Pinnacle Systems

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Pinnacle Systems, Inc.
Type	Private (subsidiary of Avid Technology)
Founded	1986
Founder	Ajay Chopra, Randall Moore, Mirek Jiricka
Headquarters	California

Pinnacle Systems, Inc. is a California-based American manufacturer of digital video hardware and software for the consumer and broadcast markets. It was founded in 1986 by Ajay Chopra, Randall Moore and Mirek Jiricka. 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.

[edit] 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