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Major League Baseball and SportsLine USA, Inc. Select QuesTec to Provide Technology for World Series Coverage on Official Web Site
NEW YORK and DEER PARK, NY and FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 22, 1999--
QuesTec Revolutionizes Sports Webcasting
Major League Baseball and SportsLine USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLN - news) have named QuesTec Imaging, Inc. (www.questec.com; NASD-BB: QSTI) as exclusive provider of real-time digital telemetry of pitch-by-pitch action for coverage of the 1999 World Series© on Major League Baseball's official Web site, (http://majorleaguebaseball.com). QuesTec provides a unique enhancement to the site's Baseball Live product, a multimedia, real-time animated pitch-by-pitch representation of each game. QuesTec's eReplays(tm) technology sends information from Questec's in-stadium system, including the ball speed, trajectory, location at the plate, and movement in flight, to the majorleaguebaseball.com Web site, enabling fans to see each pitch recreated graphically in their browser. eReplays debuted on majorleaguebaseball.com during the 1999 All-Star Game.
``QuesTec's technology significantly expands our real-time online coverage of the World Series, guaranteeing our fans the most complete and exciting baseball experience on the Internet,' said Alex Kam, Major League Baseball's Director of New Media.
``We are very excited to be working with Major League Baseball and SportsLine to enhance their coverage of the World Series on the Web. The developments in technology and entertainment as it pertains to baseball are tremendous,' stated QuesTec founder Edward Plumacher. ``Our ability to complement Major League Baseball's existing baseball coverage on the Internet presents fans with information never before available, either on the Web or by network television. We believe that our efforts will significantly enhance fans' experience for this year's World Series and for baseball in the new millenium.'
eReplays technology, www.ereplays.com, provides a continuous stream of detailed information, derived through QuesTec's proprietary tracking technology, to web sites, broadcasters, and in-stadium display systems. eReplays brings every pitch, serve, or other key event, to viewers in the stadium, at home, or at the office.
eReplays are the culmination of the efforts of QuesTec and its partner Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Corporation (a Titan Company, NYSE: TTN) to leverage the convergence of broadcasting, telecommunications, and computing technology to produce cutting-edge enhancements for sports events.
``A key factor in the design of eReplays was minimizing the demands placed on the fan,' says Paul Baim, Atlantic Aerospace's Director of Software Engineering and a member of QuesTec's Board of Directors. ``We designed eReplays to work reliably over connections too slow to support streaming video or other high-bandwidth approaches. eReplays technology works great at speeds as low as 28.8, using standard browser software. If the true baseball fan is looking for a reason to move the PC next to the TV, this is it.'
eReplays(tm) is a registered trademark of QuesTec Imaging, Inc.
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.
For more information on QuesTec Imaging, Inc., contact Mike Russo at (516) 243-1880 or visit www.questec.com. For additional information on eReplays, please visit www.ereplays.com. For information on Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Corporation, visit www.aaec.com.
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Contact:
QuesTec Imaging, Inc
Mike Russo (516) 243-1880
or
Major League Baseball
Carole Coleman
(212) 931-7878
or
SportsLine USA, Inc.
Larry Wahl
(954) 351-2120, ext. 7225 |
