Pinnacle Systems, Inc. is a California

California

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-based American

United States

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 manufacturer of digital video

Digital video

Digital video is a type of digital recording system that works by using a digital rather than an analog video signal.The terms camera, video camera, and camcorder are used interchangeably in this article.- History :...

 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

Steinberg

Steinberg GmbH is a German musical software and equipment company based in Hamburg. It mainly produces music recording, arranging and editing software as used in digital audio workstations and VSTi software synthesizers.- History :...

, only to sell it off to Yamaha in 2004. Pinnacle was subsequently acquired by American company Avid Technology

Avid Technology

Avid Technology, Inc. is an American company specializing in video and audio production technology; specifically, digital non-linear editing systems, management and distribution services. It was created in 1987 and became a publicly traded company in 1993...

 in August 2005.

Products

Pinnacle products include:

• Pinnacle Studio
  Pinnacle Studio
  Pinnacle Studio is a non-linear video editing software application manufactured by Pinnacle Systems, a division of Avid Technology. It is the consumer-level counterpart to Pinnacle's former professional-level software, Liquid Edition . It also inherits from VOB Computersysteme's Instant CD/DVD...
  
  
• Dazzle
  Dazzle (video recorder)
  Dazzle is a video recorder/editor that allows people to record video from composite video sources over USB. It also records analog stereo audio.-Setup:...
  
  
• VideoSpin (Windows)
• Groovy Music City
• Mobile Media Converter
• Instant DVD Recorder
• Video Capture for Mac
• Avid Liquid

On-air graphics products now under Avid brand:

• Deko character generators
• MediaStream servers
• Lightning still stores
• Thunder video servers

Divested products:

• PCTV (now owned by Hauppauge Digital
  Hauppauge Computer Works
  Hauppauge Computer Works , or just Hauppauge, is a US manufacturer and marketer of electronic video hardware for personal computers. Although it is most widely known for its WinTV line of TV tuner cards for PCs, Hauppauge also produces personal video recorders, digital video editors, digital media...
  
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• TV for Mac (now owned by Hauppauge Digital)

Discontinued products:

• SoundBridge
  SoundBridge
  SoundBridge is a remote hardware device from Roku designed to play internet radio or digital audio streamed to it across a home network, either WiFi or Ethernet. SoundBridge devices directly browse the Radio Roku Internet Radio Guide....
  
  
• Profiler
• TVCenter PRO
• Video Transfer
• PDS Video Switcher
• ShowCenter
• Miro Video DC10
• Miro Video DC10plus
• Miro Video DC30
• Miro Video DC30plus
• Pro-ONE
• DC1000
• DC2000
• DV500