QuesTec's TennisProView (TM) Served
Around the World
Technology
featured during broadcasts to 150 countries
Deer
Park, N.Y. and Wiesbaden, Germany (Tuesday,
November 2, 1999) Long Island-based
QuesTec Imaging, Inc. (NASD-BB: QSTI) and Live
Motion Company (LMC) of Wiesbaden, Germany
complete coverage of this year's Eurocard-Open
(www.eurocard-open.de) tournament from Stuttgart,
Germany. QuesTec and LMC produced TennisProView
(TM) for German state-owned ZDF (www.zdf.de ) and ARD (www.ard.de) television networks.
During the tournament TennisProView was featured
on the World-Feed which was transmitted to 150
countries, and broadcast by such networks as BBC,
ESPN, EuroSport, and Sky. This event marks
QuesTec's first international broadcast coverage
during an ATP Mercedes Super 9 tournament, and
brings QuesTec's total coverage to date of
professional tennis for the 1999 season to 10
tournaments. TennisProView will be featured
during ZDF's coverage of this week's WTA
Sparkassen Cup International Grand Prix
tournament in Leipzig, Germany; televised
coverage begins Thursday, November 4.
QuesTec will close out the 1999 season with a
return to the ATP World Championship in Hannover,
Germany for host-broadcaster ZDF television,
November 22 - 28. 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 is available for
all pre-match, match and post-match coverage of
center court singles action. Tennis fans are
treated to a unique perspective of different
types of serves, match serve patterns, Aces and
close line calls. QuesTec debuted TennisProView
at the 1998 ATP World Championship, Hannover,
Germany. Since its debut, TennisProView has been
featured during the Sybase Open, Kroger/St. Jude,
Franklin Templeton, Lipton Championship, Family
Circle Cup, French Open, Gerry Weber Open,
Mercedes Cup Stuttgart, the Hamlet Cup and the
Eurocard-Open.
Felix Marggraff, principle of LMC, said:
"The response to TennisProView (TM) has been
overwhelming. We are rapidly becoming a must-have
on European televised tennis coverage, and
discussions are underway with broadcasters,
rights holders and sponsors around Europe. The
TennisProView (TM) technology gets better with
each production. The integration of QuesTec and
LMC has allowed us to establish a powerful
presence in Europe for real-time virtual replays
and sports technology in general. We enable our
European broadcast clients to present their
viewers with real-time unique and informative
content that is simply not available through any
other means. "
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 coverage of this year's
Eurocard-Open is our first full week of televised
coverage for Tennis. The complete 7 days of
on-air usage of TennisProView by the networks is
a testament to the system's installation ease,
real-time data capture and replay speed",
stated Dan Beard, QuesTec's sports television
director. "Our work in Europe has not only
allowed us to fine tune the many features now
offered by TennisProView, it has also allowed us
to work on and expand our product offerings.
QuesTec's business and product development team
has spent more than 14 weeks working with
broadcasters, athletes and commentators in Europe
this year. These efforts have greatly enhanced
and enriched the products and services we are
able to offer our clients both here and
abroad".
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(TM) technology for mainstream
professional sports and entertainment. QuesTec's
technology offers unique content and
visualization for the convergence of today's
emerging digital media.
eSports (TM) and TennisProView (TM) are
registered trademarks of QuesTec Imaging, Inc.
For more information on QuesTec Imaging, Inc.
contact Michael Russo at (516) 243-1880 or visit
http://www.questec.com.
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