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Ingest and Playout
The Avid AirSpeed broadcast video server offers users a wide range of workflow capabilities and format
compatibility, as well as flexible connectivity. It features complete interoperability with the Avid Unity for News family of
shared storage solutions and with our nonlinear editing systems. The AirSpeed CountDown solution enhances playout
automation by allowing users to view, manage, and edit playlists on up to five AirSpeed servers.
Newsroom Automation
Our line of newsroom automation solutions include the Avid iNEWS family, which comprises the Avid iNEWS
2.0, Avid iNEWS ControlAir, and Avid iNEWS Multibyte systems. Avid Active ContentManager system is also used to
automate content management and distribution functions.
Media Network Solutions
Avid Unity for News is a powerful media network solution that allows broadcasters to accelerate the entire
production process, from ingest to archive. It links analog and digital acquisition, editing, newsroom computer systems,
graphics, audio, and distribution in a managed, real-time, shared-storage environment. Products in this category include the
Avid Unity MediaNetwork system and the Avid Unity LANshare for News system.
Avid Computer Graphics
The Avid Computer Graphics production pipeline ties together 3D animation, digital asset management, and
nonlinear editing tools in a comprehensive, integrated CG production environment. These tools include:
• SOFTIMAGE|XSI, our flagship 3D content creation solution;
• Alienbrain Studio, Avid’s digital asset management software for entertainment and computer graphics professionals;
and
• the Avid DS Nitris HD finishing and compositing solution.
Storage & Workgroups
Our shared media networks offer simultaneous, real-time collaboration workflows that support a wide range of
uncompressed SD formats as well as the high-efficiency Avid DNxHD encoding technology. These Storage and
Workgroups products include the Avid Unity MediaNetwork and Avid Unity LANshare systems, which link analog and
digital acquisition, editing, graphics, audio, and distribution in a managed, real-time, shared-storage environment. In
addition, the media network solutions and Workgroups and Productivity Tools described above, plus local storage products
such as Avid MediaDock Ultra 320, MediaDock 2+, MediaDrive rS 320/LDV, MediaDrive rS FireWire, and MEDIArray II
are part of our Storage and Workgroups offerings. This product family accounted for approximately 18%, 19% and 15% of
our consolidated net revenues in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
Avid Assurance Support
Avid Assurance is our annual maintenance support offering for the Avid Video and Film Editing and Effects
products described above.
Avid Assurance provides software and application support to meet the needs of our customers including isolating
hardware issues, resolving software issues, and generally helping our customers to fully utilize their applications. In
addition to Avid Assurance, we offer other services to our customer including training programs and installation services.
Total service offerings represented 10%, 10% and 9% of our consolidated net revenues in 2004, 2003 and 2002,
respectively.
AUDIO PRODUCTS
Avid’s audio division, Digidesign, manufactures digital audio production systems for recording engineers, mixers,
film sound editors, sound designers, live sound engineers, and other audio professionals. The audio business also includes
M-Audio, a business unit of Digidesign that specializes in digital audio and MIDI solutions for electronic musicians and
audio professionals.