Sports Videography Project #1

DIGITAL VIDEO E.S. 225 Lesson 9

LESSON: THE HISTORY OF DARTFISH

*** DARTFISH WORLD CENTERS *** Supplemental Lighting the Subject for the Best results *** Supplemental Lighting that does not use electricity

DARTFISH WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS 1. Switzerland – Fribourg 2. France -- Sophia-Antipolis ([email protected] www.dartfish.fr) 3. Deutschland -- Taufkirchen ([email protected] www.dartfish.de) 4. United States -- Alpharetta, Georgia ([email protected] www.dartfish.com)

HISTORY OF DARTFISH 1997 Swiss Fed. Institute of Tech. (Lausanne, Swit.) Created SimulCam 1998 (Dec.) Enthusiastic response from TV – IT specialists founded Dartfish * First Name of the company was InMotion Technologies Ltd. 1999 (Jan.) World Premier of “SimulCam” during World Skiing Champ. 1999 (Aug.) World Premier of “SimulCam” during World Athletics Champ. 1999 (Sep.) “InMotion” (SimulCam) gets European IT innovators Award 1999 (Oct.) Dartfish Software is launched and company moved to Fribourg 2000 (Jan.) “SimulCam” used by Swiss Nat. TV at Skiing World Cup 2000 (Apr.) “SimulCam” nominated by NBC for Innovative Tech. in Emmy’s 2000 (Sep.) Partnership with U.S. Olympic Committee 2001 (Jan.) StroMotion is used by ABC & ESPN on USA Figure Skating 2001 (Feb.) DartFish Office is opened in Atlanta, Geogia 2001 (Aug.) DartFish enters partnership Softball, Bowling, Luge, V-Ball 2002 (Feb.) “SimulCam” is used in Winter Olympics by NBC & EuroSport 2004 (Jun.) DartFish launches “Ball Tail Effect” for Fox TV Baseball 2005 (May) DartFish “StroMotion” takes home the EMMY 2006 (Feb.) DartFish users won 138 medals at the Torino Olympics 2007 (Sep.) Dartfish signs a partnership with Euro Taekwondo Fed. 2008 (Jan.) DartFish covers the Super World Cup Paris Tournament 2008 (Apr.) DartFish launches new content platform DartFishMoves 2008 (Aug.) DartFish used by six media to cover Beijing Olympics 2008 (Sep.) DartFish launches DartFish TV 2009 (Jan.) DartFish launches ver. 5.0 HD Technology 2010 (Feb.) DartFish users won 162 medals at the Vancouver Olympics 2011 (Jan.) DartFish enters a partnership with the Russian Ski Assoc. 2012 (Jul.) DartFish users receive over 400 medals in London Olypics 2012 (Oct.) DartFish launches its new APP “DartFish Express”