InnovaCom Chooses Sonic DVDit! for
DVDimpact
Delivers All-In-One DVD Authoring Solution on Windows NT
Marin County, California (April 6, 2000) Sonic
Solutions today announced that InnovaCom Inc. (OTC/BB:MPEG)
will integrate Sonic DVDit! with their newest-generation MPEG-2
video encoding system, DVDimpact. Combining the power and
ease-of-use of Sonic DVDit! with DVDimpacts broadcast
quality video, InnovaCom brings to market a complete DVD publishing
solution for multimedia studios and Fortune 1000 clients.
"After evaluating other DVD authoring systems on the
market, the ultimate choice for DVDimpact was clear,"
said Frank Alioto, President and CEO at InnovaCom. "The
industry requires an authoring tool that is simple to use
and puts the power of DVD authoring into the hands of our
customers, and DVDit! delivers a perfect balance of flexibility
and ease-of-use. Sonic Solutions is the world leader in DVD
authoring technology, and we are pleased to offer their product."
InnovaComs newest version of DVDimpact ensures maximum
efficiency and enables users to complete projects more rapidly.
DVDimpact affords true store-and-forward and multi-tasking
capabilities, allowing users to perform real-time MPEG encoding,
in addition to editing and DVD authoring the same stream,
even as the stream is being written to disk.
"We are extremely pleased that InnovaCom has chosen
Sonic DVDit! as the authoring complement to their MPEG-2 video
production system," said Mary Sauer, Senior Vice President
of Business Development at Sonic Solutions. "InnovaCom
has long been an innovator in MPEG-2 production systems and,
with the addition of Sonic DVDit! to DVDimpact, InnovaCom
will be well-placed for DVD production as well."
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 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 or DVD-R for playback in consumer set-top DVD players
or DVD-equipped PCs. DVDit! can create interactive titles
in DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, cDVD and Streaming DVD
formats.
About InnovaCom, Inc.
InnovaCom, Inc. is a Silicon Valley manufacturer of TransPEG,
its video transmission systems and DVDimpact Pre-Mastering
Systems. The companys MPEG-2 based product line targets
digital television, communications and industrial DVD marketplaces.
InnovaCom, Inc. is located at 3400 Garrett Drive, Santa Clara,
California, 95054. For more information, please call 408-727-2447
or visit the companys web site at www.transpeg.com
or www.dvdimpact.com.
For Investor Relations, call 888-464-6734 or email investorinfo@transpeg.com.
About Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC)
Based in Marin County, California, 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 for Macintosh 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.
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