Darrell Ewalt

Darrell Ewalt was a television executive who oversaw sports and live events as vice president and executive producer of event programming and production for AXS TV, the company owned by billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban. 

During his 15 years with AXS TV, formerly known as HDNet, Ewalt also served as executive producer of AXS TV Fights, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Inside MMA.

Ewalt died on December 11, 2016, in Miami, Florida. He was 58.

In a release at the time of his passing, the network noted: “Ewalt played an integral role in HDNet’s success as the first HD network in the world to cover television broadcasts in HD. As a result of his great efforts, in 2002, during his tenure with HDNet, Ewalt won an Emmy Award for the production of the first-ever high-definition Olympics broadcast at the Salt Lake Winter Games.”