Television director and producer Tony Verna, who revolutionized live sports coverage with the invention of instant replay more than 50 years ago, has died. His daughter Tracy Soiseth tells The Associated Press her father died Sunday at his Palm Desert home from acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He was 81. Verna produced and/or directed more than two dozen television events during his career, beginning in 1955 with Baseball Game Of The Week With Dizzy Dean. He directed four…...
- 1/19/2015
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline TV
The veteran producer’s 1963 innovation for CBS changed sports broadcasting forever
(Updated on Jan. 19 at 12.45 pm Pst with a statement from DGA president Paris Barclay.)
Tony Verna, the man who invented instant replay for CBS Sports television, died Sunday in Palm Desert, CBS reported. He was 81.
The veteran producer and director of television sports and entertainment specials died on the same day as his innovations were enjoyed by a national audience viewing the NFL Division Championships, with the winners of the two division games headed for the Super Bowl.
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Verna’s hallmark...
(Updated on Jan. 19 at 12.45 pm Pst with a statement from DGA president Paris Barclay.)
Tony Verna, the man who invented instant replay for CBS Sports television, died Sunday in Palm Desert, CBS reported. He was 81.
The veteran producer and director of television sports and entertainment specials died on the same day as his innovations were enjoyed by a national audience viewing the NFL Division Championships, with the winners of the two division games headed for the Super Bowl.
Also Read: Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2015 (Photos)
Verna’s hallmark...
- 1/19/2015
- by City News Service
- The Wrap
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