Novato, Calif. - Sonic Solutions (NASD: SNIC), a provider of digital media software, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of Simple Star, the developer of PhotoShow, an application that lets users create multimedia files from photos and videos.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Simple Star says that PhotoShow has been installed over 13 million times since its release in 2002.

The company's partners include Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Kodak, Shutterfly and Ritz Camera Centers.

Novato, Calif.-based Sonic, whose software products include Roxio-branded photo, video and music management applications, AuthorScript and Qflix, said that Simple Star provides it with new products of interest to existing customers, as well as a team of engineers and senior managers.

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