SVG Summit: Venue Production Workshop To Spotlight Broadcast/Venue Connection

Following successful events at Lincoln Financial Field and Madison Square Garden earlier this year, SVG’s Venue Initiative returns to the SVG Summit on Monday, Dec. 12, with an informative Venue Production Workshop. The Workshop, which will spotlight stadium infrastructure and control-room technology, kicks off with a panel discussion entitled “The Broadcast/Venue Connection: Meeting Fan Expectations Everywhere” featuring industry leaders from the NBA, Turner Sports, KSE Media Ventures, and Van Wagner Sports and Entertainment.

The Venue Production Workshop will be held from 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 12, in the Gibson Suite (2nd Floor) of the New York Hilton. It is open to all end users and Venue Initiative sponsors: Bexel, Canon, Cisco, Clear-Com, Crown Castle, Daktronics, EVS, Grass Valley, KMH Audio-Video Integration, Panasonic, Quantum, Ross Video, and Sony.

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Here is a look at the full Venue Production Workshop agenda:

1:00 – 1:45 p.m. The Broadcast/Venue Connection: Meeting Fan Expectations Everywhere
As the video needs of sports venues and broadcasters increasingly overlap, all involved must play together to ensure a successful show in the stands and at home. How can producers in the venue control room and the TV production truck share resources more efficiently and communicate more effectively to better leverage personnel, resources, and content?
Moderator: Karen Hogan Ketchum, SVG, Senior Editor
Panelists:
Chris Brown, Turner Sports, Senior Director of Technical Operations
Steve Hellmuth, NBA, EVP, Operations and Technology
Robert Jordan CFE, Van Wagner Sports and Entertainment, SVP
Dave Zur, KSE Media Ventures, GM NOC, SVP Operations and Engineering

1:45 – 2:30 p.m. From Cap Ex to Op Ex: Technology Expectations in the Control Room
The video production industry is in the early stages of what promises to be a massive migration away from buying dedicated hardware devices and toward virtualized machines that can allow for software tools to be called up as needed. How is the move away from hardware going to change the way venues purchase equipment and services and how can an industry comfortable with a cap ex business model move to an op ex model?
Moderator: Kirsten Nelson, SVG, Contributing Writer, Venue
Panelists:
Josh Beaudoin, WJHW, Principal
Doug Morgan, Brocade, Leasing Program Manager
Michael Rocha, Panasonic Xperiences, Director of Content Services
Fred Wright, A.R. Beck Associates, Senior Director of Sales, Central Region
Duane Yoslov, Diversified, SVP, Sports and Live Events

2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Venue Initiative White Paper Presentation: In-Venue Closed Captioning
With every new sports venue, remodel, or video scoreboard renovation comes a decision each sports organization must make. It’s required compliance to provide live, closed captioning content in-venue for the hearing-impaired. In the latest section of our Venue Initiative White Paper: In-Venue Closed Captioning, we will summarize current regulations, review technical infrastructure requirements, and present examples of quality in-venue captioning from several professional and collegiate teams.
Moderator: Rick Price, SVG, Venue Initiative Committee
Panelists:
Tony Kuck, Daktronics, Product Manager, Live Event Control Systems
Bill McLaughlin, EEG Enterprises, VP, Product Development
Patti White, Good Sport Captioning, President

3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Networking Break

3:15 – 4:00 p.m. The Future of Venue Video Signal Transport
Venues looking to invest in 4K production tools and share 4K cameras with broadcasters must also look to invest in new ways to move those signals around a venue. Industry leaders discuss the move toward a hybrid IP/baseband approach, the signal standards you need to know, and what’s next for venue connectivity.
Moderator: Karen Hogan Ketchum, SVG, Senior Editor
Panelists:
Charles Adkinson, WJHW, Technology Executive
Sam Peterson, Grass Valley, Senior Segment Manager, Live Production
Jeff Volk, Alpha Video, VP

4:00 – 4:30 p.m. TBD