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2023 Sports Emmys: Fox Sports' Rod Conti, Kevin Callahan on the Technical Effort of the FIFA Men's World Cup Studio Show in Qatar

23/05/2023

2023 Sports Emmys: Fox Sports' Rod Conti, Kevin Callahan on the Technical Effort of the FIFA Men's World Cup Studio Show in Qatar Fox Sports massive studio set on the Doha Corniche took home the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Technical Team - Studio By Kristian Hern ndez, Senior Editor

Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 12:05 pm

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Viewers watching the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup in Qatar were treated to a spectacular studio set in between, at halftime, and after matches. Spread out across the expansive Doha Corniche, Fox Sports' activation along the 4.4-mile waterfront promenade featured multiple stages, an an all-LED floor that incorporated elements in augmented reality, subtle and obvious nods to the host nation, and a lot more. Their effort resulted in winning the 2023 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Technical Team Studio.

At the ceremony on Monday night, Fox Sports' VP, Remote Studio Operations, Rod Conti, and VP, Field Operations and Engineering, Kevin Callahan, detailed the work that went into turning this idea into a tangible reality and how this set transformed their coverage of the tournament.

Those credited on the project included:

Technical Supervisors

Chris Allen, Mark Alston, Levi Anderson, Irum Ashraf, Lane Baird, Pratick Bakhtiani, Paul Baron, Rich Barr, Brian Beck, Antonio Beleganio, Mike Bell, Andrew Bennett, Kevin Bohn, Jake Burns, Tim Burns, Matt Byers, Jordan Calcafuoco, Kevin Callahan, Jon-Jon Canoy, Erik Carlson, Darin Carner, Michael Carnow, Rod Conti, Michael Copeland, Jessica Covino, Tom Creter, Tushar Datir, Michael Davies, Mark Davis, Florante Domingo, Aiza Dominguez, Mary Kay Donovan, Michael Dorflinger, Olivier Dwelshauvers, Nole Eldridge, Matthew Engelberg, James Ferguson, David Fioravanti, Patricia Fischer, Liyen Gan, Louis Germano, Mark Girard, George Grill, Todd Griswold, Kristen Gruca, Haratj Hakoubyan, Rob Hedges, Libby Higgins, Mark Humphrey, Wajahat Hussain, Harry Iglamo, Dan James, Rolando Jimenez, Jason Johnson, Dambar RajJoshi,PatrickKarayan, NickKashiparekh,ReedKaufman,TravisKilburn, Devin Klein, Stephen Leotta, Jeremiah Lommori, Douglas McGee, Mitchell McIntire, Mark McNaughton, Julius Miciano, Zach Miller, Visman Mohamed, Daryl Moore, Jared Moore, Aavery Mundt, Louie Mun oz, Frank Murillo, Dustin Myers, Ronald Nietes, Gabe Nucci, Pat O'Brien, Monica Olivas, Juan-Carlos Ortiz, Marc Panneton, Dhyaan Parikh, Ross Pattison, Patrick Perez, Trevor Peters, Gregory Pfeifer, Trang Pham, Joel Poinsett, Neil Porter, Brandon Potter, Marc Proval, Kyle Prunty, Nicole Pugliese, Pete Pulido, Andy Reardon, Robert Rees, Jack Rowell, Chris Ruiz, Meredith Sabala, Adam Salkin, Alex Saunders, Deborah Snell Pfeifer, David Sobel, Kevin Soriano, Erinn Spack, Neil Staite, Norm Thompson, Miller Tinapay, Branimir Tonkovic, Jason Toth, Vladimir Tuzkov, Mubashir Waheed, Alex Weigandt, Donald West Iii, Derrick Whittington, Mike Wilken, Joel Williams, Corey Witte, Jordan Wood, Robert Wood, Jim Wurster, Duane Yoslov, Briana Yow, Tatianna Zawadzky Ovalle, Melissa Zimmer

Senior Technical Directors

Paul Harvath, Michael Laverdiere

Technical Directors

Blaine Eslick, Matt Getto, Jack Reynolds, Tj Toyozaki

Electronic Camerapersons

Robert Bejjani, Bryan Brousseau, Phil Carr, Dany Dagher, Stan Fisher, Wilfredo Garcia, Donovan Gilbuena, Matt Greene, Joseph Griffith, Joseph Patrick Hally, Erik Hemans, David Liebling, Paul McKenna, Christian Meyers, Ryan Naughton, Robert O'Reilly, Jon Pijnen, Richard Pitpit, Kelvin Rozzi, Brandon Tait, Adam Troeger, William Vantwoud, Eli Wiles

Graphics Operators

Duncan Bochicchio, Geoff Carpenter, Nick Crawford, Dragomir Dragomir, Blair Gresky, Davida Ibarra, Sarah Mann, Amy Nelson, Breanne Oliver, Alex Seflinger Lighting Directors

Keith Averett, Bradford Bettencourt, Daryl Bowen, Mark Carver, James Alexander Crump, Arman David, Travis Gillespie, Jeffry Gregson, Gilbert Lanto, Luke Maslen, Mike Pagan, Ben Starett, Mike Wellman

Senior Audio Engineers

Chris Allan, Joe Carpenter, Chris Clark, Craig Lapsley, Paul Lydon, Glenn Stilwell, Eddie Verstreate

Audio Engineers

Dave Bjornson, Kevin Burns, Hugo Caviedes, Diego De Pietri, Fulton Dingley, Matt Downing, Brad Gilderman, Steven Gregan, Johno Harries, Jay Hayes, Joel Kroning, David Loudoun, Guillermo Marin, Justin McClellan, Dean McNally, James Mitchell, Julie Morgan, William Picciano, Charles Prise, Mike Rew, Elliot Roberts, Karam Saad, Matthew Schwartz, Leland Walker, Ramzi Zeidan

Audio Assistants

James Baglino, Brian Bessinger, Tracy Campbell Briggs, Brandon Dew, Doug Edge, Ricky Elders Jr., Jeffrey Feltz, Allie Gaffoor, Louis James, Lisa Kolisnyk, Adam Lawrence, Mike Rotolo, Natalie Sigmon, Jean Tannous, Chris Ward

Digital Replay Operators

Greg Albrecht, John Augi, Josh Barajas, Eric Breese, Ruben Corona, Nykk Franklin, Saleem Haana, Neal Houska, Ryan Luli, Steve Mahr, Todd Mole, Luis Sanchez, Brett Shirley, Toly Skuratovskiy, Tom Slezak, Aaron Snyder, Dan Song, Sefer Turk

Video Engineers

Carlos Aguilar, Ric Allen, Gabby Almeida, Ahmed Altweineh, Michael Angeles, Joshua Anker, Ryan Appeson, Nick Barrows, Pete Bartley, George Bashour, Russel Beck, Tai Bi, Duke Bishop, Matthew Canter, Mark Cheer, Douglas Chin, Daniel Clark, Vance Clissold, Andrew Cohen, Gregory Cox, Cameron Croft, Corey Culp, Mike Davies, David Decordova, Aaron Fortin, Charles Fox, Spencer Fredricksen, Dan Garcia, Rondie Gibbs, Jack Gilham, Noah Gusdorff, Bill Harder, Alex Hertle, Eddie Hobin, Zac Houser, Daryl Howard, Craig Hughes, Lee Hunter, Erin Hurley, James Hutcheson, Gwilym Huws, Whan Je, Eric Kludt, Hikaru Kudo, Chance Kulis, Robert Kunesh, Kimberly Lane, Zsolt Libor, Lawrence Loh, Jonathan MacChi, Shannon Martellaro, Jim McCoy, Manuel Melo, Zach Misino, Tom Moon, Jim Morris, Robert Morrison, Brent Mortara, George Nour, David Novak, Helder Oliviera,
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