
2023 Sports Emmys: Telemundo Deportes' Eli Velazquez on Delivering Copa Mundial During the 2022 FIFA World Cup The studio show was awarded the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish By Kristian Hern ndez, Senior Editor
Thursday, May 25, 2023 - 11:02 am
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The United States Men's National Team, as well as multiple Spanish-speaking countries, made a deep run for the trophy at the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup. From the first match to Argentina's claim for the ultimate prize, Telemundo Deportes kept their audience engaged with daily programming, including Copa Mundial de la FIFA Qatar 2022, from their studio set at the popular Souq Waqif in Doha. On Monday night, the network took home the 2023 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish.
At the ceremony, Telemundo Deportes' Executive Vice President, Sports, Eli Velazquez, recounts the special meaning that the show had on not only his production and operations teams but the countless number of fans that tuned in throughout the tournament.
Those credited on the project included:
Executive Producers
Roberto Pardo, Claudio Prizont, Christopher Suarez Meyers, Eli Velazquez, Ray Warren
Coordinating Producers
Ivel Alfaro-Calvo, Enrique Bertran, Adrian Costas, Igino Mancini
Senior Producers
Juan Sebastian Fernandez, Jaime Pen alosa Chapaprieta, Adriano Roig
Supervising Producers
Veronica Bornacelli, Ivan Carrillo, Diego Cichero, Denise Contreras, Susana Matin Del Campo
Producers
Juan Barsanti, Victor Bermudez, Richard Borjas, Shaw Brown, Enrique Castillo, Edgardo Corradetti, Mauro Dall'agnese, Elsie De Marziani, Joaquin Duro, Jose Luis Espinosa, Ernesto Espinosa, Felix Farin as, Gaston Fernandez, Facundo Gioffre, Ian Guinzburg, Christian Hernandez, Susana Loor, Miguel Lorenzo, Eduardo Malarria, Abraham Mendoza, Damaris Palma, Maria Cristina Pinilla, Ana Carolina Ramos, Diego Reyes, Abel Reyes, Joe Rodriguez, Tatiana Rodriguez, Randy Romero, Agustina Tellez, Carlos Uzcategui, Claudia Vasquez, Luis Villegas, Indira Yanes, Edgar Yan ez
Feature Producers
Javier Castro, Maria Garcia, Gerardo Vargas
Segment Producers
Marina Ayuso, Mariana Carles Villegas, John Furlong, Brandon Glass
Field Producers
Jose Collazo, Carlos Garcia, Armando Riviere, Ivan Rodriguez, Arturo Trejo
Directors
Jose Corzo, Andres Garcia, Gilberto Rivera
Senior Associate Producers
Jorge Estrada, Alejandro Flores, Alexander Fraga, Maria Sofia Muller, Omar Padilla
Associate Producers
Carlos Contreras, Rodrigo Meyemberg Ortega, Priscilla Rojas
Operations Producers
Aldo Benitez, Lillian Cereghino, Orangel Lara, Tania Torrez, Bettina Vecchi
Associate Directors
Patty Ensenat, Jose Sainz
Reporters
Pablo Aguabella, Veronica Brunati, Karim Mendiburu, Diana Rincon, Carlos Yustis
Stage Managers
Aiante Carro, Mirtha Cruz
Hosts
Miguel Gurwitz, Carlos Hermosillo, Ana Jurka, Carlota Vizmanos
Analysts
Copan Alvarez, Eduardo Biscayart, Jorge Calvo, Andres Cantor, Sammy Sadovnik, Manuel Sol
For more of SVG's coverage of the 2023 Sports Emmys, visit SVG's YouTube channel. For more, video interviews, and podcasts with experts from across the sports video production industry, visit SVG On Demand and SVG PLAY.
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