Pinnacle Systems

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name = Pinnacle Systems, Inc.

type = Private (subsidiary of Avid Technology)
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foundation = 1986
founder = Ajay Chopra, Randall Moore, Mirek Jiricka
location_city = Mountain View
location_country = USA
location = California
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Pinnacle Systems, Inc. is a California-based American manufacturer of digital video hardware and software for the consumer and broadcast markets. The company was founded in 1986 by Ajay Chopra, Mirek Jiricka and Randall Moore.

The company completed its IPO (NASDAQ: PCLE) in November 1994. In 1997 Pinnacle purchased Miro Computer Systems GmbH and in 2001 the video editing business of FAST MultiMedia AG. In 2002 Pinnacle purchased VOB Computersysteme GmbH. In 2003 Pinnacle purchased Steinberg, only to sell it off to Yamaha in 2004. Pinnacle was subsequently acquired by American company Avid Technology in August 2005.

Products

Pinnacle products include:
*Deko character generators
*Studio
*Liquid Edition
*Dazzle
*TV for Mac
*PCTV
** PCTV PCI: 310i, Sat Pro PCI (450i), Dual Sat Pro PCI (4000i), Hybrid Pro PCI, 400e
*PCTV MediaCenter, 3.4A
*ShowCenter
*PDS Video Switcher
*MediaStream servers
*Profiler
*Lightning still stores
*Thunder video servers
*TVCenter PRO
*DC30plus
*Pro-ONE
*DC1000
*DC2000
*DV500
*SoundBridge
*Video Spin (Windows)

ee also

*Video remix

External links

* [http://www.pinnaclesys.com Pinnacle Systems]