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TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Canada's top film and television actors gathered for an ACTRA press conference condemning cuts to arts funding and attempts to censor film and TV productions. Performers called on political leaders to start taking Canada's cultural industry seriously. The arts contribute $85 billion dollars and one million jobs to the Canadian economy each year.

TEWKSBURY, MA (MARKET WIRE) Avid technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that customers are rapidly adopting the company's next-generation of HD editing systems, which started shipping in early June. The American Film Institute (AFI), Catalyst Post, CBS, Universal Studios, KFox Television, FOX Sports network, No Doubt Productions, Raycom Sports, Rhythm and Hues, Telemundo, Wachovia Video network and Vertical Interval Media are among some of the first sites to purchase and deploy new Avid® Media Composer® DX, NewsCutter® DX and Symphony™ Nitris DX® systems.