Exhibit 23.1
Report on Financial Statement Schedule and Consent of Independent Auditors
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Pinnacle Systems, Inc.:
The audits referred to in our report dated July 24, 2000, except as to the
second paragraph of Note 5(a), which is as of September 27, 2000, included the
related financial statement schedule as of June 30, 2000 and for each of the
years in the three-year period ended June 30, 2000, included in the annual
report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2000. This financial statement
schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility
is to express an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our
audits. In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in
relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos.
33-89706, 333-25697, 333-16999, 333-34759, 333-63759, 333-74071, 333-75117,
333-75935, 333-84739, 333-85895, 333-40218, 333-42776, 333-35498, 333-30492,
333-35424, and 333-42780) on Forms S-8 and S-3 of Pinnacle Systems, Inc. of our
reports dated July 24, 2000, except as to the second paragraph of Note 5(a),
which are as of September 27, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of Pinnacle Systems, Inc. and subsidiaries as of June 30, 2000 and 1999, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss),
shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended June 30, 2000, and the related schedule, which reports appear in
the June 30, 2000, annual report on Form 10-K of Pinnacle Systems, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
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Mountain View, California
September 27, 2000
