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Thursday, March 6, 2025BBright's Guillaume Arthuis on The Latest Developments in Transport, Processing, and MonitoringAs the sports broadcasting industry continues to evolve at a breakneck pace, advanced media processing and monitoring solutions are more important than ever. From stadiums to broadcasters and service providers, BBright ensures the transport, processing, and monitoring of the most qualitative streams for the industry.
Founded in 2013, BBright has rapidly emerged as a leading provider of cutting-edge video technologies, catering to the evolving needs of the broadcast and media industry. From the very beginning, the company set out to develop innovative UHD solutions that would redefine the way video content is processed and delivered. Today, the company focuses on three key pillars: IP contribution (including encoders, decoders, and IP gateways), ingest and playout, and monitoring of 2110 and SRT streams for live production.
SVG sat down with BBright founder Guillaume Arthuis to discuss the company's solutions for high-end sports productions (including ST 2110, UHD, HDR, and Dolby Atmos), expanding its presence in North America (especially in the live sports sector), recent partnerships with Skyline DataMiner for orchestration at Fox and a collaboration with Jünger Audio for object-based audio solutions, and what to expect at the BBright booth at the 2025 NAB Show (W3650).Thursday, March 6, 2025Two Fresh Creative's Phil Guthrie on Designing Netflix's NFL Christmas Graphics PackageThe creative studio, Two Fresh Creative, is a trusted source for on-air graphic design for many of the major national broadcasters of the National Football League. Last season, though, brought the firm the exciting challenge of building the complete package for Netflix and their first doubleheader of games on Christmas Day.
Phil Guthrie, Executive Creative Director and Founder of Two Fresh spoke with our Brandon Costa about the unique opportunities that project provided and what makes designing for live NFL games such a fun effort.Friday, February 28, 2025Live From NHL Stadium Series: ESPN’s Jeff Dufine on Producing Outdoor Hockey at the HorseshoeFor the first time in the city of Columbus, OH, the NHL will once again go outdoors for a regular season game at historic Ohio Stadium. One of the most famous cathedrals in college football, the venue has played host to National Championship-winning programs and some of the most-watched games in the sport, but never hockey at its highest level.
From ESPN’s perspective as the lead domestic broadcaster, the network will be at the reigns for a fun night in Central Ohio. We caught up with ESPN’s lead game producer Jeff Dufine to highlight the significance of broadcasting a NHL contest from within these hallowed walls, the production tools at their disposal, how he and his colleague at the front bench – lead game director Doug Holmes – focuses on the game in a stadium filled with so many activations, and how the many years of working at the four-letter network allows staffers to work together in harmony.Friday, February 28, 2025BallerFX's Justin Peterson on Templating Graphics Design For High-End Performance, Reduced BurnoutThese days, sports graphic design requires a high volume of changes in the replication process. From colors to logos, imagery, names, numbers, and positions. And that doesn't take into account multiple boards or deliverables. How do you not burn out staff while meeting the growing demand of deliverables?
Justin Peterson, founder of the sports motion design company BallerFX shares how he helps establish a design that can easily be handed off to a marketing team to create, personalize, and render graphics for use across the entire organization.Thursday, February 27, 2025FOX Sports' Gary Hartley on the Newly Developed Graphics Package for Super Bowl LIXSuper Bowl LIX was a festive fixture that celebrated New Orleans and the two best teams in the NFL, and on the broadcast side, FOX Sports wanted to evoke the culture of the city and the party-like atmosphere surrounding the league's biggest game. The network accomplished this with a graphics package that was filled with nods to Mardi Gras and other iconography that symbolize the Crescent City.
At the 2025 SVG GFX Forum, Fox Sports' EVP/Creative Director Gary Hartley highlights the inspiration behind the package, how they brought both Bourbon Street and the Caesars Superdome to life with augmented-reality graphics, and how these on-air elements will change heading into next season and beyond.Tuesday, February 25, 2025CBS Sports' Craig Silver on Enhancing Storytelling With Augmented-Reality, Virtual-Reality GraphicsAfter many years as the home of college football in the Southeastern Conference, CBS Sports experienced a major change in 2024 with their first season of Big Ten games. A lot of their production elements remained the same, and one of these included an influx of augmented-reality and virtual-reality graphics.
At the 2025 SVG GFX Forum, CBS Sports' Coordinating Producer of College Football Craig Silver details what these graphics are bringing to the live broadcast, how this shift to covering a new conference prompted the network to bring a new on-air look to fans, and the short-term future of this workflow.Monday, February 24, 2025ESPN's Tim O’Shaughnessy Reflects On an Exciting Year of Live Sports Graphics DesignThe world of live graphics in the sports media ecosystem is one of the industry's most exciting segments. Innovation is happening fast.
ESPN's Creative Director and chair of the SVG Graphics Committee Tim O’Shaughnessy spoke with SVG's Jason Dachman about the big themes of the 2025 SVG GFX Forum, how virtual graphics are changing the game, and much more.Friday, February 7, 2025Super Bowl LIX: Philadelphia Eagles' Sarah Zangrilli on Grabbing Attention with Short-Form ContentThe Philadelphia Eagles have returned to their second Super Bowl in three seasons, and to chronicle this month's long journey to the biggest game on the calendar, the Digital and Social Media crew have found a sweet spot of short-form content that fires up the masses and showcases the personality of players on the roster.
In New Orleans, Philadelphia Eagles' VP, Digital Strategy, Sarah Zangrilli breaks down the excitement over the last week leading up to Sunday's game, why content made during the NFC Divisional and Championship Game was extremely popular with the fanbase, and what lifting the Lombardi Trophy would mean to the entire department.Thursday, February 6, 2025Kansas City Chiefs' Rob Alberino on Telling the Story Behind the Scenes of Another Super Bowl RunThe Kansas City Chiefs are going for a historic three straight championships at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. It's been another season to remember for Chiefs Kingdom and the club's internal media and production team has been there to shoot and produce thousands of pieces of content along the way.
Prior to Sunday's game, our Brandon Costa caught up with Rob Alberino, VP of Content and Production at the Kansas City Chiefs to discuss the content strategy for Super Bowl Week, reflect on some of the content highlights from the year (including a Hallmark Christmas Movie!), and his advice for aspiring content creators who dream of making it to this stage.Wednesday, February 5, 2025Super Bowl LIX: FOX Sports' Rod Conti on Bringing Studio Programming to the Center of Bourbon StreetMany places come to mind when you think of New Orleans, but many people would bring up Bourbon Street as their first answer. At the heart of the city's venerable French Quarter, this 13-block stretch has become synonymous with having a good time, listening to great music, and savoring a small sample of what the Big Easy has to offer. For FOX Sports' onsite studio programming of Super Bowl LIX, there is no better spot to be.
In New Orleans, we caught up with FOX Sports' VP, Remote Studio Operations, Rod Conti, to discuss the pre-planning and execution of this project, why it was important to be on this street, the production and tech elements that are making this endeavor possible, and more.Friday, January 31, 2025Dick Button: A TributeThe incomparable Dick Button – the face of figure skating on TV for more than 50 years – died on January 30 at the age of 95.
Button, a 1948 and ’52 Olympic Gold Medal winner, went on to become synonymous with commentating on his sport for both ABC and ESPN, starting with the 1960 Winter Games and continuing into 2010.
Button was a Class of 2015 inductee of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. This tribute video is from that induction ceremony.Thursday, January 30, 2025ProximaVision Aerospace Systems' Walter Raps on the Advantages of Tethered Drones for Live SportsAs the use of drones becomes more ubiquitous in live sports coverage, broadcasters are always looking for new and more efficient ways to utilize these valuable aerial-video tools. Enter ProximaVision Aerospace Systems, which offers broadcasters autonomous, remote operated cost-effective tether drone systems with military-grade durability.
Unlike battery-powered drones with limited flight time, Proxima’s tethered drone can theoretically stay airborne for up to 42 days – though 48 hours is the recommended max duration. The drone can serve as an alternative to costly aerial options for live sports coverage like blimps and fixed-wing aircrafts.
In this SVG New Sponsor Spotlight interview, the company's CTO Walter Raps – previously a longtime technology and engineering leader at CBS Sports – discusses how the company’s Air Ready tether aerial systems deliver 4K/IR cameras perspectives to local or remote production centers. The fiber-optic tether attached to the sUAS (small-unmanned aircraft systems) enables ultra-low latency, high-quality video transmission, allowing footage to be sent directly to the production truck as a camera source or live-streamed remotely. Proxima’s solution offers lower costs compared to traditional aerial solutions while delivering 4K video via 12G-SDI, HDMI, and, soon, SMPTE 2110. The drone and camera can also be controlled remotely, with initial tests showing successful operation from 800 miles away with minimal latency. And, the system offers both live streaming and direct camera-quality video transmission, providing flexibility for broadcast workflows.
Beyond live sports, ProximaVision’s sUAS’s can serve news and weather broadcast operations. In addition, the company is exploring use cases for communication relay, event security, and government applications, including border and port monitoring.Thursday, January 23, 2025NCI’s Scott Pentoney on the Latest Trends & Tech Behind Closed Captioning of Live Video ContentThe explosion of live content across the media and entertainment industry today only amplifies the importance of maintaining important technology initiatives aimed at inclusion. That includes important features like accurate and comprehensive closed captions.
The National Captioning Institute (NCI) are pioneers of this service in the United States. The nonprofit organization that provides real-time and off-line closed captioning, subtitling and translation, described video, web captioning, and Spanish captioning for television and films.
In this edition of the SVG New Sponsor Spotlight, we welcome NCI to the family by talking with Scott Pentoney, Technical Operations Manager at NCI to discuss the challenges of captioning live sports, how the technology is evolving, and how AI is becoming an increasingly smarter layer of the process.Thursday, January 23, 2025NEP Group's Dan Turk on the Industry's Continuous Switch to IP, Offering New Solutions to CustomersRanging from professional and collegiate to leagues and networks, sports-video-production teams of all shapes and sizes are integrating IP-based workflows into their existing infrastructures. One such company, NEP Group, is working closely with their partners in the industry to ease this transition.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, NEP America's CTO Dan Turk on his responsibilities in the U.S., how the company's expertise allows a smooth switch to IP-based environments, and how they're presenting new and existing solutions to their customers.Wednesday, January 22, 2025Ohio State's Ethan Miller on Creative Storytelling From Spring Practice to the National Title GameThe Ohio State Buckeyes are National Champions!
Events like the College Football Playoff are golden opportunities for athletic department creative teams to shine. Our Kristian Hernández spoke with Ohio State football’s director of creative media and branding Ethan Miller prior to the title game to dig into the experience.
In this talk, break down the long-form and short-form content made throughout the year for digital and social platforms, reflects on the some of the team's best posts, shares what it’s like to work with Head Coach Ryan Day and the players on a day-to-day basis, and offers a peek into the equipment that’s used to capture the pictures and videos seen on social media.Wednesday, January 22, 2025Inside PWHL Takeover Tour's Record-Setting Day in DenverIn its second season, the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) is taking its show on the road. In a series of nine games hosted in "neutral site" cities, the PWHL Takeover Tour is designed to expand the new league's reach and grow the game of women's hockey.
On January 12, a game between the Minnesota Frost and the Montréal Victoire drew a crowd of 14,018 to Denver’s Ball Arena, making it the most attended professional women's hockey game in the history of the United States. It was a special day for the sport that also made for great television.
In this edition of SVG Rewind, we speak with the front bench from the broadcast of that game - producer Katie Halter and director Amanda Smerage - about what goes into a PWHL broadcast, how things are different for Takeover Tour games, how they adjusted when the on-air announcers weren't able to make it to site due to flight issues, and what it meant to them to be the first all-female producer-director tandem for a PWHL broadcast.Tuesday, January 21, 2025Miami Heat's Kurt Doster on the Immediate Impact of Their New Control Room, Flame Ball CenterhungIt's been an incredible two-year transformation at the Miami Heat's Kaseya Center. Headlined by a recently renovated IP-based control room in 2023 and a new Flame Ball centerhung in 2024, the three-time NBA Champions are positioning themselves for a bright future in South Florida.
Miami Heat's Director of Arena Video Production, Kurt Doster, explains how the team has adapted to the new workflows in the control room and how their dynamic videoboard is adding a new wrinkle to their productions.Tuesday, January 21, 2025Program Productions' Bob Carzoli on Industry Vets Joining the Company, Expanding Through AcquisitionProgram Productions has made significant strides over the past year, but nothing exemplifies their progress more than two industry legends — former CBS Sports Chairman and Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Sean McManus and longtime ESPN executive Carol Stiff — joining their Board of Managers Advisory Committee.
Program Productions Chairman Bob Carzoli highlights the impact and expertise of these two individuals and how their company has expanded through numerous acquisitions made in 2024.Friday, January 17, 2025Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Sean McManus on the Authenticity of September 5 FilmSports and news coverage were forever changed after the 1972 Munich massacre. These events, as well as the expert and instinctual decisions made by the production team of ABC Sports, are chronicled in the film, September 5.
Former CBS Sports Chairman and Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Sean McManus — who is the son of Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Jim McKay— recounts his experience of being inside of the control room on that fateful day, how CBS Sports' facility in New York City prepared the cast for the film, and the moments in the film that stood out to him the most.Thursday, January 16, 2025Dome Productions' Mary Ellen Carlyle on Their New Home in Toronto, Launching Broadcasts for the PHWLDome Productions added three feathers to an already filled cap: they moved out of Rogers Centre and into a new facility in Toronto, helped launch productions for the re-imagined Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), and lifted Amazon's Monday Night Hockey in Canada off the ground.
Dome Productions' SVP and GM Mary Ellen Carlyle outlined their move away from their longtime home in the MLB Stadium, the work that went into these two new sports properties, and the innovations down the line in 2025.Tuesday, January 14, 2025NBC Sports & Olympics' Darryl Jefferson on the Beauty of Paris 2024, Packed 2025 With NBA's ReturnParis captivated the attention of the sports world this summer as the host city of the 2024 Summer Olympics. NBC Sports, who has served as the domestic broadcaster for many years, continued their history of stellar coverage from the Opening Ceremony on the Seine River to the Closing Ceremony in Stade de France.
NBC Sports and Olympics's SVP of Engineering and Technology, Darryl Jefferson, breaks down the high points and overall pageantry of the Games during their time in the City of Light, where they are in the planning process for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, and why 2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the company.Tuesday, January 14, 2025NEP Group's Josh Liemer on the Connected Solutions Rebrand, Another Season of MLS Season PassHeading into the new year, NEP Group renamed its domestic services and facilities into one cohesive brand. VISTA Worldlink, the South Florida-based company responsible for many remote productions and the backbone of Apple's MLS Season Pass, will now go by NEP Connected Solutions.
President of NEP Connected Solutions, Josh Liemer, explains why providing "connected solutions" brings more customer satisfaction, what went behind the rebrand and how it'll impact clients, and previews the plethora of projects in 2025.Monday, January 13, 2025Chicago Sports Network's Rob Shaw on Successful Launch in October, Connecting With Fans Through DTCThe landscape of regional sports network is changing, but despite the challenges that may lie ahead, this sector of the industry continues to adapt and evolve in order to survive. After sunsetting the NBC Sports Chicago brand in September 2024, the new Chicago Sports Network took its place to serve fans of the NHL's Blackhawks, MLB's White Sox, and NBA's Bulls.
Chicago Sports Network's Chief Revenue Officer Rob Shaw recaps the launch of the network in October, spotlights what fans can experience on their direct-to-consumer platform, and the most anticipated aspects of coverage in 2025.Friday, January 10, 2025CBS Sports' Jason Cohen on Starting 2024 With Super Bowl LVIII, Ending With Xmas Football on NetflixIt was another Super Bowl year for CBS Sports, and the network was treated to an overtime thriller in Las Vegas. Super Bowl LVIII wasn't the sole noteworthy football event on their docket as CBS Sports produced Netflix's inaugural Christmas Day doubleheader.
CBS Sports' SVP of Remote Technical Operations, Jason Cohen, relives the effort that went into the NFL's biggest game at Allegiant Stadium and the streamer's maiden voyage in the NFL, sheds light on the unexpectedness of working in the sports-video-production industry, and runs though the numerous productions on their plate over the next 12 months.Wednesday, January 8, 2025NFL's Chris Vassallo on Leveraging Tech to Enhance Replay and Adding Optical TrackingWith the NFL increasingly playing games overseas, it presents a unique challenge for the league to maintain its various tech enhancements and investments - from replay to player tracking, and more - across all stadiums.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Chris Vassallo, Director, Stadium Infrastructure & Football Technology at the NFL shares what's of top priority for the league and how they continue to find areas to invest to improve the live game experience.Wednesday, January 8, 2025NHL's Grant Nodine on Innovating Live Game Production in the CloudIn 2024, the NHL innovated in numerous areas of the live broadcast and overall workflow of video content and distribution. Perhaps, most notably, the work the league has done in the realm of live cloud production is making the most significant impact.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Grant Nodine, SVP, Technology at the NHL spoke about what the cloud is enabling, the league's work with AWS, and more.Wednesday, January 8, 2025PGA TOUR's Michael Raimondo on the Impact of Live Drone TracingA major innovation in the broadcasting of live golf has been the addition of AR-graphic-driven tracing of shots coming from a live drone.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Michael Raimondo, VP, Broadcast Technology at PGA TOUR Entertainment shares what goes into making that happen and why it's become a go-to shot for producers.Wednesday, January 8, 2025NBA's Barney Carleton on the Production Lessons Learned from All-Star and NBA Cup InnovationsThe NBA is always at the forefront of innovation in 2024, some of the most notable advancements and experimentations occurred at All-Star Weekend and in the NBA Cup.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Barney Carleton, Senior Director, Broadcast Planning and Strategy at the NBA shares what was learned, how challenging it is to put video into an interactive basketball court, and much more.Wednesday, January 8, 2025NBC Sports' Molly Solomon on Covering the Fast-Paced Paris Games, What's to Come in Milano-CortinaLess than five years ago, NBC Sports was operating under stringent COVID-related guidelines to produce broadcasts of both the postponed 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Fast forward to this past summer, and the network enjoyed a pre-pandemic atmosphere with behind-the-scenes access to the athletes and the thrill of packed crowds in Paris.
NBC Sports' Executive Producer & President of NBC Olympics Production, Molly Solomon, speaks about how this return to normalcy revitalized their coverage, how the introduction of Gold Zone on Peacock became a must-watch product, and the excitement that's building for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina.Tuesday, January 7, 2025Chicago Sports Network's Rob Shaw on the New RSN's GoalsThe newest Regional Sports Network in the industry launched this fall with the debut of the Chicago Sports Network.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Rob Shaw, Chief Revenue Officer of Chicago Sports Network talks about what went into the launch and how the RSN hopes to innovate.Tuesday, January 7, 2025MSG Networks' David Schafer on the New York RSN's New XR StudioNew York-based MSG Networks has turned into the studio for its latest push for broadcast innovation, investing in the construction of a new XR studio.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, David Schafer, SVP Product, Technology & Operations at MSG Networks shares what went into that project and how the usage of it has gone so far.Tuesday, January 7, 2025MLB's Doug Johnson on Bringing National-Level Production Tools to In-Market TelecastsMajor League Baseball's Local Media division has taken on the unique task of producing and distributing live in-market game broadcasts of numerous clubs with the portfolio expanding this offseason.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Doug Johnson, SVP and Executive Producer, Local Media for MLB shared how it has offered a fun challenge of bringing levels of production innovation normally reserved for national broadcasts to a regional telecast. Also, what's been a hit and what's next?Tuesday, January 7, 2025NBC Sports Bay Area's Devon Fox on Innovating the Live Game Broadcast with Budgets TighteningIt's no secret that the regional sports network industry is facing trying financials waters, but that hasn't kept a network like NBC Sports Bay Area continuing to innovate on its live game broadcasts, particularly those of MLB's San Francisco Giants and the NBA's Golden State Warriors.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Devon Fox, Senior Director of Live Events & Special Projects at NBC Sports Bay Area & California shares how her team manages budgets while still delivering a top-flight live game production.Tuesday, January 7, 2025Game Creek Video's Pat Sullivan on Rolling Out New Trucks for NFL Games on ESPN, FOX Sports in 2025Game Creek Video always strives to make additions to its already packed fleet of production trucks, and 2025 will be no exception. Making their presence felt on ESPN's Monday Night Football and FOX Sports' top-tier NFL games next season, these trucks will hit the road in the early part of the calendar.
Game Creek Video's President Pat Sullivan provides a preview of these new mobile units, outlines both sports-related and non-sports-related work ahead in the coming year, and comments on how trends like cloud-based workflows and remote production will play a role in their business.Monday, January 6, 2025ESPN's Tina Thornton Points to "The Simpsons Funday Football" as Her Highlight of 2024At a company as busy as ESPN, picking the most innovative or impactful broadcast of the year is a daunting task, however, the network ended 2024 with a bang with a pair of animated alternate broadcasts in "The Simpsons Funday Football" and "Dunk the Halls."
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Tina Thornton, EVP, Creative Studio and Marketing for ESPN reflected on why this flavor of alternate broadcast is so intriguing for the the future of the live sports industry.Monday, January 6, 2025MLB Network's Jason Hedgcock on the Lasting Broadcast Impact of the 2024 Seoul SeriesThe 2024 Major League Baseball season was full of highlights from a special game celebrating the Megro Leagues at Rickwood Field in Alabama to a star-studded, bi-coastal clash in the World Series.
From a broadcast perspective, however, one of the more critical moments came right at the start of the season when the league hosted the first two games of the regular season (between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers) in Seoul, South Korea.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Jason Hedgcock, Senior Director, Remote Technical Operations at MLB Network shared how the workflows used to broadcast those games around the world are changing how his network plans for future events.Monday, January 6, 2025CBS Sports' Jason Cohen on How Super Bowl LVIII Was a Comeback Party for the Legacy NetworkSuper Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas was a massive party and clearly one of the major highlights of the 2024 sports calendar in the United States. For CBS Sports, it was a huge achievement and, in many ways, a reemergence for CBS Sports who last broadcast a Super Bowl during the COVID lockdowns.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Jason Cohen, SVP, Remote Technical Operations for CBS Sports explains why the 2024 Super Bowl was such an important event for the busy CBS staff.Monday, January 6, 2025MLB Network's Jason Hedgcock on Integrating Cloud-Based, Non-Traditional Workflows to Streamline OpsStarting their 2024 regular season in Seoul, South Korea and producing a number of events outside of the United States, Major League Baseball has become a league without borders. Throughout these productions, MLB Network has been there every step of the way to assist their international rightsholders.
MLB Network's Senior Director of Remote Technical Operations, Jason Hedgcock, details how cloud-based workflows allowed these global broadcasts to be done efficiently and how they've integrated non-traditional methods of production to streamline their efforts.Friday, January 3, 2025NEP Broadcast Services' Mike Werteen on Budgets Challenges Also Facing International MarketsMany of the financial challenges facing the live sports production business in the United States are also happening globally.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, NEP Broadcast Services' Global President Mike Werteen shares how his compnay is continuing to invest in making the biggest shows bigger while much of the innovation is happening at the Tier 3 and Tier 4 level.Friday, January 3, 2025Game Creek Video's Pat Sullivan on Investing in At-Home Production Workflows and FacilitiesAs the budgets of sports broadcasters tighten in the wake of rising rights feeds and general inflation, a big segment of the industry is turning to at-home production workflows to reduce travel, maximize staff, and streamline gear-usages.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Game Creek Video's President Pat Sullivan shares how investing smartly in at-home production workflows has been critical to both helping clients trim budget and maintain the health of the truck business.Friday, January 3, 2025How Remote Production Companies are Helping Sports Broadcasters Battle the Budget "Squeeze"In live sports production, Tier 1 shows are getting bigger while other shows regularly see their budgets getting pinched. How are mobile production facility providers responding to this tough reality?
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Dome Productions' SVP and GM Mary Ellen Carlyle, and Program Productions' Chairman Robert Carzoli offer their takes on facilities, staffing, and saving money.Friday, January 3, 2025Mobile TV Group's Nick Garvin on Innovating to Help Clients Combat Budget SqueezesAs sports broadcast professionals are asked to do more with less, the onus on developing infrastructure solutions falls on the shoulders of the remote production industry.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Mobile TV Group's CEO Nick Garvin expressed how innovation is the key to either elevating the viewing experience or saving money and how that's hi favorite part of his job.Thursday, January 2, 2025PGA TOUR's Mike Raimondo on the Opening of Their Huge New Media Production FacilityThe PGA TOUR’s 2025 season gets underway with The Sentry tournament Jan. 2-5 in Maui, HI. For the sports-production community, the real action is more than 4,600 miles away at the newly opened PGA TOUR Studios in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. The 165,000-sq.-ft building will transform not only PGA TOUR operations but the way content is produced and distributed for fans around the world.
Mike Raimondo, VP, Broadcast Technology at the PGA TOUR spoke with SVG's Brandon Costa about the highlights of the facility, how it will enable the league to execute a new "world feed" production, and how this all takes golf to a new media world.Monday, December 23, 2024ESPN's Tina Thornton on Producing The Simpsons Funday Football, Dunk the Halls Alternative BroadcastThe holiday season has been filled with alternative broadcasts, but none is more suited for this time of year than ESPN's Dunk the Halls animated broadcast between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs on Christmas Day. The matchup at noon ET will feature the roster of both teams, along with everyone's favorite Disney characters, on a recreated version of the court on Main Street, USA.
ESPN's EVP, Creative Studio and Marketing, Tina Thornton previews what lies ahead for the NBA game, reflects on the work that went into The Simpsons Funday Football, and how their commitment to alternative broadcasts ties into the network's larger direct-to-consumer approach.Friday, December 20, 2024LTN's Colin Moran on Enabling Customers to Maintain Higher Content VisibilityThe sports-video-production industry is ultra competitive, and broadcasters are always looking for ways to stand out amongst the rest. With the help of LTN, clients are able to achieve the quality that they seek and expand their reach through other avenues of productions like second-screen experiences.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, LTN's VP of Production Products, Colin Moran, breaks down how they're allowing their customers to maintain a higher rate of visibility, why it's important to attend these networking and industry-driven events, and more.Friday, December 20, 2024Tata Communications' Elio Parente on Tapping Into the Company's Media Cloud InfrastructureSince acquiring The Switch in May 2023, Tata Communications has continued to merge their own services with The Switch's expertise in the business to greater a much stronger and cohesive entity.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Tata Communications Global Head of Solutions Architecture, Elio Parente, to discuss how this acquisition is paying dividends nearly two years later, how this combined effort is strengthening their Media Cloud Infrastructure, and how facilities like Victory Studios in Los Angeles as well as other new workflows will propel the company to success in 2025.Thursday, December 19, 2024Actor John Magaro Studied CBS Sports on NFL Sundays to Prepare For His Role in September 5While preparing for his role in the Golden Globe-nominated film September 5, actor John Magaro visited the control room of CBS Sports on NFL Sundays to ensure he researched an authentic recreation of a live sports control room environment.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Magaro shared what he learned from those visits, why it wasn't nearly as loud as he expected it to be, and how it helps shape the film's feel.Thursday, December 19, 2024Geoffrey Mason, Sean McManus on ABC Sports Remaining in Control of the Munich Massacre CoverageWhen a hostage situation turned ABC Sports' coverage of the 1972 Munich Olympics into a hard news situation, ABC executives wanted to turn the story over to its news division. The iconic Roone Arledge didn't let it happen.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, former ABC Sports producer Geoffrey Mason and
the retired chairman of CBS Sports Sean McManus - the son of broadcaster Jim McKay, who was on-air reporting during the Munich Massacre - shared what that negotiation was like and if they still agree with that decision today.Thursday, December 19, 2024Geoffrey Mason on How He Got Involved in the Production of September 5A young ABC Sports producer at the time, Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Geoffrey Mason and his colleagues were thrust into a dynamic and dramatic situation when the events of the Munich Massacre unfolded at the 1972 Olympics.
Now the subject of a Golden Globe-nominated feature film, Mason reflects on how he got involved in this retelling of the day from the unique perspective of a sports broadcasting control room during a panel discussion at the 2024 SVG Summit.Thursday, December 19, 2024Actor John Magaro on Playing the Role of Geoffrey Mason in September 5In the new Golden Globe-nominated motion picture, September 5, actor John Magaro plays the role of upstart producer Geoffrey Mason as the ABC Sports control room navigates broadcasting the events of the Munich Massacre.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Magaro shared what he wanted to capture in embodying Mason and how he wanted to be a part of a story that honored the legacies of those involved in a horrible day.