Avid Files Third Quarter Form 10-Q;
           Reaffirms Previously-Announced Quarterly Financial Results

Tewksbury, MA - November 14, 2005 - Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today
filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three-month period ended
September 30, 2005. The company delayed the Form 10-Q filing to allow additional
time to determine the appropriate revenue recognition for a portion of the
revenue attributable to its new consumer video division, which was recently
acquired in a merger with Pinnacle Systems, Inc. After completing its review,
the company has concluded that the accounting treatment applied to this revenue
was appropriate and has reaffirmed the financial results announced in its
earnings press release on October 27, 2005.

About Avid Technology, Inc.
Avid Technology, Inc. is the world leader in digital nonlinear media creation,
management, and distribution solutions, enabling film, video, audio, animation,
games, and broadcast professionals to work more efficiently, productively, and
creatively. For more information about the company's Oscar(R), Grammy(R), and
Emmy(R) award-winning products and services, please visit: www.avid.com.

(C) 2005 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Avid, Digidesign, Film
Composer and Pro Tools are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Avid
Technology, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other
countries. Avid received an Oscar statuette representing the 1998 Scientific and
Technical Award for the concept, design, and engineering of the Avid Film
Composer(R) system for motion picture editing. Digidesign, Avid's audio
division, received an Oscar statuette representing the 2003 Scientific and
Technical Award for the design, development, and implementation of its Pro
Tools(R) digital audio workstation. Oscar is a trademark and service mark of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Emmy is a registered trademark of
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