More Resources

PINNACLE SYSTEMS ACQUIRES DAZZLE VIDEO EDITING BUSINESS.(from SCM Microsystems)(Brief Article)


Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCLE), Mountain View, Calif., has completed the acquisition of the Dazzle home video editing business from SCM Microsystems (Nasdaq: SCMM; Prime Standard: SMY). As previously announced, the companies had entered into a definitive agreement on June 29, 2003 to acquire selected assets and liabilities, including all intellectual property rights, inventory, trade names and other rights related to the business for a total purchase price of approximately $21.5 million of Pinnacle Systems common stock. Pinnacle will account for this transaction as a purchase during the September quarter.

About Dazzle Digital Video Products

Dazzle's home video editing products have been designed to capture, edit and share digital video for use with both analog and digital camcorders. The Dazzle family of innovative products includes the highly successful DVC Series and Hollywood Bridge Series. Pinnacle plans to continue to sell and support the Dazzle consumer video products through its worldwide network of retailers and resellers.

About Pinnacle Systems, Inc.

Pinnacle Systems provides broadcasters and consumers with cutting-edge digital media creation, storage, and play-back solutions for use at Home, at Work and on the Air. Pinnacle Systems' award winning digital media solutions are in use around the world for broadcast, cable and satellite television, video editing, DVD and CDR authoring and on the Internet. A recognized industry leader, the company has received eight prestigious Emmy Awards for its technical innovations and carries this commitment throughout all of its product lines.

For more information, call 650/526-1600 or visit http://www.pinnaclesys.com.

COPYRIGHT 2003 Worldwide Videotex Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission.

Copyright 2003, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

NOTE: All illustrations and photos have been removed from this article.


Marketplace

Learn how to distribute a press release

Try our new online printing. theupsstore.com/print
Today on Entrepreneur

Sign Up for the Latest in:
Online Business
Franchise News
Starting a Business
Sales & Marketing
Growing a Business

E-mail*

Zip Code*