May 18, 2001----Taipei, Taiwan----CyberLink, the leading developer of digital video and multimedia streaming software applications, is launching two new fun and entertaining events: The PowerDVD Movie Fan Event - Round 1 and The PowerDVD Skin Design Contest - Round 4; both aimed towards providing its customers unique ways to enjoy PowerDVD. The steady growth of PowerDVD into the world's favorite DVD player since the launch of version 3.0 last year allows the company to award various prizes to PowerDVD users through contests and games held worldwide over the Internet. In addition, because there are many who are still new to the world of DVD on the PC, these events are also aimed at illustrating the benefits of PowerDVD.

"Challenge the Gladiator"
Round 1 of the PowerDVD Movie Fan Event is titled "Challenge the Gladiator" and runs from May 18-June 29. This contest tests the participant's ability to uncover certain interesting flaws that are located throughout the film Gladiator. They will need to use PowerDVD's advanced navigational features and Digital Zoom function in order to uncover the hidden flaws, because PowerDVD offers multiple playback modes and can reveal many things about DVD titles that other software DVD players or hardware players cannot. Through this event, CyberLink celebrates the film enthusiast whose insatiable appetite for special effects and rich detail has boosted DVD entertainment into our everyday lives. This event is also sponsored by several Web sites aimed at promoting DVD entertainment: DVD Angle (dvdangle.com), DVD Easter Eggs (dvdeastereggs.com), and DVD Movie Guide (dvdmg.com).

The PowerDVD Skin Design Contest
Although the PowerDVD Skin Design Contest is now on entering its fourth round, it is now broadening its scope and welcoming new designers to enter their skin designs. Running from May 18-July 18, the contest now offers a new award for first time participants with the "New Face of Design" Award, in addition to the award for Best Overall Skin Design. This contest is focused around PowerDVD's Dynamic Skin Technology, which allows for users to change the look and feel of their user interface. With the PowerDVD Skin Design Contest, participating designers are challenged to design new skin creations for PowerDVD and submit them so they can be voted on by other PowerDVD users. In addition to providing prizes for the winners, this event also generates many new skin designs that other PowerDVD users can download and install. The event is done in part with DVDonet.com (dvdonet.com).

There will be several prizes of authentic CyberLink software awarded to the winners of these events. From all eligible entries, 20 winners will be selected in the Challenge the Gladiator event; the top five receiving a copy of PowerVCR II 3.0 and the other fifteen, their choice of two streaming multimedia software programs.

The PowerDVD Skin Design Contest will help to launch CyberLink PowerDirector, which promises to be the fastest, high-quality video editing software available for the home user market. To commemorate this latest addition to the popular digital video series, CyberLink will award two PowerDirector prize packs via a random prize drawing; one prize will be for the Best Overall Skin Design and the other will be for the "New Face of Design" Award. Event schedules and entry rules are available at www.goCyberLink.com or directly through the following links to the event pages:

PowerDVD Movie Fan Event - Round 1: http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/event/gladiator/index.htm

PowerDVD Skin Design Contest - Round 4: http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/event/psdc4/index.htm

PowerDVD 3.0
PowerDVD is the world's number one software DVD player due to its high quality audio and video playback, advanced navigation and best hardware support. CyberLink PowerDVD can deliver high quality DVD playback at full frame rate with extremely low CPU consumption (only Celeron 350 and above required). New features to its already long list of features include Dolby Headphone Technology, bringing the Dolby Surround experience to any standard pair of stereo headphones and Digital Zoom, allowing users to view special effects, hidden features and fine details at either 4 or 9 times the normal screen ratio. Plus, PowerDVD is an excellent solution for OEM manufacturers due to its low CPU consumption and full hardware compatibility.

About CyberLink
CyberLink Corporation develops award winning software solutions utilizing digital video and audio kernel technology. The company fully utilizes the powers of today's personal computer and Internet connectivity to create new applications that maximize personal video entertainment, enhance visual communication and increase corporate productivity. Today, CyberLink offers complete digital video solutions from video recording, editing, authoring, writing to playback and content streaming. The products are categorized in two major lines: Digital Video Applications and Streaming Multimedia Solutions. Digital Video Applications focus on providing video/audio playback and recording capabilities on the personal computer. These award-winning software applications are ideal solutions to building home theaters and digital video centers right from today's mainstream computers. Streaming Multimedia Solutions offer breakthrough technologies to stream and manage high-quality, media-rich contents over the corporate intranet or the Internet.

CyberLink programs are available for press evaluation. Please contact Ty Ung or Erik Hermanson at press@gocyberlink.com or by phone at: +886-2-8667-1298, ext. 301 or 308 for more details.

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