Taipei, Taiwan----October 1, 2003----CyberLink Corp., a leading developer of digital video software and e-learning solutions, announced today an agreement with KOCH Media to publish and distribute its line of Digital Video Entertainment Software products including PowerDVD, PowerDirector, PowerProducer to the British market.
Craig Mcnicol, Managing Director at KOCH Media expressed great confidence in
the new agreement with CyberLink Corp. and added; "We know that the PC
Digital Video Entertainment market sector is still growing year on year. CyberLink
has led the way with a range of product offering the complete solution to watching,
producing and editing home video. The technical benefits of the products, coupled
with the enhanced packaging and keen price points will create immense appeal
amongst the already huge installed PC base." PowerDVD, PowerProducer and
PowerDirector are now available in the major outlet including Dixons Stores
Group.
" PowerDVD, PowerProducer and PowerDirector have already gained rave reviews
from British press and this partnership will give the British users easy access
to these CyberLink's products," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink Corp.
"We will rely on their expertise to promote CyberLink software and use
joint efforts to provide the best customer services to the British retail market."
About PowerDVD
PowerDVD is the world's leading DVD software player. The new release PowerDVD
5 features breakthrough technologies to deliver a theater-like DVD experience
on a PC or notebook. The new technologies include: CLEV™ to enhance color
and contrast of movies displayed on LCDs, CLPV™, which easily adjusts
wide screen movies into full screen (4:3) display or vice versa with minimal
distortion, and CLMEI™, which converts 2-channel audio and output to multi-channel
speakers for a surround sound effect.
About PowerProducer
PowerProducer is an easy-to-use software for producing movies and photos on
DVDs and CDs. Targeted at the consumer level, PowerProducer is a wizard-style
program that software and features an intuitive user interface including SVRT™
(Smart Video Rendering Technology) to speed up the rendering process and keep
the original quality, Disc Defragmentation to optimize disk space, Editable
DVD function to allow users to work on new projects from existing work, Right-to-Disc
Recording and Direct DSC support to convert files directly from digital camcorders/digital
cameras to DVDs without buffering to hard disk.
About PowerDirector
PowerDirector is a video editing software that offers both advanced and entry-level
users the best way to create eye-catching Hollywood style movies with ease.
From start to finished production, PowerDirector offers a wide assortment of
unique video editing tools and features that make it the best choice for anyone
looking to produce movie masterpieces for the Web, PC or TV.
About CyberLink Corp.
Founded in 1995, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in bringing advanced
digital video and audio software applications to market. The products are categorized
into two major lines: Digital Multimedia Solutions and E-Learning Solutions.
Digital Multimedia Solutions includes Media Creation Products focus on media
creation by advancing the technologies to capture, edit, author and record all
types of media, and Digital Entertainment products provide high quality media
enjoyment on the PC by perfecting state-of-the-art audio-video technologies.
These award-winning software applications are ideal solutions for turning today's
mainstream computers into home theaters and digital video centers. The company's
E-Learning Solutions include authoring tools for creating training content and
training management systems that offer an easy and cost effective way to deliver
and manage training programs 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 Over The Counter Exchange
(OTC: 5203). To keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North
America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLink?s worldwide
headquarters are in Taipei and the company website is: www.goCyberlink.com
About KOCH Media:
Founded in 1994, KOCH Media develops, publishes and distributes a diverse mix
of titles for home console gaming systems, personal computers and the Internet.
Based in Basingstoke, UK, KOCH operates a pan-European service, with additional
offices in Germany, Switzerland, Italy and its headquarters in Austria. KOCH
has distribution contracts for a number of software publishers including Nintendo,
Pinnacle Systems, Ulead, JASC. As part of the Virtuoso division, KOCH exclusively
markets, PR's, sells and distributes for Davilex Games, Wanadoo and Paradox
Entertainment. KOCH also develops and publishes educational and lifestyle software
via its Europress brand. For more information on KOCH Media and its products
visit http://www.kochmedia.co.uk
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only and are the sole property of their respective owners.
Copyright c 2003 CyberLink Corp. All rights reserved.
Press Contacts:
USA: Kristen Stonecipher, kristen@sspr.com or by phone +1-888-275-5878, ext.
28.
Germany: Cornelie Elsaesser, c.elsaesser@konzept-pr.de or by phone +49-821-34
300-20.
CyberLink Corporate: Renee Chen or Manal Ma at press@gocyberlink.com or by phone
at: +886-2-8667-1298, ext. 301 or 303 for more details.
Koch Media Contact: David Blundell at David.Blundell@kochmedia.co.uk or by phone
+44-1256-707767