Avid NewsCutter Turns 10

Ten years ago, broadcast news editing was forever changed with the introduction of Avid® NewsCutter®, the first nonlinear editing solution designed specifically for broadcast news professionals. This ground-breaking product is the only nonlinear editor for news that combines unmatched editing speed, an industry-leading palette of creative and effects tools, support for a variety of formats, and tight integration with both Avid and third-party digital news workflow solutions. For more than a decade, the Avid NewsCutter system has empowered news editors to perform their trade with a greater degree of speed, accuracy and precision.

10 years of Innovation with the Avid NewsCutter system:

  • 1993: Avid ships the first nonlinear editing solution for news: Avid NewsCutter
  • 1994: Avid introduces the first nonlinear news workflow: send to Avid AirPlay® from NewsCutter via AvidNet™ software
  • 1995: Avid introduces the Avid NewsCutter – Media Server workgroup: first shared media system for real-time news editing and play out
  • 1997: Avid introduces the NewsCutter DV system: the first nonlinear news editor to support the DV25 format
  • 1999: Avid introduces the NewsCutter NRCS Tool: first linkage of a newsroom computer system with a nonlinear editing system
  • 2000: Avid introduces the NewsCutter – Avid Unity™ for News workgroup: flexible, scalable, and affordable end-to-end nonlinear news production
  • 2000: Avid introduces the NewsCutter XP Mobile system: the first nonlinear news editing system for notebook computers
  • 2003: Avid introduces the NewsCutter Adrenaline™ FX system: the first nonlinear editor optimized for both broadcast news and postproduction needs (craft news, sports, long-form production, promotion)

    • 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 news professionals to work more efficiently, productively, and creatively. For more information about the company’s Oscar®, Grammy®, and Emmy® award-winning products and services, please visit: www.avid.com.

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