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SonicSolutions related Technical Updates [Page: 16 of 18] @ TACKtech Corp. |
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Marin County, California (July 26, 2005) — Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software announced today that it has engaged BDO Seidman, LLP as its registered independent accountants to perform Sonic’s annual financial and controls audit for fiscal year 2006 (ending March 31, 2006) including customary review of quarterly financial statements that will be filed during the fiscal year. Sonic had previously engaged KPMG LLP and its predecessor firms to perform such services since Sonic’s IPO in 1994 up to and including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K for the 2005 Fiscal Year (ending March 31, 2005).
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Full View / NID: 7372 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today announced that it has founded the High Definition Authoring Alliance™ (HDAA), the first and only worldwide association of top DVD authoring houses dedicated to facilitating the rollout of titles for release in the new high definition HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) optical disc formats. Building on Sonic’s leading role in DVD authoring solutions and its close, long-standing ties to Hollywood and the consumer electronics industry, the HDAA will increase momentum for successful introduction of the formats, ensuring the timely availability of quality titles by providing members with exclusive access to key information, HD-enabled tools and comprehensive training.
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Full View / NID: 7221 / Submitted by: Megan
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Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the world leader in digital media software, announced today that FORTUNE Small Business has selected it as one of the 100 fastest growing small companies in America in 2005. The company ranked 6th on the list for the FSB 100 award, underscoring the tremendous success Sonic has experienced in building out its digital media software offerings. The list, which is comprised of public companies, appears in the July/August issue of FORTUNE Small Business, available on newsstands July 4 and at www.fsb.com. Additionally, Sonic Solutions was recently ranked 34th in the Business 2.0 100 Fastest Growing Technology Companies June 2005 issue.
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Full View / NID: 7167 / Submitted by: Megan
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Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the world’s leader in digital media software, today announced that Roxio Easy Media Creator™, the most comprehensive suite of CD and DVD authoring and burning, photo, video and music applications, continues to lead retail sales and capture premier industry honors. With the launch of Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5 in March of this year, the Creator brand is North America’s best selling CD / DVD burning software according to NPD Group figures and has once again been recognized as one of the outstanding products of the year by PC World(1).
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Full View / NID: 7130 / Submitted by: Megan
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Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today announced that Sonic’s DigitalMedia™ Plus application suite is shipping on HP desktop PCs. A task-based application hub with streamlined user interface, DigitalMedia Plus gives HP the flexibility to select multiple Sonic application modules and create custom software offerings for different markets and SKUs. DigitalMedia Plus modules include CinePlayer™ for DVD playback, MyDVD® for DVD creation and video editing, RecordNow® for music and data mastering, Easy Archive™ for backup, Drive Letter Access™ (DLA) for drag-and-drop CD/DVD burning, and Express Labeler™ for Lightscribe™-enabled disc printing.
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Full View / NID: 7093 / Submitted by: Megan
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Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today announced that Sonic’s DigitalMedia™ Plus application suite is shipping on HP desktop PCs. A task-based application hub with streamlined user interface, DigitalMedia Plus gives HP the flexibility to select multiple Sonic application modules and create custom software offerings for different markets and SKUs. DigitalMedia Plus modules include CinePlayer™ for DVD playback, MyDVD® for DVD creation and video editing, RecordNow® for music and data mastering, Easy Archive™ for backup, Drive Letter Access™ (DLA) for drag-and-drop CD/DVD burning, and Express Labeler™ for Lightscribe™-enabled disc printing.
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Full View / NID: 7092 / Submitted by: Megan
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Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today announced the release of eDVD® 4, the latest version of Sonic’s powerful content enhancement solution for DVD. eDVD is the first point-and-click application allowing content authors to enhance standard DVD titles with interactive features like those planned for next-generation high definition (HD) disc formats. Compatible with any DVD authoring software, eDVD gives DVD-Video viewers a dynamic, Web-linked user experience when played on PC or Macintosh, and increases entertainment value by providing an on-screen presentation environment that integrates both video and bonus content.
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Full View / NID: 7052 / Submitted by: Megan
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Santa Clara, California (June 9, 2005) — Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the world’s leader in digital media software, today launched The Boom Box, a Mac software suite comprised of five premium applications designed to reveal the iPod’s full power and potential. The versatile suite enables iPod users to optimize their music enjoyment by expanding and enlivening their portable music collections and broaden their audio entertainment beyond music to include podcasts and Internet radio broadcasts. In addition, The Boom Box allows users to convert Web pages, emails and other text-based documents into audio files and create their own personal audio books that they can listen to on the go.
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Full View / NID: 6872 / Submitted by: Megan
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Santa Clara, California (June 6, 2005) — Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today introduced Xingtone Ringtone Maker software in thousands of retail locations throughout North America. Under the terms of its publishing agreement with Xingtone, Roxio is using its established sales infrastructure and retail relationships to expand the market reach of Xingtone Ringtone Maker, which was previously only available online. The wide retail distribution ensures consumers have ready access to the easy-to-use software for converting personal music into custom, real music (True Tone) ringtones for their mobile phones.
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Full View / NID: 6809 / Submitted by: Megan
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Novato, California (May 16, 2005) - — Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC)("Sonic") announced today the financial results for the Company's third quarter ended March 31, 2005.
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Full View / NID: 6584 / Submitted by: Megan
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Marin County, California (May 11, 2005) — Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, announced today that it has entered into a multi-year license agreement with Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), a leader in personalized software and services, in which Yahoo! will embed AuthorScript Music, Sonic’s digital music CD/DVD burning and ripping engine for music in both its current music applications, Yahoo! Music Engine and Musicmatch Jukebox 10. With AuthorScript, Yahoo! Music users will now have access to the most reliable and efficient solution for burning custom music CDs and DVDs.
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Full View / NID: 6543 / Submitted by: Megan
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Novato, California (April 28, 2005) – Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today announced the promotion of David Habiger to the newly-created position of president and chief operating officer; he will report to Bob Doris who remains Sonic’s chairman and CEO. In his new role, Habiger, 36, will oversee Sonic’s three business units - the Roxio Division which develops and markets award-winning desktop and consumer PC applications, the Advanced Technology Group which develops and licenses Sonic’s core technologies to the PC and CE markets, and the Professional Products Division which provides digital media production systems for professionals. The general managers of the three business units will report to Habiger; managers heading other company functions, including finance, operations, business development and strategy, will continue to report to Bob Doris.
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Full View / NID: 6407 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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NAB 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada (April 18, 2005) – Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today introduced eDVD 4, the latest version of its industry leading software solution for dramatically extending the interactivity of DVD-Video titles. Designed to work with any authored DVD title, Sonic eDVD 4 enables authors to seamlessly link the video chapters and menu buttons on their DVD title to a wide range of PC-based files, URLs and bonus features, either on-disc or via the Internet. During PC playback, otherwise static DVD titles turn into dynamic experiences, linking to entertainment or business messaging that can be replaced or refreshed as often as the author or content holder desires.
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Full View / NID: 6301 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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NAB 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada (April 19, 2005) - Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media authoring software, today with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) demonstrated iHD, developed by Microsoft and The Walt Disney Studios to deliver advanced interactivity for new HD-based disc formats. The Sonic-developed demonstration offers NAB attendees a compelling preview of the future of high definition video entertainment, showcasing Sonic’s patented InterActual® technology which enables viewers of HD video discs to experience advanced interactivity along with access to supplemental movie-synchronized content that can come from disc or the Internet. Many of the features highlighted in the demonstration build on the same type of capabilities already supported in Sonic’s industry-leading authoring systems and workflow solutions for interactive DVDs, and are being integrated into Sonic’s systems for HD-based discs to facilitate the planned launches of next-generation formats in 2005 and 2006.
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Full View / NID: 6284 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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Burbank, California (April 18, 2005) - Signaling massive growth in DVD viewing on personal computers, InterActual, a subsidiary of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), and the leading provider of enhanced bonus feature technology for DVD, announced today that its popular InterActual Player software for DVDs exceeded a record 30 million online uses in the first quarter of 2005, averaging over 10 million uses per month. Installed on over 38 million Macintosh and Windows computers, including Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition PCs, InterActual Player allows viewers of Hollywood DVD movies to access special bonus features with a seamless combination of DVD interactivity and online internet connectivity. The resulting entertainment experience goes far beyond what is possible with the capabilities of a standard set-top DVD player.
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Full View / NID: 6283 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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NAB 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada (April 18, 2005) – Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today introduced Sonic Blu-ray Creator, the world's first commercial authoring system to enable high-end production facilities and major motion picture studios to create titles for the highly anticipated Blu-ray Disc format. Sonic Blu-ray Creator, a collaboration with Panasonic®, is based on a workflow that is both familiar and intuitive to professional title developers, allowing them to deliver titles in time for the upcoming format launch.
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Full View / NID: 6262 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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NAB 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada (April 18, 2005) - Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today introduced its HD-Series AVC encoder, a mastering-quality encoding system specifically designed to meet the stringent image-quality demands of major motion picture studios and high-end authoring facilities. Combined with Scenarist® HD and Blu-ray Creator™, Sonic’s new HD authoring solutions, the HD-Series AVC encoder provides title creators with a complete workstation solution for developing discs in the new HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats, which are scheduled for launch in 2005 and 2006.
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Full View / NID: 6261 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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NAB 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada (April 18, 2005) – Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, debuted today Scenarist HD, the world's first HD DVD authoring system, enabling high-end production facilities and major motion picture studios to begin developing the first wave of titles in the highly anticipated HD DVD format. Based on Scenarist, the industry’s leading DVD authoring application, Scenarist HD features the same logical workflow and user interface already familiar to the majority of professional DVD authors, providing a smooth introduction to the new high-definition authoring format.
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Full View / NID: 6260 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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Santa Clara, California (April 11, 2005) — Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, announced today that Easy Media Creator 7.5, the most comprehensive suite of CD and DVD authoring and burning, photo, video and music applications, surpassed all competitors to earn PC Magazine’s prestigious Editors’ Choice Award. Editors praise Easy Media Creator 7.5 for offering the broadest selection of features and delivering new applications they cite as being “some of the most successful components in the suite.” The complete review is currently available at PC Magazine online.
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Full View / NID: 6169 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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NCTA, San Francisco, California (April 4, 2005) — Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, announced today it is demonstrating its Sonic AuthorScript CE engine on a new digital video recorder (DVR) recently launched by Pace Micro Technology, a leading digital set-top box provider specializing in the development of emerging technologies across all television platforms. Pace’s recently announced Tahoe HD DVR is expected to be one of the first DVRs with DVD burning and playback functionality to be compatible with several different North American cable conditional access systems. With AuthorScript CE running on the Broadcom BCM7038 chipset, Multiple System Operators (MSOs) can offer their customers easy, powerful, and reliable DVD play-and-burn features. The Pace Tahoe HD DVR is being demonstrated at the Pace booth (#5958) at this week’s National Cable Television Association (NCTA) Show.
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Full View / NID: 6097 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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