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49
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Avid Technology, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Avid Technology, Inc. as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and
the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 2011. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the index in Item 15(a) 2. These
financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position
of Avid Technology, Inc. at December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each
of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2011, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Also, in our opinion the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as
a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
As discussed in Note B to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for revenue
recognition effective January 1, 2011.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Avid
Technology, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, based on criteria established in Internal
Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report
dated February 29, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 29, 2012