Pinnacle Systems, Inc. is a
California
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manufacturer of
digital video
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hardware and software for the mainstream and broadcast markets. The company was founded in 1986 by Ajay Chopra (CEO), 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
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, only to sell it off to
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in 2004. Pinnacle was subsequently acquired by American company
Avid Technology
Avid Technology is an American technology and multimedia company based in Burlington, Massachusetts, and founded in August 1987 by Bill Warner. It specialises in audio and video; specifically, digital non-linear editing (NLE) systems, video edi ...
in August 2005. Avid subsequently sold Pinnacle products to
Corel Corporation
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in July 2012.
Products
Pinnacle products include:
*
Pinnacle Studio
Pinnacle Studio is a video editing software, video editing program originally developed by Pinnacle Systems as consumer-level software. Upon Pinnacle System's acquisition of Munich-based FAST Multimedia, Pinnacle integrated the professional code ...
*
Dazzle
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*
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:
![Pinnacle TV-Tuner Triton 7010ix](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Pinnacle_TV-Tuner_Triton_7010ix.jpg)
*PCTV (now owned by
Hauppauge Digital)
*TV for Mac (now owned by Hauppauge Digital)
Discontinued products:
![Miro video dc30 DSC00560 wp](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Miro_video_dc30_DSC00560_wp.jpg)
*
SoundBridge
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*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
References
External links
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Electronics companies established in 1986
Software companies established in 1986
Companies based in Mountain View, California
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1986 establishments in California
Corel
2005 mergers and acquisitions
2012 mergers and acquisitions
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