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Date: February 18, 2003
ROXIO INTRODUCES EASY CD & DVD CREATOR 6 PLATINUM;
THE FIRST DIGITAL MEDIA SUITE FOR THE PC
The Leader in Digital Media Software Now Offers an Integrated
Suite for PC Users to Seamlessly Manage Their Digital Music,
Photos and Videos on CD and DVDs
New York, NY - February 18, 2003 - Roxio, Inc. (Nasdaq:
ROXI) The Digital Media Company, provider of the best selling
digital media software in the world, today introduced its
new Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Platinum, The Digital Media
Suite. Totally redesigned for maximum performance and ease-of-use,
Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 is the only PC-based integrated
software suite that includes feature-rich digital media
applications desired by today's "digital consumer" to
capture, edit, manage and burn photos, videos, music and
data to CD or DVD.
Among the most compelling new applications in Easy CD & DVD
Creator 6 is DVD Builder™. Roxio's new DVD Builder
allows users to easily capture, edit and combine video
and photo to create Hollywood-style DVDs of users' home
movies and photo slideshows on CD, VideoCD, SVCD or DVD.
Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 also boasts a sleek new user
interface to empower users of all skill levels to enjoy
creating, copying, and customizing CDs and DVDs.
"Roxio's customer research revealed that most digital
consumers that burn CDs also own a digital camera, digital
camcorder or a DVD burner and want one software program
that can manage all their digital media," said Chris
Gorog Roxio's President and CEO. "With Roxio's new
Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Platinum, our customers around
the world will now need only this one software application
to manage all of their digital music, photos and videos
on their PC."
"Users have been frustrated with having to deal with
different software programs to manage different digital
media," said Wolfgang Schlichting, Research Manager,
Removable Storage at IDC. "Roxio's Digital Media Suite
addresses this frustration by delivering an integrated
product that can handle music, video, digital images and
other media."
Available now, Roxio's Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Platinum
includes the following new and improved digital media applications:
New DVD Builder™:
Easily capture, edit and combine video and photo to create
Hollywood-style DVDs of users' home movies and photo
slideshows on CD, VideoCD, SVCD or DVD.
Create custom menu backgrounds.
Automatic DVD chapter creation.
Unique multi-storyboard work area offering ease-of-use
and flexibility.
Add professional transitions, voiceover or a favorite music
track.
Capture and burn video directly to DVD+RW discs.
New PhotoSuite®:
Capture, organize, edit and share digital photos.
Create impressive slide shows with music on VideoCD for
play back on DVD players.
Use powerful tools to crop, remove red-eye, wrinkles and
more.
New AudioCentral™:
Play, manage, rip, tag, edit and record your entire digital
music collection.
Create play lists and add stunning visualizations and professional
sound effects, like Normalize and Reverb.
Convert analog tapes and albums to digital formats like
MP3, WMA and others.
Organize music by genre, artist, album and more in a media
library.
Create compilation music CDs or MP3 CDs with favorite songs.
New Drag-to-Disc™ (formerly DirectCD):
Drag and drop files to CD or DVD for backup - as easy
as using a floppy disk.
Patented Drag-to-Disc technology automatically formats
CDs and DVDs.
Improved Disc Copier:
Create a back-up copy of personal discs with the click
of a button.
Now includes support for Raw-mode copying.
Copy CDs or DVDs to multiple drives.
Improved Creator Classic™:
Burn large data files across multiple discs.
Restore any multi-disc file or project with the Roxio Retrieve™ utility
on any PC.
Improved Label Creator:
Personalize CDs and DVDs with labels and jewel case inserts.
Integrated Label Creator automatically inserts song and
track information on labels and inserts.
Now includes support for DVD cases and mini-discs.
Choose from dozens of professionally designed templates
or customize with personal photos.
And More:
Automatically alerts users for available software and
drive updates.
Comprehensive Flash tutorial makes it easy to get started.
Access the finest digital content and services online from
Roxio's Digital Media Services button, including special
offers from pressplay, Audible, and Snapfish.
A national retail program, national consumer sweepstakes,
and a print advertising campaign will support the launch
of Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.
Pricing and Availability:
Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Platinum is available for download
today at www.roxio.com for $89.95. It is also available
in leading U.S. retail stores for a suggested retail price
of $99.95.
Additional Information:
Roxio will be having a sell side analyst meeting the week
of the launch of Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Platinum.
Materials to be presented at the conference will be made
publicly available on the investor relations section
of the Roxio website prior to the meeting on February
19, 2003 at 9 a.m. EDT.
About Roxio
Roxio, Inc. (Nasdaq:ROXI) provides the best selling digital
media software in the world. Roxio makes award-winning
software products for CD/DVD burning, photo editing and
video editing. Roxio's family of products includes category
leading products Easy CD & DVD Creator TM (Windows)
and Toast ® (Macintosh) for CD/DVD burning, PhotoSuite ® for
digital photography, and VideoWave ® for digital
video. Roxio also makes GoBack® the #1 selling system
recovery software that enables PC users to instantly
recover from system crashes, virus attacks and data loss.
Roxio's current install base is in excess of 100 million
users. Roxio distributes its products globally through
strategic partnerships with major hardware manufacturers,
in stores with the leading worldwide retailers, through
Internet partnerships and also sells its products direct
at . Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Roxio
also maintains offices in Minnesota, Canada, United Kingdom,
Netherlands, Germany and Japan. The company currently
employs more than 400 people worldwide. Roxio is a member
of the S&P SmallCap 600 and the Russell 2000 Index.
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