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MAGIX, the market leader for photo, video, and
audio software (1), announced today the release of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 11,
easy-to-use home video editing software for up and coming filmmakers and
hobbyists alike.
-- Intelligent Burn Assistant quickly creates any disc-type of your
choice for TV and PC." According to the monthly measurement by NPD Data Charts US,
Media Control Germany (PC/CD-ROM non-games), GfK charts Benelux, France,
Spain, Italy; Chart Track UK; Future Retail Panel UK, Italy, Spain and
Nordic, MAGIX sold more products than any other publisher in these segments
in the time period from January 2004 to December 2005. The ability to customize the gameplay experience
and 'tell your own story' is an increasingly important part of the
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-- Virtual original soundtrack normalization for impressive sound --
adds powerful sound even from the quietest camera recordings
-- Add DVD menus with 3D image fonts, backgrounds, and new animations. More information about
EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the
Internet at http://info.

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tracks, Movie Edit Pro 11 produces video with amazing cuts, special
effects, 3D transitions, exciting animated menus , and superior overdubbing.
-- Now with object curves for selective brightness (Gamma function).ea .S. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.

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Starz Entertainment Group Joins 21st Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival as a Leading Sponsor

" Many of the big names associated with the
year's most successful films will be participating in these panels and Starz
is pleased to host them for these luncheons.99. For more information, visit
www.
Contest begins April 20, 2005 and submissions will be accepted until
the end of May 2005.com

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. Electronic Arts markets its
products under three brand names: EA SPORTS(TM), EA GAMES(TM) and EA
SPORTS BIG(TM).

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In addition to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, SEG is a
major sponsor at Telluride Film Festival, Maui Film Festival, Hollywood Film
Festival, Starz Denver International Film Festival, and covers dozens of film
festivals throughout the year.

Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) is the largest provider of premium
movie services in the United States. Starz Entertainment Group
airs more than 750 movies per month across its pay TV channels and is a
forerunner in offering its subscribers advanced services such as Starz HDTV,
Starz On Demand(R) and Vongo(SM).

PRESS RELEASE Magix Announces Movie Edit Pro 11 -- Powerful Home Video Editing at Great Value

Movie Edit Pro 11 is the choice for consumers and semi -professionals to
create home movies that the whole family can watch on TV -- with surround
sound and HD-DVD-Menus. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City,
California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software
company.

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Contacts: Steve Belgard Jonathan Taylor
Starz Entertainment Group The Lippin Group
(720) 852-5843 (323) 969-1990
jtaylor@lippingroup.
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(i. Co-founded by the University of
Southern California and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences in 1929, the School offered the first bachelor's degree in
film in the country and today is consistently ranked as the top
program of its kind.

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-- Professional VST interface for use of external audio effect plug-ins.com.

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from installed software DVD players).
-- Animated elements add life to any scene (cartoons, speech bubbles
and more).

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Story Maker Wizard for Beginners

For consumers that have never used a video editor before, Movie Edit Pro 11
makes it simple to get started with the Story Maker wizard.

Upload your Movies Online for Free!

Precious movies can be preserved on DVD, CD, tape, DVB streams, or sent to
mobile devices to share with family and friends. MAGIX allows
consumers of all ages and experience levels to convert, edit, create, share
and publish their own rich media content, including video, photos and
music. The game skyrocketed to the top of the charts when it began
shipping to stores in February 2000 and quickly become a universal
gaming and cultural phenomenon.com

Electronic Arts, The Sims, EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG and EA
GAMES are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc.
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Will Host Five Luncheons and Receptions During 11-Day Fest

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. "As a company dedicated to movies, there's a great synergy
with SBIFF.

Unleash Your Creativity

It's never been easier to turn your home video recordings into movies.
-- MAGIX Story Maker -- brings life to your movie recordings with only
a few clicks. They include: The Sims(TM)
Livin' Large, The Sims(TM) House Party, The Sims(TM) Hot Date, The
Sims(TM) Vacation , The Sims(TM) Unleashed, The Sims(TM) Superstar, and
The Sims(TM) Makin' Magic. The Sims(TM) 2 University shipped as the first expansion
pack in March 2005. In fiscal 2004, EA posted revenues of $2.

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SEG will sponsor five private luncheons and receptions for members of the
film community, to take place after the following panels: Director's Panel:
"Director's on Directing," Producer's Panel: "Movers and Shakers," Composer's
Panel: "Scoring the Film," Screenwriter's Panel: "It Starts with the Script,"
Women's Panel: "Creative Forces -- Women in the Business," and the Reel Nature
Panel: "Nature on the Big Screen.e. For more information on The Sims 2, visit
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They will air soon after the Festival on Starz and Starz Cinema.
-- Fast-optimization of image quality (auto exposure , auto color,
white balance).
For more information on The Sims 2 and The Sims 2 Student Life
Movie Contest, including Contest Official Rules please visit our web
site at: http://www.

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"We've been continually impressed with the caliber of films and talent
that the festival's Executive Director, Roger Durling, has been able to attain
during his tenure," said David Charmatz, senior vice president of channel
management, SEG. Be it HD support for crystal clear movies or fast and
fun-packed editing with a few clicks: Movie Edit Pro 11 brings a complete
film studio onto the PC for only $59."
Since its launch in Fall 2004, roughly 7,000 movies using The Sims
2 have been posted on the game's official web site, www.
With this contest, participants will compete for a grand prize of
$5000 or a four-week associate intern position, working alongside The
Sims 2 development team at Electronic Arts' Maxis(TM) Studio in
Redwood City, California.

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SEG offers 13 digital movie channels
including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) channels with approximately 14
million and 25 million subscribers respectively." And Videomaker said, "No video editing software has ever
offered so many features for so little money, period," in July 2005.com or call 888-866-2449.96 billion
and had 27 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's
homepage and online game site is www.ea .

About the USC School of Cinema-Television

In 2004, the USC School of Cinema-Television celebrated 75 years
of training the next generation of creative talent and scholars in
film, television , and new media.

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In addition to the luncheons, Starz will air two exclusive
behind -the-scenes looks at the Festival, including interviews with attending
stars and filmmakers, a look at the films and all the "buzz" in Santa Barbara. Camcorder & Computer Video Magazine chose
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro as its "Top Pick" in June 2005, calling it,
"Incredibly powerful.
-- Burns high -definition DVDs (includes HD-DVD menu). With MAGIX, everybody can speak multimedia. Founded in 1982 , the company develops, publishes, and
distributes interactive software worldwide for videogame systems ,
personal computers and the Internet.com. and/or other countries.

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EA and USC Set to Host The Sims 2 Cinema Contest; Aspiring Film Makers to Use Blockbuster Videogame to Make Movie Shorts

Commenting on the contest, Steve Seabolt, Vice President,
Electronic Arts, said, "This contest is further affirmation of the
EA/USC partnership. One second place winner will receive a
state-of-the-art NVIDIA powered PC computer system (excluding monitor)
and three third place winners will each receive one NVIDIA video card.

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This contest taps into USC's
legendary expertise in cinematography and the art of storytelling and
marries it to EA's state of the art technology.

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The MAGIX Online Content Library also provides an assortment of
free photos, videos, and music to easily enhance your movies.
-- Smarter VHS copy assistant for automatic scene recognition and
chapter markers. As worldwide market and technology leader in photo, video
and audio applications combined with multimedia content and online services
(1), MAGIX is the only international company to offer this full range of
multimedia solutions for broadband, B2B and consumer markets.----Electronic
Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS) today announced that it is partnering with the
University of Southern California - School of Cinema Television to
offer game players and aspiring filmmakers the opportunity to
participate in a cinema contest. 1 selling PC game of 2004, to create short films with its in-game
movie making feature.thesims2. Contest winners will be announced this summer.

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About MAGIX

MAGIX is a pioneer of innovative rich media products for professional and
consumer markets.

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This program can do almost anything the $500
programs can do.
-- Up to 25% faster rendering on conventional hyper-threading PCs.com

About The Sims (TM)

The Sims franchise celebrated its fifth anniversary in February,
2005.

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Although remarkably easy-to-use with editing
wizards, automatic scene recognition, and chapter markers, Movie Edit Pro
11 is also extremely powerful. Consumers can also upload
their streaming video for free to their personal MAGIX Online Photo & Video
Album website, which makes watching and sharing your movies online a
reality.
-- Includes MAGIX Photo Manager for digital photos.

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 11 will be available March 30th, 2006 for Windows
through major retailers for $59.magix.thesims2.

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New Features in Movie Edit Pro 11 include:

-- Double-layer DVD burning
-- MAGIX Smart design for easy and intuitive use
-- DVD menus with realistic 3D image fonts and new animations
-- Innovative DVD menu
-- Transition effects for 16:9 widescreen format
-- Flawless video mix effects with Alpha Channel keying
-- Clean-Up Wizard removes unnecessary files
-- Upload free photo & video files onto the Internet and stream them
with a click. Combined sales for the franchise have
topped 45 million units life-to-date. Its more than 8,000 graduates -- the ranks of
which include such stellar figures as Scott Alexander and Larry
Karaszewski, Ron Howard, James Ivory, Randal Kleiser, George Lucas,
Michelle Manning, Bill Mechanic, Neal Moritz, Walter Murch, Jay Roach,
Gary Rydstrom, Edward Saxon, Josh Schwartz, Stacey Sher, Bryan Singer,
John Singleton, John Wells, Robert Zemeckis, and Laura Ziskin -- are
among the entertainment industry's most distinguished animators,
scholars , teachers, writers, directors, producers, cinematographers,
editors, sound experts and industry executives .

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Movie Edit Pro 11 lets consumers create their videos with support for
surround sound, HD-TV, 16:9 widescreen, and Double Layer DVDs. With only a
few clicks, Story Maker quickly brings movie recordings to life in seconds.
-- Spectacular 3D effects -- flying hearts, etc. With its award -winning game play, The Sims 2
allows players to control their Sims from the cradle to the grave
while fulfilling Sims' life goals and aspirations. Translated into 17 different languages, The Sims has
inspired seven top selling expansion packs. In September 2004, The Sims 2
launched as the next generation sequel selling over 5M units
worldwide.

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, In a continuing effort to
strengthen its support and presence at major film festivals around the
country, Starz Entertainment Group (SEG) has joined the 21st Annual Santa
Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) as a leading sponsor, during the
11 -day event taking place February 2nd thru the 12th.
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(1) Refers to the amount of software products sold by European and US
retailers in the segments "Music Software," "Video Software" and "Photo
Software.

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. The Sims(TM) 2 Student Life Movie
Contest invites ambitious movie creators to use The Sims(TM) 2, the
No. This is the most
recent collaboration between the interactive leader and the university
who already enjoy an unprecedented partnership wherein EA's creative
leaders, technology and innovation are shared with the USC faculty and
students. The Sims PC based product and
expansion packs were the best selling PC games of 2000, 2001, 2002,
and 2003.

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Starz Entertainment Group is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, http: //www.

Further New Features:

-- New overdubbing sounds and picture-in-picture effects for impressive
videos.99 MSRP.