Delivers Advanced Interactivity and Seamless Access to Hollywood's Best DVD Bonus Content
Taipei, Taiwan -- July 19, 2005 -- CyberLink
Corp. (5203.TW), a world leader and pioneer in providing integrated solutions
for the Digital Home, today announced that it has released the InterActual
Pack for its popular Windows-based DVD player software CyberLink PowerDVD
6.
Based on technology licensed from Sonic Solutions, the InterActual
Pack enables users to unlock bonus Hollywood content contained in the ROM-zone
of a DVD title. Features that can be accessed on the DVDs include movie scripts
and storyboards, photo galleries, and star profiles, as well as seamless links
to the Internet that deliver access to updated content like promotional offers,
contests, culture or franchise web sites, and other exciting Internet events.
The InterActual Pack-enhanced PowerDVD 6 lets users automatically
access DVDs that feature InterActual content with no additional software required.
PowerDVD 6 thus ensures users can enjoy an even more captivating environment
for watching DVDs. CyberLink provides two offers for lovers of InterActual
content: PowerDVD 6 with the InterActual Pack built in, and a standalone pack
for adding InterActual features to users' current version of PowerDVD 6.
"We are pleased to work with CyberLink on this exciting
technology that lets consumers get full access to the dynamic DVD bonus features
provided by Hollywood studios," said Clint Ludeman, vice president of
marketing for professional products at Sonic Solutions. "With millions
of Hollywood DVDs powered with hundreds of hours of InterActual-enhanced bonus
content, PowerDVD users who upgrade to the InterActual Pack have the key to
unlock the exciting world of ROM and Internet-based DVD extras."
"CyberLink strives to provide customers with the best and latest DVD features, and the inclusion of InterActual technology in PowerDVD extends this mission to include rich DVD content only accessible via the PC," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "From today, the PowerDVD experience is not just the best video playback and home-theater audio you can get on the PC, it's also about providing access to the most exciting range of Hollywood DVD content on the market."
Product Photos and Information:
PowerDVD 6 Box shot can be downloaded from:
http://www.gocyberlink.com/eng/press_room/photo_archive.jsp
Detailed product information of InterActual Pack can be found at:
http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/products/powerdvd/6/exp_packs.jsp#ia
Availability:
InterActual plug-in is now available for USD $ 19.95/Euros € 17.99 at the
CyberStore: http://www.gocyberlink.com/multi/cyberstore/product_enhance.jsp?ProdId=1&lang=ENU
About InterActual
InterActual (http://www.interactual.com),
a division of Sonic Solutions, is the leading provider of software and services
that enable cutting-edge DVD interactivity in computers and next-generation
home entertainment platforms. InterActual's products enable advanced interactivity
and the seamless integration of DVD with the power and immediacy of the Internet.
The company's customers are the major Hollywood studios, record labels, and
other content owners, along with technology companies that license the InterActual
platform. Over 1,500 major DVD titles are enhanced with InterActual's DVD-ROM
software tools.
About CyberLink Corp.
Founded in 1995, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in providing
integrated solutions for the Digital Home. The products are categorized into
two major lines: Digital Multimedia Solutions and Training Solutions. Digital
Multimedia Solutions includes products focused on media creation technologies
that capture, edit, author and record all types of media, and entertainment
products that allow enjoyment of high quality media on the PC through state-of-the-art
audio-video technologies. These award-winning applications are ideal solutions
for turning today's mainstream computers into home theaters and digital video
centers. The company's Training Solutions include authoring tools for creating
training content and building training management systems that offer an easy
and cost effective way to deliver training over corporate intranets or the
Internet. As a result of the company's solid growth and profitability, CyberLink
became a public company in October 2000 and is listed on the Taiwan Stock
Exchange (5203.TW). To keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations
in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLink's
corporate headquarters is in Taipei.
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