QuesTec
Technology Takes Center Court In
Madison Square Garden for the
1999 Chase Championships
TennisProView(TM)
Sponsored and Powered by Silicon
Graphics
Deer Park,
N.Y. Thursday, November 18, 1999
- Long Island based QuesTec
Imaging, Inc. (QuesTec),
(NASD-BB: QSTI), announces the
use of TennisProView(TM) by
Madison Square Garden Network for
their coverage of this years WTA
(www.wtatour.com) Chase
Championships from Madison Square
Garden, New York, November 15 -
21. QuesTec will once again be
featured nationally on FOX Sports
Net and will be used 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 live court
action. This year's Chase
Championships television audience
will be treated to a unique
perspective of different types of
serves, match serve patterns,
Aces and close line calls.
This tournament is QuesTec's
twelfth televised production in
1999 featuring the company's
TennisProView sports analysis and
virtual replay technology.
TennisProView is being sponsored
by Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI)
for this year's Chase
Championships. This is Silicon
Graphic's first sponsorship of
QuesTec's technology for tennis.
Silicon Graphics has previously
sponsored QuesTec for baseball
and golf. QuesTec debuted
TennisProView at the 1998 ATP
World Championship, Hannover,
Germany. During the 1999 season,
TennisProView has been featured
during the Sybase Open,
Kroger/St. Jude, Franklin
Templeton, Lipton Championship,
Family Circle Cup, French Open,
Gerry Weber Open, the Mercedes
Cup from Stuttgart, Germany,
Euro-card Open and the Sparkassen
Cup.
"QuesTec is excited to be a
part of this year's Chase
Championships, and to be working
in Madison Square Garden. This
event offers the most extensive
coverage produced this year of
professional tennis for US fans
featuring QuesTec technology. The
Chase Championships present the
best-of-the-best of WTA tennis,
we are proud to be a part of this
prestigious event. After working
numerous tournaments in the
United States and Europe, we are
glad to be working in New York
again with MSG Network",
stated Mike Russo, president of
QuesTec.
QuesTec's TennisProView
technology 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 technology is
currently being marketed to
television networks and sponsors
as an analysis tool for
commentators and an instant
virtual replay system for
televised tennis. QuesTec's data
capture and real-time motion
analysis techniques offer unique
and informative content and
visualization for the convergence
of today's emerging digital
media.
QuesTec develops and markets
proprietary software systems that
capture, render, and display
real-time, virtual replays and
graphic simulations for sports
entertainment, display media,
business and industry. LMC is
distributing QuesTec's
TennisProView and GolfProView
virtual replay systems in Europe
under the company name of 101
Images.
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Investor Relations Contact:
Michael W. Russo, President (631)
243-1880 or invest@questec.com
For more information on
eReplays(TM) please visit
http://www.eReplays.com. Press releases and
other Questec.com information are
available on their web site: http://www.questec.com/.
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This news release was prepared by
management and they accept
responsibility for
its contents and forward looking
statements. Michael Russo -
President
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