John Murphy

Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards

26 November 2026
The Brewery, London

Judges

John Murphy

Design Director, BBC Sport

As Design Director for BBC Sport John leads on the branding, visual presentation and graphical innovation across all platforms and sports for the department. This includes; World Cup, Euros, Match of the Day, Olympics, Wimbledon and many more. John has placed a large importance and driven the use of XR, VR and AR being used to innovate and create a visual identity which compliments the editorial of the programme/event and the overall visual presentation and brand.

Everybody sees what happens on the screen and what goes out, but there's so much work and effort goes into production, the preplanning and making these things happen, to be recognised for that work that goes on preproduction is amazing!
Richard Wormwell
dock10
Being able to show those unsung heroes within the technical innovation space is a really important achievement and it's a great awards to be part of...
David Harnett
Timeline TV
To recognise people that do stuff that isn't normally recognised, you know it's normally the hosts, the executive producers and the creative directors, but yeah the technical stuff makes it happen!
Lisa Edwards
Studio Ramsay
We're such an important industry to the country, and to everyone we serve from our clients to everyone at home, and there's a huge amount of work that's gone into the last couple of years innovation wise and it's great to be recognised.
Jai Cave
Envy Post Production