Roxio is an American

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specializing in developing consumer

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products. Its product line includes tools for setting up digital media projects, media conversion software and content distribution systems. The company formed as a spin-off of

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's software division in 2001 and acquired MGI Software in 2002.

Sonic Solutions Sonic Solutions was an American computer software company headquartered in Novato, California. In addition to having a number of offices in the U.S., the company also maintained offices in Europe and Asia. It was acquired by Rovi Corporation in 201 ...

acquired Roxio in 2003, going on to acquire Simple Star and

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in 2008.

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acquired Sonic Solutions in 2010, but Rovi announced in January 2012 that it would sell Roxio to Canadian software company

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. That acquisition closed on February 7, 2012. Roxio HQ 2

Products

Roxio Creator Roxio is an American software company specializing in developing consumer digital media products. Its product line includes tools for setting up digital media projects, media conversion software and content distribution systems. The company formed ...

Roxio Toast Roxio Toast is an optical disc authoring and media conversion software application for Mac OS X. Its name is a play on the word ''burn'', a term used for the writing of information onto a disc through the use of a laser. Discs can be burned di ...

* Easy VHS to DVD * Easy LP to MP3 * Popcorn * DVDitPro * PhotoShow * RecordNow * Back on Track * Easy DVD Copy * MyDVD * Retrospect * Roxio Game Capture * Roxio Game Capture HD Pro

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External links

*{{Official website, http://www.roxio.com American companies established in 2001 Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area Companies based in Santa Clara, California 2001 establishments in California Corel 2012 mergers and acquisitions American subsidiaries of foreign companies Software companies of the United States 2001 establishments in the United States Companies established in 2001 Software companies established in 2001