Robert Rixon Email & Phone Number

Rothley, England, United Kingdom

Reigate

I began Unit Managing in August of 2014. Within my first year I worked across many of Arena's contracts: Goodwood Revival, ITV Champions League Football, ITV Europa League Football, ITV England International Football, ITV Rugby World Cup Pres coverage and the BBC's 2014/15 FA Cup Coverage (from Round 1 to the Final, including Highlights and Live OB's).During my second year I covered: BT Premiership Football and BBC FA Cup (Round 1 to the Final, including Highlights and Live OB's). BBC FA Cup Football Focus on the Road, FA Cup Draws, BBC Wales/S4C 6 Nations U20's Rugby, BBC Wales Football Wales v Netherlands, BBC NI Pro12 Rugby, ITV England International Football, ITV Euro 2016 Studio Paris, Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Goodwood Revival.My third year was spent covering: BBC FA Cup Round 1 to the Final, including Highlights and Live OB's; BBC FA Cup Football Focus on the Road; BBC Wales/S4C 6 Nations Rugby Murrayfield; and Sky Sports Rugby Union which included Autumn Internationals, Pro12, EPCR, Champions Cup and U20's 6 Nations.My fourth year I covered: BBC FA Cup Round 1 to the Final, including Highlights and Live OB's. BBC FA Cup Football Focus on the Road, Sky Sports Rugby Union including Pro14, EPCR, Champions Cup, BT Community Shield, The Olivier's Awards Red Carpet, BT UHD Speedway, BT UHD National League Football, BBC Countryfile One Man and His Dog, BBC Wales Pro14, S4C 6 Nations International Rugby, EE Wembley Cup 2018, BBC Midnight Mass 2018.Year 5: BBC FA Cup Round 1 to the Final, including Highlights, MOTD Lives and UHD Semi Final and Final. BBC Wales Premiership Rugby. Lead UM BBC Events D-Day75 Portsmouth. UHD and HD Host Broadcaster WRU Rugby, Wales v England, Wales v Ireland. BBC MOTD2. Year 6: Lead Unit Manager for the BBC FA Cup 2019-20 season. BBC Wales U20 6 Nations Rugby.

Upon joining Arena from CTV, I began working on their ITV Champions League Football coverage. Alongside this, I was Rigging Supervisor for their Europa League coverage across the 2012/13 season including the Final at the Amsterdam and the Europa 2013/14 season. I covered numerous England International Football including several as Rigging Supervisor in Moldova and Montenegro. I was Rigging Supervisor for ITV’s coverage of the 2013 FA Cup Final and was a member of Arena’s Euro 2012 Rigging Team in the Ukraine.As well as numerous football rigs, my role covered Boxing, Glastonbury, D-Day 70 and various other LE broadcasts with Arena.

I spent 1 year working on Sky Sports Cricket coverage, covering both TX crew and pre/de-rig crews. From 2007 to 2010, I spent 4 seasons on the pre-rig and de-rig crews of CTV’s European Tour Golf contract. Covering golf courses all over the UK, Europe, Morocco, Russia, UAE and Qatar. At CTV I also worked on numerous LE Broadcasts including; The Brit awards, BAFTA’s and various Music Festivals.

London, United Kingdom

A Levels

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