CyberLink
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| Public | |
| Traded as | TWSE: 5203 |
| Industry |
Computer software (TSEC: Electron) |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Xindian District, New Taipei, Taiwan |
Key people |
Jau Huang, Chairman, CTO[1] Alice H. Chang, CEO Hyder Rabbani, Senior VP and General Manager, Cyberlink USA Richard Carriere, Senior VP of Global Marketing Johnny Tseng, Senior VP, R&D Manal Ma, VP, Marketing |
| Revenue | NT$2.58 billion [2] |
Number of employees | 500 |
| Website | http://www.cyberlink.com |
CyberLink Corp. (Chinese: 訊連科技股份有限公司; pinyin: Xùn lián kējì gǔfèn yǒuxiàn gōngsī) is a multimedia software company headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The company has regional offices in the United States, Netherlands, and Japan.
History
The company was founded by Dr. Jau Huang, a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Taiwan University, who currently serves as chairman of the board and Chief technology officer.[3] In 1997 Alice Chang, who was then Executive Vice President and CFO of Trend Micro, joined CyberLink as CEO. CyberLink became a publicly traded company in 2000, listed on the Taiwanese stock exchange (5203 TW).
CyberLink has been named by Forbes' as one of Asia's "200 Best under a Billion" companies,[4] as one of Businessweek's "Asia's 100 Hot Growth Companies" and among the Top 20 Taiwan Global Brands as rated by Interbrand.[5] In 2014, the company's video editing application PowerDirector was awarded "Editor's Choice" by PCMag [6] and Tom's Guide[7]
Major products
PLAY - media entertainment
- PowerDVD, media player for Blu-ray, DVD, videos, photo and music
- MediaShow (image organizer and viewer)
- YouCam, webcam and camera app
CREATE - media creation
- Director Suite, (video editing) and (photo editing) suite
- PowerDirector, (video editing software)
- PhotoDirector, (photo editing software)
- AudioDirector, (Audio editing software), audio restoration and repair
- ColorDirector, (Color grading software)
Disc burning and authoring
- Power2Go (Disc burning) and (optical disc authoring software)
- PowerProducer (DVD authoring software),
Mobile apps
- YouCam Perfect, beauty camera - (Android)
- YouCam Makeup, a virtual cosmetic kit - (Android), (iOS)
- YouSnap, camera scan and note capturing app - (Android)
- PhotoDirector for Android, Photo editing app - (Android)
- YouCam Mobile, camera app - (Windows 8)
- YouSnap, camera scan and note capturing app - (Android)
- Power Media Player, Mobile media player, (DLNA) app - (Windows 8), (Android), (iOS)
- PowerDVD Remote, remote control app for PowerDVD - (Android), (iOS)
- YouNote, note & sketch app - (Windows 8)
- AudioClipper, Audio recording app - (iOS)
Cloud and services
- CyberLink Cloud, online platform for PowerDVD Live and Director Suite Live
- DirectorZone, online community for media creativity
Cyberlink Media Suite
The CyberLink Media Suite is an all-in-one package of various CyberLink applications. It is designed to allow users to create, play, burn, convert and share media at home. Its main competitors include Corel Digital Studio, Nero Multimedia Suite and Roxio Creator.[8] Among other products it includes PowerDVD and Cyberlink MediaShow. There is a MoovieLive.com online community.[9]
Product categories
- Digital home software
- DVD authoring and optical disc authoring software (DVDs and Blu-ray discs)
- Video editing software
References
- ↑ "Corporate Governance". CyberLink. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
- ↑ "CyberLink Announces its Unaudited Operation Results for 2013".
- ↑ "Corporate Governance". CyberLink. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
- ↑ "Asia's 200 Best Under A Billion". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
- ↑ "Taiwan's HTC ranks 98th among Interbrand's Top 100 Best Global Brands.". Délégation culturelle et économique de Taipei. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
- ↑ "CyberLink PowerDirector Ultimate 13". Ziff Davis, LLC. PCMag Digital Group. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
- ↑ "CyberLink PowerDirector 13 Ultra Review: Great for Beginners and Pros". Tom's Guide, A Purch Company. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
- ↑ "CyberLink Launches All-in-One Media Suite 8". Businesswire.com. 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
- ↑ "The Blu-ray and DVD movies database, collect movies, write reviews and share ratings". MoovieLive.com. Retrieved 2014-03-29.