Major League Baseball Offers
Comprehensive All-Star Game Coverage on
MajorLeagueBaseball.com Premiere of MLB Radio;
Interactive Features
Deer
Park, New York, Tuesday July 11, 2000 --
This year, fans throughout the world will be able
to experience the excitement of Major League
Baseball's All-Star Week by logging on to the
Official Web site of Major League Baseball,
MajorLeagueBaseball.com.
Jointly developed and hosted by
SportsLine.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLN),
MajorLeagueBaseball.com offers complete
information about the 2000 All-Star Teams,
including rosters, bios and statistics. Major
League Baseball and SportsLine.com have once
again selected QuesTec.com, Inc.
(www.questec.com, NQBEQS Stock Symbol: QSTI) as
exclusive provider of real-time digital telemetry
of pitch-by-pitch action for their coverage of
the 2000 All Star Game. The site also offers
comprehensive historical information, including
past All-Star Game results, MVPs and extensive
all-time statistics and records.
In addition to complete All-Star facts and
statistics, MajorLeagueBaseball.com offers an
extensive array of exclusive interactive, video
and graphics features that will provide baseball
fans everywhere with a unique look at Major
League Baseball's All-Star Week events.
Exclusive features include:
MLB Radio: MajorLeagueBaseball.com's new radio
station will launch with complete coverage
of All-Star Week.
MLB Radio will talk to the players about their
All-Star experiences and will review the first
half of the season and preview the second half.
Tuesday's programming will include a Hall of Fame
seminar on the history of radio, a segment about
the history of the All-Star Game with Steve Hirdt
of the Elias Sports Bureau, and complete coverage
of the 71st All-Star Game.
Interactive Features: MajorLeagueBaseball.com
will offer a variety of unique interactive
features, including: Live 360-degree streaming
video Webcast. Users can enjoy All-Star Weekend
activities from Turner Field including batting
practice, bullpen action and FanFest After Dark
using Be Here iVideo technology. In-stadium
cameras that users can control: Visitors can log
onto MajorLeagueBaseball.com and control
in-stadium cameras located in both dugouts and
behind first and third base. Users will be able
to take a picture with these cameras and then
e-mail the image to their friends and family,
with TrueLook technology from Perceptual
Robotics.
E-Mail MLB International Broadcasters during the
71st All-Star Game. Broadcasters Gary Thorne and
Rick Sutcliffe will respond to e-mails from
international viewers during the 71st All-Star
Game tonight. Live Chats from John Hancock
All-Sar FanFest: MajorLeaugeBaseball.com will
feature a full schedule of live chats with
legends like Phil Niekro, Don Larsen and Steve
Carlton direct from the John Hancock All-Star
FanFest. Day in the Life: Get a glimpse of what
it's like to attend All-Star Week as a player
when webcams follow
around one of the Futures Game players for the
entire weekend, using Be Here technology.
High Tech Graphics and Video:
Tracking pitch trajectory for every pitch thrown
in the All-Star Game using QuesTec.com's
SuperVision pitch tracking system and eReplays
technology, as part of Baseball Live, the
innovative multimedia application that provides
real-time pitch-by-pitch graphical coverage of
the game.
Graphic analysis of all the blasts in the Home
Run Derby. Behind the scenes photos and exclusive
video of every All-Star Week Event, including
John Hancock All-Star FanFest, SeasonTicket.com
All-Star Futures Game, SeasonTicket.com All-Star
Celebrity Hitting Challenge, All-Star Press
Conference (featuring All-Star Team Managers, AL
and NL Leading Vote- Getters and All-Star Game
Honorary Captains), Century 21 Home Run Derby,
FanFest After Dark (the post-ome Run Derby party
with the 2000 All-Stars) and the 71st All-Star
Game.
About QuesTec.com
QuesTec provides a unique enhancement to the
site's Baseball Live product, a multimedia,
real-time animated pitch-by-pitch representation
of the game. QuesTec's eReplays technology sends
information from QuesTec's Turner Field
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 eReplays technology, 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.
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.com, Inc. contact
the company at (631) 243-1880 or visit www.questec.com. For more information on
eReplays, please visit www.ereplays.com.
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