cable High Speed Online. "We're pleased to be offering this valuable product at no extra charge to our Road Runner customers." About PhotoShow Deluxe With PhotoShow Deluxe anyone can quickly and easily organize, edit and print their digital photos and video clips and use them to create PhotoShows. Unlike viewing static pictures, PhotoShows are compelling, personal entertainment: a rich multimedia experience combining broadcast quality credits, captions, transitions, special effects and clip art with a great musical soundtrack. This full featured desktop software package gives consumers everything they need to bring their memories to life and share them with family and friends. About Simple Star Founded in 2001, Simple Star develops software products and services that help consumers share their memories in entertaining ways through PhotoShow, the most complete and easy-to-use photo platform available. Simple Star distributes its award-winning PhotoShow authoring software primarily through partners such as MSOs, digital media software providers, online photo services, retailers with photofinishing services and hardware manufacturers. Millions of new users are creating, sharing and viewing PhotoShows every month. Across multiple business sectors momentum is building among industry leaders that PhotoShow is an emerging standard. Simple Star partners include Comcast, Cablevision, Time Warner Cable, Nero, Snapfish, Ritz Camera Centers Beltsville, Maryland-based Ritz Camera Centers operates a chain of approximately 1,200 photography stores located in 48 states and the District of Columbia. These stores offer a variety of photography products and services, including one-hour photofinishing, digital imaging, and , Walgreens, Pentax and Vivitar. About Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable owns and manages cable systems serving subscribers in 27 states, which include some of the most technologically advanced, best-clustered cable systems in the country with more than 75% of the Company's customers in systems of 300,000 subscribers or more. Utilizing a fully upgraded advanced cable network and a steadfast commitment to providing consumers with choice, value and quality customer care, Time Warner Cable is an industry leader in delivering advanced products and services such as video on demand, high definition television, digital video recorders, high-speed data, wireless home networking and Digital Phone. Time Warner Cable is a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. 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