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.
For more
information on QuesTec Imaging, Inc. contact Mike
Russo at (516) 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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