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Thursday November 18, 8:46 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
QuesTec Technology Takes Center Court
In Madison Square Garden for the 1999
Chase Championships: TennisProView Sponsored and Powered
by Silicon Graphics
DEER PARK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 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 - news) 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.
For more information on QuesTec Imaging, Inc. contact the company at (516) 243-1880 or visit
questec.com.
Contact:
QuesTec Imaging, Inc.
516/243-1880
questec.com. |
