John J. Filippelli Email & Phone Number

John J. Filippelli, one of the most influential and most respected executives in all of sports television, is responsible for every aspect of the critically acclaimed on-air content for the YES Network, the pre-eminent RSN in the nation. He is the only person in sports broadcasting history known to have earned more than 100 national Emmy nominations as well as more than 100 local Emmy nominations, and is one of a select few producers who have held senior positions in the truck as well as management. Filippelli’s mantra? “The way we cover a game is almost as important as the game itself, because the imagery and commentary we provide become lasting memories for our viewers.” Filippelli joined YES as its first employee in September 2001. His task: to build, from scratch, all on-air elements of a television network just five months before its March 2002 launch. Under Filippelli’s stewardship, YES has received 460 NY Emmy Award nominations and has won over 100 NY Emmy Awards. Before YES, Filippelli excelled at producing an incredibly diverse slate of high-profile events on domestic and global stages: Olympic Games, MLB World Series and All-Star Games, Super Bowls, Monday Night Football, the Indianapolis 500, Wimbledon, NHL, PGA Tour, British Open golf, the BCS College Football Championship Series, ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and more. Filippelli was responsible for a number of “industry firsts,” such as being the first to utilize regular-speed instant replay and the first to display continuous on-screen pitch counts during baseball telecasts. At The Baseball Network, he coordinated every aspect of the simultaneous production of 14 MLB game telecasts on any given one night. Filippelli has been recognized for his achievements in and outside the industry. In May 2014, he received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from St. Thomas Aquinas College, and in April 2013, he was named Executive of the Year by New York University’s Sports Business Society.

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