The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), announced the winners of the 40th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards at a special ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.
The awards recognize outstanding achievement by individuals and programs broadcast throughout the 2018 calendar year.
Winners were announced in 41 categories including Outstanding Live
Sports Special, Live Sports Series and Playoff Coverage, three Documentary
categories, Outstanding New Media, Outstanding Play-by-Play Announcer
and Studio Host, among others.
Canadian-Based Pakistani Makes Us Proud at Emmys
Graphic Designer Umair Mohsin won an accolade along with his team for Emmys Award under (Outstanding Post-Produced Graphic Design) for NHL Tonight.
OUTSTANDING POST-PRODUCED GRAPHIC DESIGN
NHL Tonight NHL Network
NHL Tonight Open: Shaken…and Stirred
Senior Graphic Designers
Premier Maldonado, Chris Mallory, Jocelyne Meinert
Graphic Designers
Josh Bernstein, Jessica Birs, Jeff Boccia, Alyssa Buckter, Matthew Carlyle, Sam Cole,
David Corrado, Eric Eisenberg, Alex Falconi, Mackenzie Farrell, Mike Farris, Jordan
Greenstein, Brendan Jones, Randy Knott, Marissa Lombardi, William Mach, Luis Medrano,
Aby Michael, Umair Mohsin, Danny Muhr, Brent Philhower, Robert Quist, Kaitlin Riccardi,
Jillian Santasieri, Daniel Spaulding, Rick Van Benschoten, Shannon Wong
Umair is the first Pakistani to grab an Emmy Award in post produce graphics category and is ecstatic over his achievement.
Here’s what he told Brandsynario about his massive feat:
“I am honored to become the first Pakistani graphic artist to have won an Emmy award in post produce graphics category(along with my colleagues).
I feel that this achievement as a Pakistani will put our talent on the map in the graphics industry. We have such great talent in our country but lack the means to display it. I strongly believe that our talent needs to be recognized and celebrated internationally.”
“Every day, the sports broadcasting industry brings the American public
some of the most exciting, skillful, and entertaining television anywhere,”
said Terry O’Reilly, Chairman, NATAS.
“In addition to celebrating the outstanding work by this evening’s nominees, we are pleased to honor Dick Vitale for his long and prolific career and present him with our Lifetime Achievement Award for Sports.”
Presenters at the 40th Sports Emmy Awards included Andrea Kremer and Hannah Storm (Amazon), Ian Eagle and Bill Raferty (CBS Sports), Scott Van Pelt (ESPN), Alex Rodriguez and Michael Strahan (FOX Sports), Jon Frankel (HBO), Brian Kenny and Ken Rosenthal (MLB Network), Mike Tirico (NBC), Kay Adams (NFL Network), Deontay Wilder (SHOWTIME), and Ernie Johnson (Turner).
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