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Roxio Releases Version 6.2 Of Its Award-Winning Easy CD & DVD Creator™ Digital Media Suite
Roxio Reaches Milestone of 100 Million Units Shipped for its Flagship CD and DVD Burning Product
LONDON, UK – 27 October 2003 – Roxio, Inc. , The Digital Media Company® and provider of the best selling digital media software in the world, today announced the release of Easy CD & DVD Creator™ 6.2 Platinum. Roxio’s Easy CD & DVD Creator is the de facto worldwide standard in digital media software, evidenced by shipments of more than 100 million OEM units and 4 million retail units worldwide to date.
The latest release includes functionality that enables consumers to make personal back up copies of non-protected or unencrypted DVDs, compress dual-layer DVDs and burn them onto DVD recordable media, automatically search for valid DVD-Video content on a hard drive, work with VIDEO_TS folders, and back up DVDs to recordable DVD media. Additionally Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.2 includes portable device support for WMDM compliant devices, over-burn capabilities to support 90 and 99 minute media, power management for laptops, and multi-lingual CD Text support.
Since the software’s global launch last spring, Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 has been recognised the world over, earning more than 25 awards including the PC Pro 'Recommended' Award, April 2003 (UK), Nikkei BP’s ‘Best PC Software – Editor’s Choice’ Award, September 2003 (Japan), and two ‘World Class’ awards – ‘Best CD Mastering’ and ‘Best DVD Mastering’ from PC World Magazine, June 2003 (US).
Roxio’s Easy CD & DVD Creator 6, The Digital Media Suite™, is the only PC-based integrated suite of digital media software that offers consumers all of the applications needed to capture, edit, manage and burn their photos, videos, music and data onto CD or DVD. The sleek new user interface empowers consumers of all skill levels to create, copy, and customise CDs and DVDs.
“Roxio has always led the industry in design and innovation,” said Tom Shea, president and COO of Roxio’s software division. "Growing sales and our own customer research for Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 clearly show that consumers have a tremendous interest in products that make it easy to personalise, share and enjoy digital content. Creator 6 has the power and capability customers need to work with digital photos, videos, music and more - all in one integrated Suite!"
Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.2 Platinum will be available at www.roxio.com and at all major retailers in November of this year. Existing Easy CD & DVD Creator customers will be prompted to download the 6.2 update via the software at no additional charge.
About Roxio:
Roxio, Inc. 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™, Digital Media Suite™, Easy CD Creator® (Windows) and Toast® (Macintosh) for CD/DVD burning, PhotoSuite® for digital photography, and VideoWave® for digital video. Roxio also owns Napster® and plans to re-launch it as a legal, paid service this Fall. Roxio’s current installed 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 www.roxio.com. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Roxio also maintains offices in Minnesota, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Japan. The company currently employs approximately 500 people worldwide. Roxio is a member of the S&P SmallCap 600 and the Russell 2000 Index.
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