QuesTec's
TennisProView debuts on FOX
Sports Net
Deer Park, N.Y.
Friday, March 5, 1999 - QuesTec
Imaging, Inc. (QuesTec),
(NASD-BB: QSTI) and
FOX Sports Net announce
an agreement to integrate
QuesTec's TennisProView(TM) with
televised coverage of
professional tennis. QuesTec and
FOX Sports Net debuted
TennisProView at the Sybase Open,
Feb 13th and 14th, and featured
it again during the Kroger/St.
Jude, Feb 20th and 21st. QuesTec
and FOX Sports Net will continue
to work together at the upcoming
Franklin-Templeton Tennis
Classic, March 6th and 7th, from
Scottsdale, AZ, (check local
listings). For their
participation and assistance in
the deployment of TennisProView,
FOX Sports Net has been granted
an option for the 1999 exclusive
right to use TennisProView for
all ATP Tour events played in the
United States. This option will
expire if unexercised on Monday,
May 3rd, 1999. FOX Sports Net
provides national and
international television coverage
of the ATP Tour. In the U.S., FOX
Sports Net reaches over 50
million households, with
international coverage reaching
over 99 million households
through their affiliates in
Europe, Australia, South America,
Saudi Arabia and the Far East.
TennisProView is a
real-time video and computer
based tracking and scoring system
that creates a virtual replay for
television and a
behind-the-scenes analysis tool
for commentators. TennisProView
instantly displays the tennis
ball's speed, trajectory,
movement and location. The
TennisProView system will
complement FOX Sports Net's
televised coverage of ATP Tour
tennis worldwide by providing a
unique replay option and analysis
tool for serves. TennisProView
virtual replay's can be viewed
from any angle or zoom level,
allowing viewers to see the
ball's location from any court
angle and location. TennisProView
will also have the ability to
display "spray charts"
of serve locations that reveal
the difference between first and
second serves as well as the
difference between
"rocket-shot" serves
and looping, "slicing"
serves. This information will be
instantly available to the
commentators in the booth
throughout matches, providing
them with an analysis tool and
information never available
before. These features will allow
FOX Sports Net commentators Barry
MacKay and Leif Shiras to cover
and analyze tennis in many new
and innovative ways, and benefits
their viewers with a unique
perspective of tennis.
"We are very
excited to be working with FOX
Sports Net for the introduction
of TennisProView."
"FOX's commitment to
innovative and quality
programming create the perfect
environment for new sports
television technology."
"Our baseball relationship
with FOX Sports Net has laid the
foundation for us to introduce
TennisProView and other new
products to enhance the viewers
experience and knowledge of
sports", stated Ron
Klimkowski, sports marketing,
QuesTec Imaging, Inc.
The Franklin
Templeton Classic will be the
first time that TennisProView is
used for an outdoor tournament.
These three tournaments have
truly shown the versatility and
dynamics of QuesTec's
TennisProView. TennisProView
premiered at the ATP World
Championship, Hannover, Germany,
where its graphics were used by
First German Television for post
production virtual replays and
serve pattern analysis. FOX
Sports Net's tennis productions
mark the first time that
TennisProView's automated
tracking system is being used to
create real-time virtual replays
for tennis. QuesTec's unique data
capture technology allow FOX
Sports Net's production team and
commentators to interact with
TennisProView in real-time during
their live broadcasts.
"TennisProView
is the first new product released
by QuesTec since we formed our
strategic alliances with Atlantic
Aerospace Electronics Corporation
and Live Motion Company."
"The cooperative effort and
integration of our companies
talents and know-how coupled with
FOX Sports Net's assistance,
advice and expertise, allowed us
to take TennisProView from
concept to full production in
just under eight months,"
said Michael W. Russo, president
of QuesTec.
QuesTec develops and
markets proprietary software
systems that capture, render, and
display real-time graphic
simulations that can be applied
to sports entertainment, display
media, business and industry.
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For more information
on QuesTec Imaging, Inc. contact
Mike Russo at (631) 243-1880 or
visit www.questec.com.
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statements. Michael Russo -
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