Accumulated amortization of the Company's deferred borrowing costs.

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Balance of the Company's deferred borrowing costs.

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- Definition

Letters of credit guaranteed under the Company's credit facilities.

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Number of revolving credit facilities

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- Definition

Amount borrowed under the credit facility as of the balance sheet date.

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19, 22

-Article 5

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- Definition

Description of restrictions on the entity's other assets as required by the terms of the credit facility.

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-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

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Description of the interest rate for the amounts borrowed under the credit facility, including the terms and the method for determining the interest rate (for example, fixed or variable, LIBOR plus a percentage, increasing rate, timing of interest rate resets, remarketing provisions).

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- Definition

Maximum amount borrowed under the credit facility at any time during the period.

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- Definition

Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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CREDIT AGREEMENT (Details) (Wells Fargo Capital Finance LLC [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Aug. 31, 2014	Aug. 29, 2014	Oct. 02, 2010
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
number of revolving credit facilities						2
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					$ 60
Minimum liquidity restrictions			The Credit Agreement requires that Avid Technology, Inc. (“Avid Technology”) maintain liquidity (comprised of unused availability under its portion of the credit facilities plus certain unrestricted cash and cash equivalents) of $10.0 million, at least $5.0 million of which must be from unused availability under its portion of the credit facilities. The Amendment further limits the Company’s ability to access borrowings under the credit facilities if EBITDA (as defined in the Amendment) of $33.8 million is not achieved for the year ending December 31, 2014, or capital expenditures (as defined in the Amendment) exceed $16.0 million for the year ending December 31, 2014.
Credit facilities, interest rate description			Interest accrues on outstanding borrowings under the credit facilities at a rate of either LIBOR plus 2.75% or a base rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus 1.75%, at the option of Avid Technology or Avid Europe, as applicable.
Unused line fee (in hundredths)			0.625%
deferred borrowing costs balance		0.5	0.2
deferred borrowing costs accumulated amortization		0.7	1.0
Credit facilities borrowings utilized	1.0	10.0
Guaranteed Letters of Credit			3.4
Available borrowings			18.4	16.0
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding				10.0
Avid Technology International BV [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					20
Minimum liquidity restrictions			In addition, its subsidiary, Avid Technology International B.V. (“Avid Europe”), is required to maintain liquidity (comprised of unused availability under Avid Europe's portion of the credit facilities plus certain unrestricted cash and cash equivalents) of $5.0 million, at least $2.5 million of which must be from unused availability under Avid Europe's portion of the credit facilities.
Credit facilities borrowings utilized		3.0
Guaranteed Letters of Credit			1.7
Available borrowings			$ 15.5