Sportvision Inc. , a privately held technology company in Chicago that provides computer-generated graphics enhancements for live sports telecasts, has received $8 million in funding from Escalate Capital Partners and Comerica Bank . The company said the money is designed to accelerate Sportvision's new product dev

Sportvision is providing graphics enhancements for ABC's and ESPN's coverage of Major League Soccer for the 2007 season, the company said.

The 17 telecasts include new-look graphics and enhancements, such as a virtual leadoff line, virtual hit charts, virtual starting line-ups, virtual on-deck cards, virtual substitution cards and Xtra Motion effects

Sportvision and Ignite Sports will merge under the name of Sportvision to step up their "fan-friendly" technologies, sports marketing activities and iTV services. Sportvision, a sports-media technology company, and Ignite Sports, an interactive technology provider for sports organizations and advertisers, will join wi

NASCAR has extended its contract with Sportvision Inc. for five years so its RACEf/x System will serve as the exclusive car tracking technology system for NASCAR-sanctioned races through 2011. The companies established the initial contract in 2001. RACEf/x , a tracking system created for televised sports, uses pa

Sportvision will use the system to support its work with Major League Baseball's live high-definition broadcasts.

A new Heineken Experience opened at the historic Heineken Brewery in Amsterdam at the beginning of December 2008. Designed and produced by BRC Imagination Arts, the re-designed visitor experience makes extensive use of specially produced high definition ...