Tag archive: Sonic

We spent some time at Chevy’s design center in Michigan this week, and in addition to letting us in on their engineering process and testing the Sonic the auto-maker spent some time explaining some of the new concepts behind its cars’ design and style. Using the Chevy Spark to show off these coming changes, design manager Todd Parker led us through the manufacturer’s new focus on style and customization in its products. Parker told us Chevy is… Read More

This week, we were invited to Detroit to get a look at the just-officially announced Chevy Sonic and put the compact car through its first paces. Before we offer initial impressions, here’s the technical lowdown on the vehicle. The Sonic lines up against the likes of the Honda Fit, Ford Fiesta, and size- and feel-wise the Yaris, although it’s a higher quality car than the latter. The Sonic gives Chevy bragging rights, as it’s the only… Read More

Digital entertainment company Rovi Corporation has announced a deal to acquire Sonic Solutions a cash-and-stock deal valued at $720 million. Rovi Corporation specializes in providing entertainment information—think programming guides—along with DRM and content networking technology, while Sonic Solutions is the outfit behind many digital video streaming services, including Blockbuster movie streaming, Best Buy's CinemaNow… Read More

Sonic Solutions—the company that make the Roxio media-burning software and owns the CinemaNow movie streaming service—has announced it is acquiring video codec company DivX in a deal worth about $300 million. DivX is probably best known as a video format for distributing online video—especially via peer-to-peer sharing networks like BitTorrent—but has also has been adopted by an growing range of consumer electronics… Read More

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is set to kick off at the beginning of June in Los Angeles, and this is supposed to be the year the show puts itself back on the map after a couple years of less-than-successful scaled-back efforts. Game publishers are already looking to jump on the E3 hype machine, and Sega is out the door early, announcing a slate of titles it plans to showcase at the show…and, of course, the company plans to… Read More

Video rental outfit Blockbuster is looking to amp up its competition with upstart rival Netflix, announcing today it is partnering with Sonic Solutions (now part of CinemaNow) to provide Internet-based, streaming access to movies and other video content to computers, mobile devices, set-top boxes, and Web-connected TVs. Financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed, but the companies say this is a multi-year, preferred-provider… Read More

Sonic Solutions, which develops and distributes digital media software, has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire digital movie distributor CinemaNow. The deal will rename CinemaNow as Sonic's Premium Content Group and integrate it with Sonics Qflix team. Qflix technology enables users to burn copyright-protected movies to DVD discs, so long as they're using QFlix-enabled drives and players, which are… Read More

The National Institute on Media and the Family has issued its 2007 report card on the video game industry, and has reached some rather unsurprising conclusions: despite a few retailers' steps to curtail childrens' access to violent video games and new software and parental controls, these efforts have not kept pace with game publishers, and violence in video games continues to increase. Furthermore, the group warns the video… Read More

Fans of Sega's long running Sonic the Hedgehog gaming franchise will be interested to know that the gaming company today announced a deal with cellular carrier Verizon Wireless to bring a version of the game to users who own select "Get It Now" enabled phones. Sonic the Hedgehog, which first appeared as a game over 15 years ago, will be available for download from Verizon for $3.49 monthly access or $7.99 for unlimited use… Read More

Where do old games go after they fade from the spotlight? One possible place might be GameTap, a new broadband entertainment network from Turner Broadcasting Systems which threw open its doors today to the game loving public. GameTap, TBS said, is an all-you-can-play” gaming service accessible from up to two household computers. Subscribers download special software to use the service and pay a subscription of $14.95 per month.… Read More

Sonic Solutions announced the launch of DVDit Pro 6, the latest edition of their DVDauthoring software solution today. Citing a list of new features and improvements, Sonic claim that the release of DVDit Pro 6, represents the most significant update to date of their DVDit Pro range. Implemented with numerous features to allow creative professionals and enthusiasts alike to produce enthralling and high quality DVDs, Sonic are making noise about… Read More

In a joint demonstration with PBDS, Sonic unveiled its AuthorScript Blu-ray Data Recording Software Development Kit (SDK) as well as Blu-ray support in its popular Roxio- and Sonic-branded RecordNow and CinePlayer HD consumer software applications. Deployed on almost 200 million PCs, Sonic's AuthorScript is the core burning engine that underlies all of Sonic's professional and consumer software applications; it is also the… Read More

The HD-series encoder provides video professionals with detailed control of Microsoft's Windows Media High Definition Video (WMV HD) codec using Inlet Technologies' Optimized Compression Encoding andAnalytics (OCEAN(TM)) platform to create exceptional quality video and audio assets for use in WMV HD-DVDs. “With more and more HD productions being created on advanced NLEs, video professionals require a high-quality platform for… Read More

From Microsoft's press release: Today at NAB2004, Microsoft Corp. and Sonic Solutions unveiled DVD Producer – WMV HD Edition, a special version of Sonic's award-winning professional authoring application that supports the production of DVD titles using Microsoft Windows Media Video High-Definition (WMV HD). WMV HD delivers dramatically superior image quality with high-definition video at data rates comparable to… Read More