SVG Summit 2024
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 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.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.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, 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 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.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, 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.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.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.Thursday, December 19, 2024NBC Olympics' Molly Solomon, Joe Gesue on the Philosophy Behind Programming the Primetime BlockAs viewer's habits change, primetime on NBC remains a cornerstone of NBC Olympics coverage. That fact was still true at the successful 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Joe Gesue, SVP, Olympics & Paralympics Programming and Executive Editor for NBC Sports and Molly Solomon, Executive Producer & President and NBC Olympics Production explained their strategy behind Primetime and what they learned this time around.Thursday, December 19, 2024NBC Olympics' Darryl Jefferson on Experimenting With Cloud Production During the Paris GamesThe Paris Olympics were a broadcast technology triumph but even at an event as massive as this, some experimentation was going on inside the NBC Sports team.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Darryl Jefferson, SVP, Engineering and Technology for NBC Sports and Olympics offered a peek at some work his did behind-the-scenes in cloud production and how it could impact future Games.Thursday, December 19, 2024NBC Olympics Amy Rosenfeld, Darryl Jefferson on Bringing a Team of Thousands TogetherThe NBC Olympics executive team is relatively small for the scale and scope of the event. The challenge, however, is when it comes to the Games themselves, thousands of people positioned around the globe make the event possible for American viewers to consume.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Amy Rosenfeld, SVP, Olympics & Paralympics Production for NBC Sports and Darryl Jefferson, SVP, Engineering and Technology for NBC Sports and Olympics share how culturally and technologically so many people are pulled together to make television magic.Thursday, December 19, 2024NBC Olympics' Molly Solomon on Changing the Approach to Scenic Shots at Paris GamesThe Summer Olympics in Paris were a sight to behold. The unique nature of the host city and its venues inspired NBC Sports to take a different approach to how it captured the city.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, Molly Solomon, Executive Producer & President of NBC Olympics Production explains why the team went "street level" to capture the event.Thursday, December 19, 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, 2024NEP 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.Thursday, December 19, 2024LiveU's Janel Moorefield on Adding Flexibility to Cloud-Based, IP-Driven ProductionsKnown as a company that's not afraid to embrace innovation, LiveU developed a handful of services that allows their customers to capture and distribute high-quality video with minimal disruptions.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, LiveU's VP of Sales, Sports, Janel Moorefield, chronicles the biggest highlights of the year, how the company made a splash during NBC Sports' coverage of the Summer Olympics in Paris, how products like LiveU Studio is bolstering their clients' work in the cloud, and how solutions like LiveU IQ will make IP-based productions a lot easier over the next year.Thursday, December 19, 2024AWS's Julie Souza on Globalization's Impact on Live Event ProductionDomestic sports leagues are taking live games overseas — the NFL hosted five international games this season, the NHL kicked off the year with a handful of games in Europe, and Major League Baseball played their first game of the regular season in South Korea. As a leading provider of cloud-based solutions and a company that's bullish on meeting their customers' needs wherever they are, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is paying more attention to how globalization is shifting where games are played and how their technology can help make their clients' jobs easier.
At the 2024 SVG Summit, AWS's Global Head of Sports, Julie Souza, stops by to discuss the progress of cloud-based workflows made in 2024, how trends in the industry like generative AI will factor into their business, and how tech is assisting with productions taking place around the globe.