QuesTec Announces Three Year Baseball Agreement With Fox Sports Net.DEER PARK Deer Park. 1 Uninc. village (1990 pop. 28,840), Babylon town, Suffolk co., SE N.Y., a primarily residential suburb on Long Island. 2 City (1990 pop. 27,652), Harris co., SE Tex. , N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 1999--QuesTec Imaging, Inc. (QuesTec), (NASD-BB: QSTI), and FOX Sports Net (FSN (Full-Service Network) A communications network that provides shopping, movies on demand and access to databases and a variety of interactive services. ) announce an agreement to incorporate QuesTec's patented technology and baseball production services during FSN's television coverage of Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. , including FSN's Thursday night national game of the week. This Agreement is for three years, and includes an option for an additional two years. FSN's combination of national and local games will total over 1,700 telecasts in 1999, making FOX Sports Net the leader in Major League Baseball coverage. As part of this Agreement FSN will assist QuesTec in a league wide installation program of its technology. To date, QuesTec has cabled 16 major league ballparks, and will continue to install in each of the remaining stadiums this season. QuesTec's goal is to have all stadiums on-line for all home and away FSN telecasts by mid-summer. FSN's regional markets will begin using QuesTec's services as part of their programming for home market telecasts and will expand to include away productions as the season progresses. This Agreement will generate $5m - $8m dollars in revenues for QuesTec during the next three years. FOX Sports Net is the first truly national, regional and local supplier of sports programming, and reaches more than 62 million homes through 22 regional sports networks. The World Champion New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. are featured in 10 telecasts on FSN's Baseball Thursday schedule. Other highlights include: six telecasts featuring Mark McGwire The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. ; perennial power Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Braves have played in Turner Field. three times; Ken Griffey Ken Griffey may refer to:
"We are proud to undertake this project with FOX Sports Net, our combined efforts will provide fans with a unique and informative perspective of the game." "FOX's commitment to innovative and quality programming create the perfect environment for QuesTec's sports television technology", stated Ron Klimkowski, sports marketing, QuesTec Imaging, Inc. QuesTec will provide FSN with a real-time video and computer based tracking and scoring system that creates a virtual replay for television and a behind-the-scenes analysis tool for commentators. QuesTec's technology will instantly display a real-time three-dimensional view of pitches, including the speed, movement and location of the ball from its release-point to the back of home plate. This real-time three-dimensional rendering of actual pitches graphically illustrates the difference between a slider A block of material that holds the read/write head of a magnetic disk. See flying head. , curveball, forkball fork·ball n. Baseball A pitch with the ball placed between the index and middle fingers so that the ball takes a sharp dip near home plate. fork or fastball -- enhancing the broadcast for commentators and viewers alike. In addition, any pitch from any inning can be recalled and displayed at any time during the game, or a number of pitches can be shown full-screen in any sequence, or as a split-screen-comparison. These features are very effective in illustrating key pitches, key at bats and pitcher/batter match-ups. QuesTec's production services will raise the level of FSN's broadcast coverage. "This is a huge and long awaited undertaking for our company." "We have spent more than 16 months working with FOX Sports Net management to develop the proper format for integrating our technology with their baseball coverage." "Our initial start-up process will be slow but steady, with our primary purpose being to provide FOX viewers with quality information and real-time interactive content," said Ed Plumacher, Co-Founder of QuesTec. This Agreement clearly positions QuesTec as the leader in the development and deployment of real-time virtual replay systems for sports broadcasting. QuesTec has developed virtual replays for baseball, golf and most recently tennis. The company continues an aggressive development program for new sports through its partnerships with Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Corporation of Waltham, MA, and Live Motion Company of Wiesbaden, Germany. QuesTec's technology has been used in thousands of sports television productions in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and South Africa. The company is currently working to expand its operations into Australia. QuesTec develops and markets proprietary software systems that capture, render, and display real-time graphic simulations that can be applied to sports entertainment, display media, business and industry. For more information on QuesTec Imaging, Inc. contact the company at (516) 243-1880, or visit http://www.questec.com. For information on FOX Sports Net visit http://www.foxsports.com. This news release was prepared by management and they accept responsibility for its contents and forward looking statements. Michael Russo - President |
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