QuesTec Technology
Takes Center Court In Madison Square Garden for
the 1999 Chase Championships
TennisProView(TM)
Sponsored and Powered by Silicon Graphics
Deer
Park, N.Y. Thursday, November 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)
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
http://www.questec.com.
For more information on QuesTec Imaging, Inc.
contact Michael Russo at (516) 243-1880 or visit
http://www.questec.com.
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