About Sonic Solutions
Sonic Solutions
® (NASDAQ: SNIC) is powering the digital media ecosystem through its complete range of Hollywood to Home
™ applications, services, and technologies. Sonic's Roxio
® products enable consumers to easily manage and enjoy personal digital media content and, through Roxio CinemaNow
®, access premium Hollywood entertainment on a broad range of connected devices. A wide array of leading technology firms, professionals, and developers rely on Sonic to bring innovative digital media functionality to next-generation devices and platforms. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County, California.
About Roxio CinemaNow
Roxio CinemaNow offers a massive selection of premium video entertainment for rental or purchase, including new releases often on the same day the DVD is available in stores. CinemaNow's cloud-based media services power devices from multiple manufacturers, forming a connected ecosystem that consumers can use to seamlessly choose, move and view video entertainment. The CinemaNow ecosystem currently includes PCs, connected TVs, set top DVRs, Blu-ray Disc and mobile media players from leading manufacturers such as Archos, Dell, HP, LG, Microsoft, Nintendo, Pioneer, Samsung and TiVo. As well as being available on a range of consumer electronics, Roxio CinemaNow is currently powering Blockbuster Online and is instantly accessible through Bestbuy.com.
Products
Download-to-own: Hollywood movies, popular TV shows, and music videos are available for purchase, providing an unlimited viewing period on up to 3 devices. Download-to-own movies are priced from $9.99 to $19.99; TV shows and music videos are priced at $1.99.
Pay-Per-View: Hollywood movies are available for purchase, providing customers a 24 hour window to watch the video. As with all CinemaNow downloads, customers can start watching in minutes or download the file and watch it anytime, anywhere. Pay-Per-View movies are priced between $2.99 and $3.99.
Technology
CinemaNow has been at the technological forefront of digital video distribution since its launch in 1999. CinemaNow created PatchBay
™, a proprietary content-on-demand distribution and digital rights management system that powers the CinemaNow Web site and its associated partner platforms. Over the years CinemaNow has been first in several historic milestones including:
- First website to offer Pay-Per-View movies from major studios
- First Download-to-Own service for feature films
- First broadband distributor of high definition (HD) content
- First distributor of Download-to-Own movies from Disney
- First distributor of Burn-to-DVD movies from major studios
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