Sonic Launches Sonic LifeLine T and Sonic TitleCheck T Professional Support Services

New SonicCare T Services Bring Sonic's World Class DVD Expertise Direct to Professional DVD Producers

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (September 12, 2003) - Sonic Solutions ® [Nasdaq: SNIC] announced today at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) further enhancements to its professional support services with the launch of Sonic LifeLine and Sonic TitleCheck. Both services are available to DVD professionals worldwide, either as part of Sonic's SonicCare program or as a per-incident service.

Sonic LifeLine is an exclusive new service that enables online and direct control of the customer's authoring system by a Sonic professional support technician while speaking with the customer via telephone. This unparalleled contact and level of support allows Sonic to "walk-through" or examine projects remotely just as if the technician were sitting right next to the customer.

Sonic TitleCheck provides DVD producers with a host of DVD spec verification tools and integrity testing of finished titles prior to replication. Conducted by Sonic's senior-level DVD experts, TitleCheck provides a comprehensive report with official recommendations and includes proven DVD spec and data check routines to ensure that projects are ready for the replication facility.

The new services from Sonic reflect the growing complexity of " Hollywood " style DVD titles and the unique position Sonic occupies in the DVD industry as the leading supplier of DVD creation software. Sonic's high-end professional systems support the greatest degree of flexibility in producing DVD specification-compliant titles. Because Hollywood producers are demanding ever more complicated and elaborate DVD titles to deliver the greatest value to DVD consumers, and because there are often many alternative approaches available within the DVD specification for achieving the same result, close consultation with Sonic's skilled professional support team and careful attention to verification is increasingly a "must" for high end facilities.

"Sonic LifeLine revolutionizes the way we support our customers because it allows us access to their projects and systems online, just as though we were at the facility," said Dietrick Hardwick , Product Manager for Sonic's Professional Products Group. "Sonic's support services have long been considered to be second to none, and now, with Sonic LifeLine and TitleCheck, our users have unparalleled access to the widest range of technical services to meet their DVD business goals."

"Our business caters to very sophisticated and demanding clients, and we simply can't afford to encounter production bottlenecks," said Roger Talkov , President of DVDLabs, a premiere DVD services facility based in Boston , MA . "Sonic provides us with the most knowledgeable team of professional DVD technicians available to help us through the toughest titles, and their new support services are a welcome addition to their already comprehensive support."

About SonicCare
SonicCare support services provide users with comprehensive and continuing professional DVD assistance. With fast-swap hardware, preferential pricing on bench repairs, the latest DVD software advances, and access to Sonic's highly-trained team of DVD experts to address the most difficult authoring challenges, SonicCare delivers the peace-of-mind that professional DVD production facilities require.

About Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC)
Based in Marin County , California , Sonic Solutions (http://www.sonic.com) is the world's leading supplier of DVD creation software for professional, industrial and consumer applications. The majority of major film releases on DVD have been produced on Sonic's professional DVD authoring systems in studios around the world. Sonic's MyDVD ® and DVDit! ® are the most widely used DVD creation applications by consumers and video enthusiasts and are the solutions of choice among the key PC and after-market drive suppliers. Sonic's RecordNow T is a leading solution for audio and data mastering. Sonic's AuthorScript ® , the DVD and CD formatting and burning engine that underlies Sonic's applications, is the most widely deployed DVD software engine and has been licensed by Adobe, Microsoft, Sony, and many others.

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