Sports Emmys To Honor David Hill With Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will present David Hill with a Lifetime Achievement honor at the 46th Annual Sports Emmy Awards ceremony in May.
Hill has spent a lifetime in the medium as a journalist, documentary producer/director, Emmy Award-winning sports producer and executive, as well as a network chief and independent producer.
In late 1993, after Fox gained the rights to televise the NFL’s NFC package, Rupert Murdoch dispatched Hill to the U.S. to serve as the first President of Fox Sports. He launched the division in just eight months. In addition, Hill created football’s on-field first-down marker and the now ubiquitous constant score and clock graphic (or Fox Box).
Hill also directly or indirectly oversaw the launch of Fox Sports Net, FoxSports.com, Big Ten Network and Fox Sports 1, among others. Hill was described by Murdoch as a “dynamic and imaginative leader who...
Hill has spent a lifetime in the medium as a journalist, documentary producer/director, Emmy Award-winning sports producer and executive, as well as a network chief and independent producer.
In late 1993, after Fox gained the rights to televise the NFL’s NFC package, Rupert Murdoch dispatched Hill to the U.S. to serve as the first President of Fox Sports. He launched the division in just eight months. In addition, Hill created football’s on-field first-down marker and the now ubiquitous constant score and clock graphic (or Fox Box).
Hill also directly or indirectly oversaw the launch of Fox Sports Net, FoxSports.com, Big Ten Network and Fox Sports 1, among others. Hill was described by Murdoch as a “dynamic and imaginative leader who...
- 2/6/2025
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
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