Avid Launches Fourth Annual Avid Customer Vote

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Avid has launched the annual Avid Customer Vote, allowing users to influence the company's innovation strategies and product roadmaps. Voting is open until December 30, 2020, and the results will be announced in January 2021. This initiative emphasizes collaboration within the media technology community, with participation from professionals across over 100 countries. Avid's commitment to respond to user feedback has resulted in significant enhancements, including updates to Media Composer and Pro Tools | Carbon.

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• The Avid Customer Vote engages users, helping shape future product innovations.
• Past votes have led to hundreds of successful feature enhancements based on user feedback.
• Involvement from over 30,000 members of the Avid Customer Association underscores the broad community support.

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In the spirit of listening to the voice of customers Avid engages its media technology user community to shape future innovation

BURLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avid^® (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced that the annual Avid Customer Vote is now open. Sponsored by the Avid Customer Association (ACA), the Avid Customer Vote gives the media technology user community a direct line into shaping Avid’s innovation strategy, product roadmaps and customer experience. Customers have until Monday, December 30 to cast their votes at avid.com/vote and share their evolving needs and unique vision. The collective results of the 2020 Avid Customer Vote will be revealed in January 2021.

“Across the entire media and entertainment industry, there’s nothing that compares to the Avid Customer Vote’s ability to gather the collective wisdom and influence of the creative community,” said Jeff Rosica, CEO and President, Avid. “In 2020, the Avid Customer Vote has never been more important. We need to learn from each other and collaborate more closely to solve unprecedented challenges and help our industry to continue moving forward.”

TV, film and music professionals from thousands of organizations in more than 100 countries have cast ballots in past Avid Customer Votes, which consistently inspires Avid to go to great lengths for the community. Since revealing the results of the inaugural vote, the company has delivered on hundreds of customer requests for new capabilities and enhancements, including a totally reimagined Media Composer^® experience, MediaCentral^® workflows that tie in Adobe® Premiere® Pro users, and Avid’s most recent breakthrough, the Pro Tools | Carbon hybrid audio production system.

To expand the efforts of surveying, capturing and analyzing the media and entertainment community’s crucial input, the Avid Customer Vote is hosted and managed by Devoncroft Partners, a leading provider of media technology research.

About the Avid Customer Association
Avid and its customers established the Avid Customer Association (ACA) to create the world’s most innovative and influential media technology community representing organizations and professionals across the industry. Within six years of its founding, the ACA has grown rapidly to give a voice and proven influence to more than 30,000 members from every discipline and job level in content creation, production, management and delivery—from global media organization leaders to individuals just getting started in their careers. Through its rapid enrollment process, the ACA enables qualified TV, film and music professionals who are not yet taking advantage of the ACA to easily join the association for free.

About Avid
Avid delivers the most open and efficient media platform, connecting content creation with collaboration, asset protection, distribution, and consumption. Avid’s preeminent customer community uses Avid’s comprehensive tools and workflow solutions to create, distribute and monetize the most watched, loved and listened to media in the world—from prestigious and award-winning feature films to popular television shows, news programs and televised sporting events, and celebrated music recordings and live concerts. With the most flexible deployment and pricing options, Avid’s industry-leading solutions include Media Composer^®, Pro Tools^®, Avid NEXIS^®, MediaCentral^®, iNEWS^®, Sibelius^®, Avid VENUE^™, FastServe^®, and Maestro^™. For more information about Avid solutions and services, visit www.avid.com, connect with Avid on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, or subscribe to Avid Blogs. 

© 2020 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Avid, the Avid logo, Avid NEXIS, Avid VENUE, FastServe, iNEWS, Maestro, MediaCentral, Media Composer, Pro Tools, Pro Tools | Carbon , and Sibelius are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. Dolby Atmos is a registered trademark of Dolby Laboratories. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Product features, specifications, system requirements and availability are subject to change without notice.

Adobe Premiere Pro is a registered trademark of Adobe in the United States and/or other countries.

PR Contact:

Avid
Dave Smith
david.smith@avid.com
978.502.9607

FAQ

What is the Avid Customer Vote for AVID stock?

The Avid Customer Vote is an initiative allowing media technology users to influence Avid's product innovation and roadmap.

When does voting for the Avid Customer Vote end?

Voting for the Avid Customer Vote ends on December 30, 2020.

When will the results of the Avid Customer Vote be announced?

The results of the Avid Customer Vote will be revealed in January 2021.

How does Avid engage its user community?

Avid engages its user community through initiatives like the Avid Customer Vote, which collects feedback to drive product enhancements.

What impact has the Avid Customer Vote had in the past?

The Avid Customer Vote has led to hundreds of feature enhancements and improvements in Avid's product offerings.