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August 2008
Qube Draws International Investment
September 2007
SOFTIMAGE|CAT v.2.5 Now Available
Avid Filmmakers Make the Cut at 31st Annual Toronto Film Festival
Avid Customers Continue Dominance of Television's Top Honors at 58th Annual Emmy Awards
July 2007
Digidesign's VENUE Hits Major Sales Milestone: 500 Systems Sold Worldwide
September 2006
Avid Delivers World's First Nonlinear Workflow Engine: Avid Interplay
July 2006
BBC transfers HD without HD circuits
BBC Post Production completes first tapeless delivery for transmission
June 2006
Avid Ships Latest Versions of Avid Unity Shared-Storage Systems
Avid to Ship New Media Composer Family Worldwide
Avid Xpress Pro 5.5 and New Avid Mojo SDI Now Shipping
Avid Ships Avid DS Nitris 8.0
May 2006
ERT utilises Orad's ProSet and multiple Maestro stations to enhance its news graphics
CCTV China selected Orad's Maestro as its news graphic solution
Orad to unveil Remote Controlled Virtual Studio solution
Avid Studio Toolkit Delivers New Avid FX and 3D Tools, Adds Blu-ray Support
Avid Unveils Broadcast Playout Automation System: Avid iNEWS Command
Avid Delivers Industry's First Integrated News and Graphics Production Package for Small-Market Broadcasters
Avid Unveils World's First Nonlinear Workflow Engine: Avid Interplay
Avid Unleashes Mac HD and Avid Mojo SDI for Avid Xpress Pro
Avid Shatters Real-Time Storage Barriers with Open Storage Initiative and Unprecedented System Capacity of 192 TB
Avid DS Nitris Expands Hi-Res and HD Finishing Capabilities
Avid Media Composer Breaks New Ground with Workflow-Intelligent, Scalable Family
January 2006
The 3D Love tour comes to your town!
November 2005
Avid Unveils Next-Generation Shared-Storage Solution: Avid Unity ISIS
Avid Announces the Avid Liquid Product Line
October 2005
The Art of Sleek and Stylised Film editing
Digidesign Introduces ICON D-Command
September 2005
SOFTIMAGE|XSI v.5.0 Now Available
Avid Signs Largest Deal in its History to Convert CBS News Operations in New York and London
More Than 50 Avid-Edited Shows Up
For 2004-2005 Primetime Emmy Awards
Avid Back-to-School Program Makes Professional Editing Tools More Accessible to Students
August 2005
Orad wins order for two multi channel virtual sets from Portugal's SIC TV
Orad wins its largest European contract for virtual advertisement agreement with the Dutch Football Premiere League Eredivisie
Avid Unveils SOFTIMAGE|XSI v.5.0
Avid Inks Multi-million Dollar Deal with Fox to Convert Six Stations to Digital Newsrooms
July 2005
Softimage Customers Bring the Fantastic Four to Life
EADS Deutschland and ORAD agree partnership in Image Generator Solutions for Training and Flight Simulation
Orad wins fourth virtual set contract with Italy's leading broadcaster RAI TV
Softimage Announces Support for Microsoft Xbox 360
June 2005
Avid Delivers Breakthrough Pricing for
Avid Unity Family of Shared-Storage Solutions
Avid Launches New Version of Avid Xpress Pro Academic Software
25,000 3-D Artists Download Softimage|XSI Foundation
May 2005
Leading European broadcaster TF1 Adopts Avid DNxHD for High-Definition Postproduction
Avid Unveils Revolutionary Storytelling Tool for Journalists: Avid iNEWS Instinct
WOFL-TV Is First Fox O&O Station to Implement Avid All-digital Workflow
Avid Unveils Symphony Nitris and Sets New Standard in HD Finishing
Major Enhancements to Avid NewsCutter Family Deliver Breakthrough Performance
Avid Xpress Product Family Embraces HD
April 2005
DigiDelivery Adopted by Major Facilities Around the World
Star Wars: Episode III "Revenge of the Sith", Batman Begins, Janet Jackson …Just a Few of the Exciting Projects Using Digidesign's ICON
Digidesign Introduces ICON D-Command
Digidesign Announces Pro Tools 6.9 Software with Post Production and Mixing Enhancements
Orad and Mapcube integrate leading technologies
Orad announces the release of the HDVG - the next generation real time graphics-rendering platform
Orad and WeatherOne announce strategic commercial cooperation
Orad and Vertigo enhance cooperation with joint project at Amrita TV
Digidesign Unveils Pro Tools M-Powered Software for M-Audio Hardware
New ICON D-Command Medium-format Console Environment
Digidesign to Show D-Command, VENUE, Pro Tools 6.9 and more at NAB 2005
Avid kicks off the "SOFTIMAGE|XSI Mod Tool Lock & Load" Challenge
Avid Education Customers Achieve National Recognition at 2004-2005 College Television Awards
Orad announces the release of Maestro - an affordable turnkey HD/SD character generator
March 2005
Avid Technology, Inc. to Acquire Pinnacle Systems, Inc.
Orad enhances its strong position in the Brazilian market
Congratulations to the 77th Annual Academy Award Winners and Nominees!
Avid to Showcase Game Content Creation and Asset Management Solutions at GDC 2005
CHUM Television Chooses Avid iNEWS for Newsroom Automation
February 2005
Avid Customers Stand Out Among 2005 Academy Award Nominees
January 2005
Los Angeles Film School Invests in Avid Xpress Studio
Barrington Selects Avid For End-to-End Digital Broadcast Solutions
Hong Kong Broadcaster Phoenix TV extends confidence on Orad
Orad reports on progress with the Horse Track project for the Hong Kong Jockey Club
Avid is an Industry Provider at 2005 Sundance Film Festival
Real Image to distribute Bluefish444 to resellers nationwide
Danish Broadcasting Corporation Signs Multi-Million Euro Agreement with Avid
NY1 Purchases Avid Solutions to Create Integrated End-to-End Workflow for 24-hour, All-News Cable Channel
December 2004
ATI and Softimage to Offer Softimage|XSI Foundation and FireGLTM T2-128 Solution
Softimage Expands Game Development Suite With New 'Mod' Tool
Collaborative Production Needs of Feature Film Industry Fuel Demand for Avid Unity LANshare EX
Avid Delivers Media Composer Adrenaline HD
Avid to Release Avid Xpress Pro HD
News-Press and Gazette Chooses Avid to Drive Its Digital Transition
Softimage and NAD Centre Launch First Online Learning Program for SOFTIMAGE|XSI
Avid Announces SOFTIMAGE|XSI 4.2
November 2004
Orad Announces its largest deal for 2004 - with RTS Serbia
October 2004
Softimage Customers Develop Breathtaking CG Imagery for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Avid Customers Dominate Emmys
Orad Takes Pole Position in automotive Industry Visualization Market - Signs major deals with Volkswagen and Peugeot
Prime-Time HD Finishing Accelerates with Avid DS Nitris
Softimage and Criterion Collaborate to Deliver Powerful Integrated Game Development Solution
Avid DS Nitris Brings the Reality of HD to "Casino" and "The Benefactor"
September 2004
Avid Studio Tools Now Available
Le Groupe TVA Buys $1M of Additional Avid Broadcast Solutions
Avid Ships Latest Versions of Avid DNA Products
Dutch Football Premier League Purchases ORAD's CyberSport Graphic System for Advertising on the Pitch
Quincy Newspapers Drives Avid Digital Broadcast Conversions Beyond 200
Avid Wins ITV Newsroom Contract
Reuters Purchases Avid Newsroom Systems For Key U.S. And European Operations
Orad to reveal its latest product range at the IBC 2004 Trade show
Real Image launches Softimage|XSI v.4.0 in 5-cities across India
Real Image launching Softimage|XSI v.4.0 across India
Avid Completes Acquisition of M-Audio
August 2004
Avid DS Nitris: HD Editing, Fast
HD Postproduction for Feature Films Heats Up with Avid DS Nitris
NBC Chooses an Integrated Avid Workflow to Broadcast 2004 Olympic Games
Avid to Acquire M-Audio
Real Image appointed as Softimage Authorized Reseller for India
Avid Introduces 3-Democracy - Breakthrough pricing for SOFTIMAGE|XSI
July 2004
Avid and Digidesign share their passion for Broadcast Technology at IBC 2004
June 2004
SOFTIMAGE|XSI v.4.0 Now Available Worldwide
Avid Ships Industry's First Fully Integrated Production Suite: Avid Xpress
Studio
Orad's 3Designer wins "STAR" Award From Editors of TV Technology
ORAD Announces a Mutual Cooperation Agreement with Purdue University's Envision Center for Data Perceptualization
Washington State University Invests in Avid Solutions for Murrow School of Communication
Gray Television Chooses Avid Solutions for News Production
May 2004
Media Composer Adrenaline Sets New Standards for Real-Time Performance and HD Functionality
Avid DS Nitris Family Delivers Powerful New Features and HD Workflow Capabilities
Avid Workgroups 4.0 Expands Collaborative Media Production with Productivity Tools
StorageTek and Avid Sign Strategic Alliance Agreement to Provide Digital Content Archiving
Avid Licenses Sonic DVD Technology
Avid and Sony to Provide Comprehensive XDCAM Support in Avid Systems
NBC Purchases 11 Avid DS Nitris Systems
New Wave Entertainment Standardizes on 30 Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Systems
Concurrent Partners with Orad to Bring Highly Scalable Graphics Performance and COTS Benefits to Customers
A-Medialynx boosts MTV graphics with ORAD's Cyber Graphics System
Orad and Vertigo Announce Automated 3D Broadcast Graphics Solution
ORAD Graphic Enhancements Technologies Partners with NBC Olympics for 2004 Athens Olympic games
Avid Unveils Industry's Most Complete All-in-One Professional Production Suite: Avid Xpress Studio
Avid Introduces Revolutionary Broadcast Video Server: AirSpeed
Avid Xpress Pro to Deliver Extensive HD Support
Avid Expands NewsCutter Video Formats and Media Exchange Capabilities
Avid Extends Broad HD Capabilities Across Avid DNA Product Line
SOFTIMAGE|XSI v.4.0 Defines New Standards for 3-D Content Creation
April 2004
Meredith to Extend Avid End-to-End Digital News Workflow Across All News
Stations
Avid Editing and Shared-Storage Systems Extend Support for Mac OS 10.3.2
The Ant Farm Purchases 40 Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Systems
Gannett's KUSA Chooses Avid Active ContentManager for Instantaneous Distribution of Video to the Web
NBC Expands Its Avid Broadcast News Workflow to Include Long-Form Editing at MSNBC
Avid Solutions Used in the Making of Academy Award-Nominated Films in All Major Production Categories
Introducing the Digidesign ICON Integrated Console
Introducing Command|8, a Small-format Control Surface for Pro Tools LE and TDM Systems
Digidesign Showcases New Products at NAB 2004
Avid Releases Version 2.0 of iNEWS
50th Avid DS Nitris System Delivered in Europe
February 2004
Digidesign to Receive Oscar for Pro Tools System
Avid Xpress Pro and Media Composer Adrenaline to Support Microsoft Windows Media 9 Series
January 2004
Avid Acquires NXN and Expands Leadership in Digital Asset Management
Avid Empowered Filmmakers at 2004 Sundance Film Festival
Two Major Broadcast Groups Standardize on Avid iNEWS
December 2003
Orad is chosen by MBC for its innovative, real- time 3D On-Air graphics system
November 2003
Orad continues its world leadership of on-air 3D Sports Graphics with CyberSport 4
Orad asserts its leadership in the market of on-air 3D graphics
TORONTO 1 Purchases Avid End-to-End Broadcast Solutions
Major New York Postproduction Facilities Invest in Avid DS Nitris
New Avid Xpress DV Software Available at Breakthrough Price
October 2003
Fall 2003 TV Season Goes Hi-Def with Avid|DS HD
Avid Ships Real-Time HD and SD Finishing Systems: Avid DS Nitris Family
Avid Xpress Pro and Avid Mojo Now Available
Avid NewsCutter XP 5.0 and Avid Mojo Now Available
BBC Post Production Purchases 14 Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Systems For New Facility
Discovery Production Group Enhances Workflow with 28 Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Systems
BBC's Flagship Soap Eastenders Upgrades Production Facility With New Avid Editing And Storage Systems
September 2003
Avid Brings DNA and Interoperability to IBC
August 2003
VRCO's CAVELib SupportsTM Orad's DVG Graphical Computers
Orad unveils new generations of on-air graphics new versions of virtual sets and sports production systems at IBC 2003
Avid Solutions Empower Finalists in Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival
Tribune Purchases Avid Digital Broadcast Solutions
MSNBC.com Installs Avid Broadcast Workflow Solution
Cox Television Purchases Avid End-to-End Broadcast Solutions For Six Stations
Digital Paint artist Hillary Covey uses Liberty Paint software from vds for Lord of the Rings Trilogy & Matrix sequels
July 2003
Avid Technology Teams with Lollapalooza to Deliver Interactive Concert Experience
Avid Widens Its Lead with 110 End-to-End Digital News Production Customers
Avid Broadcast Customers Dominate 2003 Edward R. Murrow Awards
New DV Toolkit for Pro Tools LE - Desktop Audio Post Production is Here
June 2003
Orad's DVG supports Virtools VR pack, immersive development environment for highly interactive virtual reality 3D content
Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Now Shipping
Avid's Breakthrough NewsCutter Adrenaline FX Now Available
May 2003
Le Groupe TVA Chooses Avid Technology for Its 24/7 Network and Regional News Operations
Doordarshan purchases Orad Cyberset Virtual Set and CyberGraphics Broadcast Graphics systems from Real Image
Orad DVG Visualisation cluster available with Microsoft Windows 2000 operating System
Orad Signs $ 0.8M Deal with the World's Largest Producer of Chinese Language Programming
Orad's DVG supports Multigen-Paradigm's Vega prime realtime 3D development environment
Orad receives a significant order from WDR for 3D On-Air Graphics System
Open Source Scene Graph OpenSG adds support for Orad DVG
Orad unveils new generations of on-air graphics, virtual sets and sports production systems at NAB 2003
France 2 confirms interest in ORAD Forum Video server
April 2003
Avid DNA Family wins Awards at NAB
Avid Breaks Ground with Powerful New Family of Digital Nonlinear Accelerators
Avid Launches Most Powerful Nonlinear Systems: The Avid DS Nitris Family
Avid Unveils Next-Generation Media Composer
New Avid Xpress Pro with Avid Mojo Delivers True Real-time Editing and Output
Avid and Panasonic Collaborate to Make Avid Editing Solutions Compatible with DVCPRO50 Technology
NewsCutter Adrenaline FX Provides Breakthrough Performance for Broadcasters
Avid MEDIArray ZX Significantly Expands Storage Capacity of Avid Unity MediaNetwork at Breakthrough Price
Avid MetaSync Automates Creation of Closed Captioning and Subtitling
Avid Nearchive Dramatically Speeds Workflow
Exciting New Announcements at NAB!
Singapore firm to upgrade Indian cinema halls
It's Fun. It's Easy. It's Free
March 2003
Avid Active ContentManager Helps to Bring Sony Pictures Digital's SoapCity Download Service to the Web
Avid Shines at the Oscars
Discovery Production Group Uses Avid|DS HD for Production of More than 115 HD Programs
NBC Reaches Agreement with Avid for Network-wide Installation of Newsroom Computer Systems
Avid Introduces Avid Active ContentManager
Avid Announces Worldwide Availability of Mac OS X Versions of Symphony, Media Composer, Film Composer XL and Avid Xpress
Cyberset Light - the first affordable turnkey virtual set system
Orad secures orders for On Air Graphics from high profile customers worldwide
Orad announces exclusive agreement with TV Globo of Brazil
Orad Announces Plans For Multigen-Pardigm's Vega Prime On DVG
February 2003
Four Dallas Professional Sports Teams Expand Postproduction Workflow with Avid Xpress DV
WSYM Converts Newsroom to Complete Avid Nonlinear News Environment
CNN+ Goes Live with Avid All-Digital Production Environment
January 2003
Avid Announces Plans to Support Panasonic AG-DVX100 Camera
Avid Unveils Symphony for the Mac
Gannett Expands Avid Nonlinear News Production to 12 Stations
Avid Launches New Avid Xpress DV Training Initiatives
Avid Announces Free DV Editing Software
Avid Wins Multi-million Dollar Deal at TVB Hong Kong
December 2002
ORAD Hi-Tec System announces the sale of 10 DVG Render Units to Heinz Nixdorf Institute in Paderborn
Orad Hi Tec Systems enter the visual simulation market in U.K. with the sale of 10 DVG renders to BAE Systems
November 2002
New Avid Unity MediaManager Select Expands Access to High-Resolution Media
Orad concludes contract with Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne for replacement of existing computers by DVG 10 - Orad's powerful graphical render engine
Orad announces the world's most powerful visual simulations platform
Avid Announces $3.9 Million Sale to Broadcasting Giant TV Azteca
New York Jets Pre-game Show Takes Avid Xpress DV on the Road
October 2002
Avid Technology Acquires Assets of iKnowledge, Inc.
GenArts Announces Immediate Availability of Sapphire Plug-ins v.1.2 for Avid Systems
Avid Europe Closes 8.6 Million Sale to France Televisions
September 2002
Orad makes bold moves into new markets extending its market leading position in the US
Orad makes another mark as a market leader in the sports TV industry
Avid Xpress DV Momentum Continues With Sales to More Than 175 Schools In Last Three Months
Boris Announces CONTINUUM COMPLETE AVX
Boris RED 2.5 Ships for Mac OS X, Windows XP
Avid Announces Plans To Support Windows Media 9 Series in Next Release of Avid|DS Family
Bon Jovi's Newest Video Features Stunning Effects Created with Avid|DS
Orad unveils New Sports Application at IBC 2002
Orad announces New Generation of DVG based Virtual Sets
Orad announces Novel On-Air-Graphics Developments
August 2002
Avid Unity LANshare EX Turnkey Storage Solution Now Available
The Technology Leap in Entertainment
Avid Technology's Broadcast Division Closes Major Deal with Univision's KMEX-TV, the Largest Spanish-Language Television Station in the US
Savannah College of Art and Design Buys $1.45M of Avid Editing Solutions to Create State-of-the-Art Media System
July 2002
Orad qualifies for the Football World Cup
Orad sells on-air graphics suites and virtual studio system to leading Korean TV network MBC
June 2002
Avid Announces Worldwide Availability of Avid|DS v6.0 Family
Introducing Pro Tools 5.3.1 Software for Windows XP and Macintosh
Avid Announces Immediate Availability of Avid Xpress DV 3.5 Video Editing Software for Macintosh OS X and Windows XP
Avid Announces Immediate Availability of NewsCutter family
Avid Announces Immediate Availability of New Versions.
IT-enabled cinema theatres to come up in AP
"Clones" Spotlights Digital Cinema Advancements
April 2002
Avid Introduces High-performance Avid|DS HD Editor
Avid Technology, Inc. Reinstates Policy of Including Free Software Upgrades in New Avid Assurance Contracts
Leading Developers Join New Avid MetaSync Program
Avid Packages Special Low-Cost Nonlinear News Production System
Avid Launches Avid Productivity Tools Family
Avid Announces Newest Versions within NewsCutter Family
Major Releases of Symphony, Media Composer, Film Composer and Avid Xpress
Avid Announces Powerful Next Generation of Avid Unity Family
Avid Announces Avid|DS and Avid|DS HD v6.0
Avid users replace ICE with Genarts' Sapphire Plug-Ins
March 2002
Avid|DS and Avid DS|HD Now Available on Compaq Evo Workstation W8000
Orad steps into horseracing and betting market
Orad steps into Video servers
Commercial Video Technology Goes On Air: Orad's DVG-10
Orad's CyberGraphics - on screen, tied-to-the-field and tied-to-objects, live 3D graphics
February 2002
Avid Announces Avid Xpress DV 3
Lagaan - on the Oscar Nominee list
NBC's Suite of Avid Solutions at 2002 Winter Olympics is Largest for Any Sporting Event
Orad concludes contract for largest live virtual set system ever installed in France
November 2001
Looking into Non-linear
Orad welcomes the TV high-definition era with a revolutionary Videographics Computer
Real Image at Broadcast India
Lagaan goes to the Oscars
October 2001
100% of New Major Network Primetime Shows in the USA are Edited on Avid Systems
September 2001
CBS Purchases Avid Unity for Production of "60 Minutes" and "48 Hours"
August 2001
Avid Integrates Sonic DVD-Video Technology
July 2001
"Orad's PSY On Air Graphics used by the leading broadcasters for Elections Coverage throughout Europe
June 2001
"The battle is about how soft can you go" - Nakul Kamte
"The film came about in rebellion..." - Ashutosh Gowariker
"Avid is faster, has more options..." - Aamir Khan
May 2001
Avid wins 12 Industry Awards at NAB
Avid Demonstrates Integrated Solutions that "Make, Manage and Move Media" at NAB 2001
April 2001
Avid DS|HD: Another First for Avid!
February 2001
AvidProNet Launches Review & Approval
Avid "Survives" the Australian Outback!
ESPN Expands Use of Avid Systems at the Winter X Games
December 2000
Revolutionary 3D On Air Graphics system from Orad
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
FOX Affiliate Employs Orad's CyberSet NT
November 2000
Avid Xpress DV launched in Chennai!
Real Image Unveils Digital Cinema!
Orad's Virtual Imaging Technology Comes Out a Winner at 2000 Olympic Games
October 2000
Avid Technology Receives Emmy Award
Orad Awarded Emmy for Virtual Imaging Technology
September 2000
Coming up at IBC 2000...
Avid Technology Acquires The Motion Factory
Orad's Virtual Swimmer debuts on Nine Network's broadcast of Olympics 2000 trials.
Orad Ventures Close to Home with Inter@TV
16 NAB 2000 Awards for Avid and Digidesign
July 2000
Are You Ready for Another Non-Linear Revolution?
May 2000
Avid Announces Feature Sets for Symphony Version 3 and Media Composer Version 10
N.A.B. News - Hot off the pan from Vegas
April 2000
NBC Selects Avid Symphony and Avid Unity Systems for its Coverage of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah
Avid's Creative Customers Sweep Away the Oscars!
March 2000
Avid sweeps Oscar nominations!
February 2000
Avid integrates Ultimatte's real-time keying technology for Symphony finishing system
