QuesTec's
TennisProViewTM
Takes Home Court Advantage at
Hamlet Cup
Deer Park,
N.Y. Thursday, August 19, 1999 -
Long Island-based QuesTec
Imaging, Inc. (NASD-BB: QSTI) announces
the use of TennisProViewÔ by FOX Sports Net
for their national coverage of
the semi-final and final matches
of this year’s Hamlet Cup, Commack, New York,
August 28 and 29. QuesTec will
once again work with FOX Sports
Net to produce on-air serve
analysis and virtual replays
during this year’s
tournament.
TennisProView is a
real-time video and
computer-based tracking and
scoring system that creates
virtual replays for television
and a behind-the-scenes analysis
tool for commentators.
TennisProView will be available
for all pre-match, match and
post-match coverage of center
court action. This year’s
Hamlet Cup television audience
will be treated to a unique
perspective of different types of
serves, match serve patterns,
Aces and close line calls.
The Hamlet Cup,
owned by the Holiday Organization
and presented by Computer
Associates, is Long Island's
premier sporting event. An ATP
Tour World Series Event, the 1999
Hamlet Cup will showcase some of
the top ATP Tour players in the
world. The top seed, Australian
Patrick Rafter, will be on hand
to defend his '98 Hamlet Cup
title.
This event is
QuesTec’s tenth televised
production featuring
TennisProView and the sixth
Tennis production produced with
FOX. Since its debut at the 1998
ATP World Championship, Hannover,
Germany, TennisProView has been
featured during the Sybase Open,
Kroger/St. Jude, Franklin
Templeton, Lipton Championship,
Family Circle Cup, French Open,
Gerry Weber Open and the Mercedes
Cup from Stuttgart, Germany.
"We are excited
to be a part of this year’s
Hamlet Cup. Our company did most
of its early data collection and
system evaluation at the Hamlet
last year. After working numerous
events in the United States and
Europe, this feels very much like
a Homecoming", stated Edward
Plumacher, founder of QuesTec.
TennisProView is the
only interactive real-time,
virtual replay system available
for live televised tennis.
TennisProView instantly captures,
quantifies, and displays the
speed, path and location of
serves. QuesTec’s
TennisProView is currently being
marketed to television networks
and sponsors worldwide as an
analysis tool for commentators
and an instant virtual replay
system for televised tennis.
QuesTec provides
real-time motion capture, replay
and analysis products for sports
entertainment, display media,
business and industry. QuesTec
has developed real-time virtual
replays for baseball, golf and
tennis and the company continues
an aggressive development program
for new sports. QuesTec’s
technology offers unique content
and visualization for the
convergence of today’s
emerging digital media and has
been used in thousands of sports
television productions in the
United States, Canada, Europe,
Asia and South Africa.
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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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its contents and forward looking
statements. Michael Russo -
President
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