FOXsports.com Unveils 'Killer App' Previewed for the 1999 MLB All-Star Game

Business Wire, July 19, 1999

NEW YORK--(BW SportsWire)--July 19, 1999--

Player portfolio and alerts, multiple game view, on-demand instant

replay, situational statistics and league-wide score board

FOX Sports Online (foxsports.com) has lifted the curtain on the Internet's most innovative and dynamic sports application which it previewed for the 1999 MLB All-Star Game on FOX. FOXSports.com's GameTracker gives fans a completely immersive online baseball experience with detailed real-time information, personalization, excitement and fun.

FOX Sports' groundbreaking program takes "sticky" Web applications to a new level, surpassing the offerings of all other sports sites. FOXSports.com is the only site to offer users the ability to watch up to four games at one time, choose from a selection of "camera" angles from which to watch the games, view up-to-the-minute situational statistics, track players via an integrated real-time portfolio and alerts, check out any MLB team with a league-wide scoreboard, view real-time player stats and box scores, and use on-demand instant replay.

Multiple Views

All the games viewed on GameTracker are played on 3-dimensional fields, giving users an increased sense of perspective, as well as the ability to change viewing locations ("camera angles"). Users can choose from a list of angles including: BlimpCam, OutfieldCam, 1st BaseCam, 3rd BaseCam as well as FOX Sports' "patented" CatcherCam.

Player Portfolio

GameTracker also helps users monitor the activities of their favorite baseball stars by letting them input a list of up to 30 players into a portfolio. Once activated, the portfolio updates career and daily statistics in real time, and notifies users of in-progress situations involving each of their selected players via alerts.

Situational Statistics

With each new batter, fans can access a wealth of real-time pitcher and batter statistics for that particular situation such as: batter vs. pitcher career stats, at stadium stats, how the hitter has performed with a set number of runners on base, vs. opponent stats, how many outs the batter is facing, day/night stats, home/road stats and the batter's statistics with runners in scoring position.

"We constantly strive to develop digital products that stretch the boundaries of what can be experienced on the Internet," said Jordan Kurzweil, vice president of product development for News America Digital Publishing, producer of FOX Sports Online. "GameTracker 2000 offers baseball fans the type of groundbreaking programming users have come to expect from FOX. It's an app. that's fun, exciting, informative and immensely useful."

FOX Sports Online, a division of News Corporation's (NYSE: NWS) News America Digital Publishing, is the fastest growing sports site on the Web and the premiere destination on the Internet for sports fans to obtain up-to-the minute stats, news and scores for local and regional activity in the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, soccer, auto racing, college football, basketball, and baseball, as well as pro golf, tennis tournaments and world sports.