QuesTec.com's
TennisProView Selected as Content
of Choice for the ATP Tour's
Masters Series
Deer Park, N.Y.
Friday, March 31, 2000 –
QuesTec.com, Inc. (QuesTec),
(NQBEQS Stock Symbol: QSTI) and
Gearhouse Broadcast Ltd. of
Wembley, Middlesex, England announce
an agreement to integrate
QuesTec’s TennisProView (TM)
virtual replay system into
televised coverage of the newly
formed Tennis Masters Series for ATP Tour Tennis. Gearhouse Broadcast
Ltd. is the equipment
and facilities provider for
television rights holder of the
ATP Tour and Tennis Masters
Series – ISL Worldwide, of Lucerne,
Switzerland. As part of this new
agreement, QuesTec’s
TennisProView will be featured on
the world feed of Masters Series
events, broadcast to over 190
countries by ISL Worldwide. This
contract will generate in excess
of US$350,000 in revenue for
QuesTec this year.
TennisProView uses
QuesTec’s patented
motion-tracking technology to
capture live action during match
play tennis and instantly create
a computer-generated,
three-dimensional view of the
exact trajectory, movement, speed
and location of each serve.
TennisProView’s unique 3D
perspective can be shown from any
angle or zoom level and the
system can display multiple
serves to illustrate
"spray-charts." Without
a doubt, TennisProView will bring
an exciting new edge to the
networks’ broadcast
commentary and add a unique
replay option.
Last year ISL
reached a ten-year, $1.2 billion
agreement with the ATP Tour for
the exclusive marketing,
broadcast and licensing rights
for the ATP Tour, the ATP Tour
World Championships and the
Masters Series events. ISL
envisions enormous growth in the
TV audience for ATP Tour events
with the advent of the Masters
Series. As ISL’s Managing
Director, Daniel Beauvois,
explained, "We see huge
global potential in men’s
tennis as a true entertainment
sport in the same way as we did
in football….for so many
years."
ISL has pledged
"consistent high quality
broadcasting standards and new
production techniques to showcase
the game to television
spectators." TennisProView
will be a new and exciting
production tool for ISL as it
works to showcase tennis on TV.
The Tennis Masters
Series is part of the newly
introduced ATP Champions Race,
where the player who accumulates
the most points by the end of the
year becomes the world's number
one ranked player. All the top
players in the world are required
to compete at all nine Tennis
Masters Series tournaments, which
include – Indian Wells
(March 13 – 19); the
Ericsson Open (March 23 –
April 2); Monte Carlo (April 17
– 23); Roma (May 8 –
14); Hamburg (May 15 – 21);
Toronto (July 31 – August
6); Cincinnati (August 7 –
13); Stuttgart (October 30 –
November 5); Paris (November 13
– 19); and the Tennis
Masters Cup, Lisboa (November 28
– December 3.)
Worldwide TV
coverage of the Masters Series
events will feature the best
players in the world, using
TennisProView to highlight the
"rocket" serves of
players like Pete Sampras and
Mark Phillippoussis, and the
slicing "kick" serves
of players like Tim Henman.
TennisProView has already been
featured at the Masters
Series’ first two events
(Indian Wells and the Ericsson
Open) with an overwhelmingly
positive response from ISL.
As ISL
Productions’ Managing
Director, John Davis, says,
"TennisProView virtual
replays from QuesTec have brought
a sensational production element
to the ATP Masters Series
programming. Within a couple of
seconds from a point being played
the replay is ready to show in
virtual graphics where the ball
actually landed and the speed it
had been travelling at. Whether
an ace-serve or disputed
line-call, TennisProView is
giving millions of television
viewers worldwide a unique
insight into the game of tennis.
Watch your screens for more
‘WOW’ factors in the
coming months."
QuesTec is equally
excited about the new
relationship and with the
prospect of future developments
in tennis coverage as well. As
QuesTec's New Media Manager,
Chris Malone, stated, "We
are thrilled to work with ISL and
its partners to enhance the
coverage of ATP Tour Tennis.
ISL's Internet rights and our
eReplays.com services provide the
perfect combination to expand our
New Media offerings for the sport
of tennis. Our experience in
Internet distribution of baseball
content for the 1999 Major League
Baseball All-Star Game and World
Series will allow us to quickly
enhance the overall tennis
experience in a variety of
mediums."
"Our
relationship with Gearhouse
Broadcast and ISL Worldwide
clearly defines QuesTec’s
technology as the content of
choice for virtual replays and
serve analysis for the newly
formed ATP Tour’s Masters
Series," said Edward
Plumacher, Founder of
QuesTec.com. "QuesTec’s
TennisProView technology provides
tennis fans worldwide with a
unique and informative
perspective of the game. We will
continue to work closely with
Gearhouse and ISL to expand our
content offerings to help promote
ATP Tour tennis, and add to the
fans overall experience of the
game."
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 eSports
technology for mainstream
professional sports and
entertainment. QuesTec's
technology offers unique content
and visualization for the
convergence of today's emerging
digital media.
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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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