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Sunday, June 16th, 2013

COMCAST SPORTSNET WINS EIGHT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EMMY AWARDS

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (June 15, 2013) – The San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has honored Comcast SportsNet Bay Area and Comcast SportsNet California with eight Emmy Awards.  The Emmy Awards were presented tonight at the 42nd Annual Northern California Area Emmy Awards at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square.

The awards recognized excellence in television and on-line production throughout the 2012 calendar year.  Since 1990, the network has won 72 Northern California Emmy Awards.

The Emmy Awards presented to Comcast SportsNet are as follows:

Sporting Event/Game-Live/Unedited-Program/Special

“Giants Baseball,” Comcast SportsNet Bay Area

DAVID KOPPETT, Executive Producer; JEFF KUIPER, Producer; DEVON FOX,

JOSEPH T. WASHINGTON II, Coordinating Producers; DANIEL PETERSON,

Associate Producer; JAMES P. LYNCH, Director; DAVE FLEMMING,

DUANE KUIPER, JON MILLER, AMY U. GUTIERREZ, Talent

 

On-Camera Talent-Sports/Play by Play/Analyst

“San Francisco Giants Baseball,” Comcast SportsNet Bay Area

DUANE KUIPER, Play-By-Play; MIKE KRUKOW, Analyst;

AMY U. GUTIERREZ, Sideline Reporter

 

On-Camera Talent-Sports-Anchor/Reporter

“Brazil Composite,” Comcast SportsNet Bay Area

BRODIE BRAZIL, Sports Anchor/Reporter

 

Documentary

“The Town Game,” Comcast SportsNet California

MATT ABRAMS, Producer; KEITH MANGLONA, STEVEN UHALDE,

Photographers; ERIC RABINOWITZ, Editor

 

Sports-One-Time Special

 “The Final Cut: 2012 Oakland Athletics,” Comcast SportsNet California

ALEXA MAREMAA, Producer; KATE LONGWORTH, Reporter;

STEVEN UHALDE, Videographer; SEAN S. DAY, Editor

 

Sports-Program Feature/Segment

 “Love, Honor and Basketball: Remembering Jim Capoot,” Comcast SportsNet Bay Area

MICHELLE BOWKER, ALEXEI GOPNIK-LEWINSKI, Producers;

STEVEN UHALDE, Photographer; ERIC RABINOWITZ, Video Editor

 

Sports-Daily or Weekly Program/Series

“Inside the Clubhouse: Orange October: NLCS,” Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/SFG Productions

CHRISTOPHER GARGANO, PAUL HODGES III, THOMAS MCDONALD,

Executive Producers; MATTHEW MCKEE, Producer/Video Editor;

TORIN SIMPSON, Senior Editor; BLAKE WILBERDING, Video Editor

 

Commercial-Single Spot or Campaign

“The Pledge of the Kings Guard,” Comcast SportsNet California/Sacramento Kings

CRAIG E. AMAZEEN, Producer/Writer; CHRIS MURRAY, Producer/Editor

 

NBC Sports Regional Networks, part of the NBC Sports Group, consists of 13 local networks that deliver more than 2,400 sporting events annually, along with breaking news and comprehensive analysis, to more than 50 million cable and satellite homes. The NBC Sports Regional Networks are: Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, Comcast SportsNet California, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Comcast SportsNet Houston, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Comcast SportsNet New England, Comcast SportsNet Northwest, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, CSS and SNY. NBC Sports Regional Networks also manages NECN (New England Cable News), the nation’s largest regional news network, and The Comcast Network, based in Philadelphia and Washington, which delivers community-oriented programming. For more information, see ComcastSportsNet.com.

 

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