Chime Interactive (while operating as Evolve Internet Solutions) in association with The November Group, LLC provided network consulting services for FasTV on-site at Wimbledon 1999. Included is a copy of a FasTV press release about the event.
June 22,1999
FASTV.COM TO PRESENT THE TENNIS FAN'S DREAM: AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS FEATURING FASTV.COM´S VIDEO SEARCH CAPABILITIES ON THE INTERNETWimbledon '99 Opens Its Treasured Past to Web Users for the First Time, Enabling Fans to Search for, Select and Replay Video Highlights of Great Wimbledon Championships Moments
Los Angeles, June 22, 1999 - FasTV.com, the Internet's first
searchable video destination for consumers and businesses, and the All
England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club today announced that they have
joined forces to offer tennis fans worldwide unprecedented access to
premiere behind-the-scene video highlights of The Wimbledon
Championships via FasTV's Internet programming service. The searchable
video highlights, hosted by FasTV on its site (www.fastv.com), can also
be accessed via a FasTV Link on The Wimbledon Channel, part of the
Official Wimbledon Website, developed, managed and hosted by IBM.
"We're pleased to have chosen FasTV to enable fans to search, select
and replay video highlights from three decades of the Wimbledon
Championships," said Jeff Lucas, IT Director for The All England
Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. "FasTV was chosen for its ability to
log, digitize and host this extensive 'digital history' and
make it available to tennis fans around the world to access via the
Internet."
Before, during and after the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, more than
200 hours of video from The Wimbledon Channel´s rich archive of
treasured history will be available for viewing at www.fastv.com. Included
in this extraordinary Wimbledon programming are intimate profiles and
interviews with virtually every player in the Wimbledon fortnight -
including the legends that came before them - as well as classic
matches and points from the last three decades. A majority of this
special programming will not be available on broadcast television, but
will be available any time via FasTV.com´s easy-to-use searchable
video feature.
"The ability for fans to search and view treasured moments of The
Wimbledon Championships is a unique extension to our broadcast partner
event telecasts," added Lucas. "We are working with our broadcast
partners around the world to promote this feature accessible via the
fastv.com hot-link on The Wimbledon Channel."
"Sporting events provide an exciting way to showcase the unique
benefits of FasTV.com's powerful searchable video experience," said
Bill Swegles, President/COO at FasTV. "Our association with The All
England Lawn & Tennis Club allows FasTV.com to provide fans with an
intimate understanding and appreciation of one of the worldÁs
most prestigious championships. "
About the All England Club
The tournament starts each year six weeks before the first Monday in
August and lasts for a fortnight or for as long as necessary to
complete all events. Players from over 60 nations regularly
compete.
Over 6,000 people work at the ground for the period of The
Championships in connection with the tournament. These include a
temporary staff of several hundred who are directly employed by The All
England Lawn Tennis Club and others who are provided by firms,
contractors, voluntary bodies and public services, as well as
representatives of the media. In short, during the Fortnight at the
end of June and beginning of July the Club is a hive of activity,
squarely in the eye of the sporting world.
About FasTV
The Championships at Wimbledon have developed from the garden party
atmosphere of the first meeting in 1877, witnessed by a few hundred
spectators, to a highly professional tournament attracting an
attendance of over 400,000 people, and through the press, radio and
television a following of millions throughout the world.
FasTV.com is the first Internet site where consumers and business
viewers can search for and see current and archived video clips and
associated closed caption text from leading TV and video programming.
FasTV.com delivers searchable video in news, sports, business,
entertainment and lifestyle and has signed agreements with more than 30
content partners including CNN, CNNfn, Bloomberg, New Line Cinema, the
American Film Institute and the American Medical Association. Use of
FasTV.com's Internet programming service is free to viewers. Privately
held, FasTV, Inc. is headquartered in Los Angeles. The company has
pioneered the growth of Internet broadcasting and searchable video
since 1996.