Fox Sports Net Honored With 3 New England Emmy Awards

Regional Sports Leader Takes Home Emmys for Sports Play-by-Play, Non-News Promotional Announcement and Non-News Promotional Campaign

BOSTON, MA – FOX Sports Net won 3 Emmy Awards last evening at the 23rd Annual Boston/New England Emmy Awards Ceremony at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. Nominated for 10 Emmys in 7 categories, the New England Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented 3 Awards to FOX Sports Net. Steve Reagan, Vice President of Programming and Executive Producer for FOX Sports Net New England, made the announcement.


“FOX Sports Net is proud that our Boston Celtics production team has been recognized by their peers and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences,” said Reagan. “This is the third consecutive year that FOX Sports Net has been awarded the Emmy for best play-by-play sports coverage, and it is a result of the talent, hard work and commitment to quality television of the people involved with our production efforts. FOX Sports Net received Emmy awards in both the Non-news Promotional Announcement category and the Non-news Promotional Campaign category, recognizing the creativity and high quality of production of the Marketing and On-Air Promotion efforts of the network.”


FOX Sports Net won Emmy Awards for the following:


    Outstanding Sports Play-by-Play:
  • “Boston Celtics Basketball”


    Outstanding Non-News Promotional Announcement:
  • “Steve Lyons Launch”


    Outstanding Non-News Promotional Announcement Campaign:
  • “Beauty, Grace, Madness” (New England Revolution)


FOX Sports Net recently received a Promax nomination for its New England Revolution, “Beauty, Grace and Madness” promotional campaign. This campaign also won two Telly Awards this past April.


FOX Sports Net is a service of National Sports Partners. Equally owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. and FOX Entertainment Group, FOX Sports Net now reaches more than 70 million homes nationwide. Rainbow Sports, a division of Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc., has dedicated itself to “Home Team” fans for more than 20 years. Rainbow Sports incorporates all of Rainbow Media’s sports assets, including: its 50 percent ownership of FOX Sports Net and FOX Sports National Advertising; majority ownership of Madison Square Garden Properties; and the ownership and management of FOX Sports Net regional networks in five of the nation’s largest markets – Chicago, New England, Florida, New York, Ohio and San Francisco.

Contact:

Dan Donovan
FOX Sports Net
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