InnovaCom Chooses Sonic DVDit! For DVDimpact

Delivers All-In-One DVD Authoring Solution On Windows NT

7-Apr-00

Sonic Solutions announced that InnovaCom Inc. 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 DVDimpactís 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."" InnovaComís 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, cDVDô and Streaming DVDô formats. About InnovaCom, Inc. InnovaCom, Inc. is a Silicon Valley manufacturer of TransPEG, its video transmission systems and DVDimpactô Pre-Mastering Systems. The companyís MPEG-2 based product line targets digital television, communications and industrial DVD marketplaces. InnovaCom, Inc. is located in Santa Clara, California. For more information, phone 408 727 2447 or visit the companyís Web site at www.transpeg.com or www.dvdimpact.com.About Sonic SolutionsBased 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 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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