QUESTEC's
TECHNOLOGY GOES ON-LINE FOR FOX
SPORTS NET COVERAGE OF TEXAS
RANGERS
ACTV INTEGRATES
QUESTEC WITH "INDIVIDUALIZED
TV"
Deer Park,
N.Y. Tuesday, September 7, 1999 -
QuesTec Imaging, Inc. (NASD-BB:
QSTI), introduced their
technology to fans of Texas
Rangers' baseball games during
FOX Sports Southwest's (FSSW)
televised coverage of last Friday
night's White Sox vs. Rangers
game. QuesTec's technology is
featured during the FSN games
from Arlington Field as FOX
Sports Net "PitchTrax".
ACTV (NASDAQ: IATV), and FOX
Sports Net Southwest will feature
"PitchTrax" as part of
their baseball coverage of Texas
Rangers' home games for the
remainder of the season. ACTV
will display
"PitchTrax" as a
channel of content on their
"Individualized
Television" digital network.
ACTV has contracted QuesTec to
provide this service for the
balance of the 1999 regular
season, with an option for an
additional two years.
QuesTec provides FSN
with 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. Silicon
Graphics (NYSE: SGI) O2(TM)
workstations are used to
instantly display real-time
virtual replays of pitches,
including the speed, movement and
location of the ball. In
addition, any pitch from any
inning can be recalled and
displayed at any time during the
game, or a number of pitches can
be shown full-screen in any
sequence, or as a
split-screen-comparison. These
features are very effective in
illustrating key pitches, key
at-bats and pitcher/batter
match-ups. ACTV will receive
their real-time pitch information
at their Irving, Texas studio via
the Internet, transmitted to a
dedicated SGI O2(TM) workstation.
"Our work with
ACTV is the first multi-game
contract for our new eSports(TM)
program, which is QuesTec's
ability to produce and provide
technology content by
transmitting real-time digital
streams over the Internet. This
process allows us to provide our
clients with a technology content
solution that does not require an
expensive broadband medium. Our
business-to-business technology
enablement content is changing
the way that our
business-to-consumer clients
choose to inform, educate and
entertain their audience",
stated Edward J. Plumacher,
founder, QuesTec Imaging, Inc.
New York-based ACTV
is a leading developer of
patented software technologies
and multimedia programming
content for the rapidly emerging
digital television and Internet
platforms. ACTV uses proprietary
software technologies to create
"Individualized
Television," which takes
traditional television
programming into the digital age
by allowing viewers to switch
seamlessly among multiple,
real-time feeds of video, audio
and data. ACTV produces
individualized programming by
combining different video,
graphic and/or audio signals into
one multi-path telecast. Viewers
see and/or hear only one of the
signals at a given moment; the
others remain transparent.
QuesTec provides
real-time motion capture, replay
and analysis products for sports
entertainment, display media,
business and industry. The
company develops real-time
virtual replays and eReplays(TM)
for mainstream professional
sports and entertainment.
QuesTec's technology enablement
offers unique content and
visualization for the convergence
of today's emerging digital
media.
eSports(TM) and
eReplays(TM) are registered
trademarks of QuesTec.
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For more information
on QuesTec Imaging, Inc. contact
Mike Russo at (631) 243-1880 or
visit www.questec.com. For ACTV,
contact Mike Rosen at (212)
679-2233 or visit www.actv.com.
For Silicon Graphics, contact
Shawn Underwood at (650) 960-1980
or visit www.sgi.com.
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management and they accept
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its contents and forward looking
statements. Michael Russo -
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