MAGIX Teams up with French Online Portal 'Free'

October 17, 2006; 01:30 AM
MAGIX Online Services “Online Album” and “Website Maker” will be available on the online portal of the French internet provider “Free”. They will be distributed via two newly created links in the main menu of the portal www.free.fr. MAGIX’ products, including the offered online web services, will be advertised intensively via banners on the portal.

While users can use the Online Album to present their digital photos, videos and music on the web, the Flash-based Website Maker allows you to easily create your own animated websites. Users will be directed from the “www.free.fr” website to a MAGIX site were they can subscribe to the service.

Free was the first private telecomunication services provider aside state-owned France Telecom. Since then the group has been the second-largest provider in France. The web portal “www.free.fr” is visitied by 13 million users each month. In total, the “www.free.fr” pages are accessed 240 million times per month.

Jürgen Jaron, CEO of MAGIX AG: “To us, cooperation with Free is an important step towards raising the visibility of our online services in France. It is part of our concept to further grow MAGIX’ market share in important European markets such as France, the UK, Scandinavia and Spain.”

About MAGIX

MAGIX AG is an internationally operating provider of software, online services and digital content for using multimedia products and services in personal communication. MAGIX offers private and professional users technologically advanced and user-friendly software, online services and digital content for designing, editing, sharing and archiving digital photos, videos and music. In 2005, based on sales of products through retail distribution of photo, music and video software, MAGIX held a leading market position in Germany and various other European countries, and was one of the three leading market players in the USA.