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.
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Investor Relations Contact:
Michael W. Russo, President (631)
243-1880 or invest@questec.com
For more information on
eReplays(TM) please visit
http://www.eReplays.com. Press releases and
other Questec.com information are
available on their web site: http://www.questec.com/.
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