Major League Baseball and SportsLine
USA, Inc. Select QuesTec to Provide Technology
for World Series® Coverage on Official Web Site
QuesTec
Revolutionizes Sports Webcasting
New
York and Deer Park, NY and Fort Lauderdale, FL
(October 22, 1999) -- Major League
Baseball and SportsLine USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLN) 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 eReplaysTM 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
millennium."
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."
eReplayTM 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 the
company at (516) 243-1880 or visit www.questec.com. For more information on
eReplays, please visit www.ereplays.com.
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