Sony Creative Software, a global provider of professional video editing, music creation and optical disc authoring solutions, has acquired NetBlender, a developer of prosumer Blu-ray Disc authoring tools.

Through the agreement, Sony Creative Software – developer of the Blu-print system – will acquire NetBlender's DoStudio product line of authoring applications to expand its current portfolio of Blu-ray Disc software products which currently includes DVD Architect and Blu-print.

"Many Blu-ray Disc authoring tools that are priced at the prosumer level have very limited feature sets compared to enterprise or studio level applications. The DoStudio line of products bridges the gap between these platforms by offering access to many of the Blu-ray special features that provide comprehensive mastering functionality at a more reasonable price structure," said Brad Reinke, Senior Vice President, Sony Creative Software.

"The acquisition of NetBlender will allow us to continue to deliver industry-standard tools that address these issues, as well as having the resources to offer new capabilities such as Blu-ray 3D and Custom BD-J within this new product line,” adds Reinke.

NetBlender established itself as an innovator in Blu-ray Disc tools and has garnered a strong professional authoring customer base spanning 31 countries. NetBlender's products have produced more than 2,000 retail Blu-ray Disc titles to date.

NetBlender's current resources, products, case studies, manuals and community portals will remain active and available on the company's website until the acquisition is complete.

Story filed 26.10.11