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Sonic Solutions offers DVD-burn-on-demand tool for kiosks

January 12, 2006

Video Business: As movie studios and other program suppliers search for incremental sales in the face of flattening DVD growth, giving consumers and retailers the ability to download and burn their own movie discs is getting serious attention.

The latest sign of growing interest in the idea comes from Novato, Calif.-based Sonic Solutions, a leading provider of DVD-burning software and professional authoring tools. Earlier this month, the company announced the release of its AuthorScript DVD on Demand software development kit. The new software package is designed to allow program suppliers to implement so-called managed-burning services in industrial, retail kiosk, PC and set-top box environments.