UFL Hires Top Level Television Director & Producer for UFL Telecasts on VERSUS
May 7, 2009 - United Football League (UFL 1) News Release
RUTHERFORD, NJ (May 7, 2009) - The United Football League has hired two top television executives to oversee the UFL's production of its live game telecasts that will air in high-definition on VERSUS, a national sports network in more than 75 million homes. John Gonzalez will serve as director and Peter Lasser as producer for the League's broadcasts of its "Premiere" season.
"The quality of our production team reflects the professional attitude the UFL will bring to all of our nationally televised games," said Frank Vuono, COO of the UFL. "The integrity of the game is paramount and the experience and professionalism of our television executives further indicates our desire to partner with the 'best in the business' to produce a quality product both on and off the field."
VERSUS will air live weekly games beginning on Thursday, October 8, and continuing through the Championship Game scheduled to air Thanksgiving weekend. All games will air live and will be produced and shown in HD where available. The complete schedule will be announced this summer.
Gonzalez is considered to be one of the top sports directors in the country and has directed broadcasts for 22 seasons with the NFL on NBC, four seasons of Arena Football, 13 seasons of Notre Dame Football and 15 Orange Bowls. Gonzalez was the lead director of four Super Bowls (nine in total), has directed three Super Bowl halftime shows and has been involved with nine Olympic Games.
Lasser, a ten-time National Sports Emmy Award winner, brings a wealth of experience to the UFL having produced sports and entertainment programming for NBC Sports, CBS Sports, Fox Sports Net and ESPN. He has been involved in 10 Olympic Games, served as senior coordinating producer for Turner Sports for NFL on TNT and NBA on TNT and has produced the Jaguars pre-season games and the NFL Quarterback Challenge.
Frank Vuono, along with Mike Trager, the League's television and broadcast consultant, will executive produce the nationally televised games on VERSUS.
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