PIMC Expands DVD Production with Sonic

New Sonic DVD Production Systems and SD-2000 Encoder Form Centerpiece for High-end DVD Services

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 8, 2002) - Sonic Solutions announced today at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB) that PIMC, the largest Belgium-based professional DVD preparation and testing facility has expanded their DVD production capabilities with new systems and technology from Sonic Solutions, through TransTec bv, Sonic's Benelux-based distributor. In addition to growing DVD production capabilities at its Diepenbeek facilities, PIMC is capitalizing on its strong position as a leading provider of feature film DVD production by expanding its services with the addition of multiple DVD production systems from Sonic.

The new installation, based around Sonic's powerful DVD Creator® and DVD Fusion systems, including Sonic's renowned SD-2000 Advanced MPEG Encoder, will be utilized for high-end commercial production and feature film DVD encoding and authoring and will be used to step up production from PIMC's existing systems.

"We are exceptionally pleased with the SD-2000 encoder and Sonic's authoring power," said Michel Wellens, Digital Video Division Manager at PIMC. "Our existing systems risk becoming unsupportable and Sonic provides us with the experience and power we need to continue our leadership position in the DVD production business. We are enthusiastically growing our DVD business with Sonic technology."

"We are delighted that PIMC has selected Sonic DVD technology to replace and expand their DVD production capabilities," said Rolf Hartley, General Manager, Professional Products Group at Sonic. "Sonic's professional DVD products not only deliver the highest-quality video, but allow users to take advantage of all of the intricacies of the DVD specification and produce the most compatible DVDs."

About Sonic Professional DVD Technology
Sonic's professional line of DVD products are the world's leading systems for DVD-Video, DVD-Audio and DVD-ROM authoring. DVD Creator and Sonic Scenarist® are the industry-standard choice for creating high-end DVD titles for feature film releases as well as commercial and industrial video productions.

About the SD-2000 Encoder
The Sonic SD-2000 encoder takes advantage of the latest developments in MPEG compression and video RISC processing technology. Utilizing IBM's high-end broadcast video encoder in conjunction with an array of programmable logic and video processing hardware, the new SD-2000 encoder offers a level of quality and functionality previously unattainable in the DVD production market.

About PIMC
PIMC NV is an experienced competence centre for digital multimedia applications. A fully independent company since 1997, its main activities include testing and validation of multimedia software and hardware products, quality encoding and authoring of audio and video assets, and engineering of multimedia projects and development of digital testing and compression tools. PIMC NV is a member of Flanders Multimedia Valley (FMV), Digital Signal Processing Valley (DSP) and of the Flemish Software Platform (VSP). PIMC NV currently employs 106 people at its Diepenbeek Belgium Head Office and 7 employees at its subsidiaries located in Hamburg, Paris, and London.

About Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC)
Based in Marin County, California, Sonic (http://www.sonic.com) is the world's leading manufacturer of solutions for professional DVD title creation. Sonic MyDVD™ (http://www.mydvd.com) is the first DVD recording application for consumers, and is the leading DVD solution among DVD recorder and PC manufacturers. Sonic DVDit!® (http://www.dvdit.com) is the leading DVD authoring application for videographers and corporate video producers; more than one million copies of DVDit! have been sold. Sonic DVD Creator®, Sonic Scenarist®, Sonic ReelDVD™ and Sonic DVD Fusion for Mac 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. Sonic is a full voting member of the DVD Forum, the standards-setting body for the DVD format.