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Video Group Launches College Sports Video Summit, June 9-10, Atlanta
 Click Here To Visit the Official Site of the College Sports Video Summit. This June, college and university video professionals along with their conference, TV, and online partners will come together for the first-annual College Sports Video Summit (CSVS), a two-day event that will help all involved maximize the quality of college sports productions, increase sponsor revenues, and understand how to best utilize TV-production equipment. The event will be held June 9-10 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel in downtown Atlanta, at the crossroads of several major NCAA conferences. CSVS will feature two keynote addresses, two tracks of focused workshops, and seven panel discussions on a wide range of topics. An exhibition hall featuring cost-effective products and services geared to the college- sports market will remain open throughout the show. The event will also feature the inaugural Global Media Awards for College Sports, co-presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). Open to all college video departments and broadcasters, these awards will formally recognize outstanding achievement in college sports television and video production at three levels -- athletic departments and conferencec, media providers and broadcasters, and technology providers. Awards for each of the 10 categories will be presented on the night of June 9, 2009, and the submission deadline for all awards is April 10. Complete information on entering the Global Media Awards for College Sports, including the rulebook, application, and fees information, is available at the awards Website: http://www.globalmediaawards.org/collegesports/ “SVG recognizes the need to harness the expertise of those who have been successful in growing the production of video within the college-sports industry, both by networks and university athletic departments," says conference Chairman Tom Buffolano. “To that end, we have created a forum for education, collaboration, and recognition of those individuals, schools, conferences, and media entities that are leading the way in the world of college sports video.” The program will be developed by an advisory board of leading experts in college sports production and distribution, including top-level executives from CBS College Sports, the Big Ten Network, ESPN, and Collegiate Images, as well as university programs at Boston College, Texas A&M, and the Mountain West Conference. Panel discussions throughout the event will include:
Focused hands-on workshops will split the audience into smaller groups to cover topics in more depth and allow more time for detailed Q&A sessions. The topics for these workshops will include:
SVG COLLEGE SPORTS VIDEO SUMMIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE Chris Bevilacqua, CAA Sports Media Ventures, Chairman/CEO Bryan Bray, Baylor University, Director of BaylorVision Mike Bruce, Broadcast Education Association Sports Division, President Dan Butterly, Mountain West Conference, Associate Commissioner of Marketing Kelly Carney, Conference USA , Associate Commissioner Mark Chambers, Boston College , Director of Multimedia Services Nate Flannery, Horizon League , Director of New Media and Technology John Heisler, University of Notre Dame, Sr. Associate Athletics Director for Media and Broadcast Relations Joel Kitay, Kitay Productions, President Lucas Kraut, Elon University, General Manager, ISP Sports Network John Kvatek, University of Central Florida Athletics Association, Director of Video Services David Lind, WIUP-TV, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Executive Producer Burke Magnus, ESPN, Senior Vice President of College Sports Programming Dan Margulis, ESPNU, Senior Director of Programming and Acquisitions Drew Martin, Texas A&M University, Assistant Athletic Director for Branding and Creative Development Jim Nachtman, The Pennsylvania State University, Director of Broadcast Operations Ken Norris, University of California at Los Angeles, Director of Video Operations Tim Pernetti, Rutgers University , Athletic Director Tim Pollard, Ball State University, Associate Professor of Telecommunications Patty Power, CBS College Sports Network Senior Vice President of Operations Rich Routman, Collegiate Images, Senior Vice President of Business Development Rob Schupler, CBS College Sports Network, Senior Vice President of University Sales and Marketing Leon Schweir, The Big Ten Network, Executive Producer/Vice President of Production Phil Sharpe, Turner Sports , Senior Vice President of Technology Colin Smith, Raycom Sports, Vice President of Distribution and New Media Bob Vecchione, National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), Deputy Executive Director Chris Wagner, JumpTV/Neulion Entertainment , Executive Vice President Rich Wanninger, Patriot League , Associate Executive Director for External Relations Keynote Address
Most recently, he was a partner at New York-based sports, media, and entertainment company SCP Worldwide LLC and was instrumental in the management of and development of diverse properties, including the National Hockey League's St. Louis Blues, Scottrade Center, and Kiel Opera House in St. Louis; Major League Soccer’s Real Salt Lake and radio, theater, television, and broadband production companies. Bevilacqua was co-founder and president of CSTV, the first-ever 24-hour college-sports television network, which was eventually sold to CBS. In 2006, he helped conceive and create the first 24-hour “super-regional” collegiate-conference sports network, the Mountain West Sports Network (the MTN), which launched in September 2006 as a joint venture with Comcast. Prior to CSTV, Bevilacqua served as director, global negotiations and league affairs, at Nike. “Having been a college wrestler and working in the college-sports industry for most of my career gives me a unique perspective on how far we have come in providing the fans, parents, and alumni almost unlimited access to live events on a year-round basis,” Bevilacqua says. “What started as an idea for a network to cover more college sports on multiple platforms than had ever been done previously, has grown in 10 years to the point where every school’s athletic and academic programs have the opportunity to showcase themselves as never before. We are all at a critical stage in the financial welfare of college athletics, and I believe that video production can be one of the core businesses that can positively impact revenue at these institutions.” Conference Chair Tom Buffolano
Buffolano changed career direction and entered the digital (dotcom) space in late 1999-early 2000 at StreamSearch.com, an industry leader in audio- and video-content
aggregation, search, and distribution, where he led both marketing and music-industry business development. Subsequently, he consulted on various
startup companies in software and product development before landing at CSTV in
2005 (CSTV was renamed CBS College Sports Network in 2008).
Working with more
than 100 athletic departments, conferences, and the NCAA,
Buffolano
developed the All
Access subscription streaming business for CBSC. He also worked to bridge the
gap between the TV and digital businesses and co-created the award-winning
Road Trip franchise, which pioneered new digital production methods for remote
video features. His other responsibilities included building a syndication
network to promote CBSC’s on-air programming and delivering highlights from
partner schools and conferences to various outlets, such as
USA Today, CBS Radio,
YouTube, CBSSports.com, Yahoo, and AOL.
Buffolano is
currently President of Think Manhattan Inc., a media consulting company.
To reserve your hotel room at SVG's discounted rate, please click here.  The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and the Sports Video Group (SVG) are pleased to announce the Global Media Awards for College Sports. The contest, which will be the first to honor college-sports video programming, will award winners in 10 categories at the inaugural College Sports Video Summit (CSVS), to be held in Atlanta June 9-10. Honorary awards will also be presented to pioneers who have taken the lead in this field. The Global Media Awards for College Sports will encompass 10 categories in three areas of competition: Collegiate, for College Sports programming departments; Corporate, for media companies that produce college sports video content; and Technology, for companies that develop systems for use in video production. College Sports programming departments including university and college athletic departments and athletic conferences will compete against each other in four categories: 1. Live Game or Live Event Production 2. Special Feature 3. Outstanding Highlight Package 4. Outstanding Promotional Video Media companies, including network and regional broadcasters/content providers will compete in four categories: 5. Live Game or Live Event Production 6. Special Feature 7. Outstanding Highlight Package 8. Outstanding Promotional Video Technology providers whose systems offer improvements for fans’ enjoyment are eligible in the following category: 9. Technological Innovation The final category will be open to Collegiate and Corporate entities: 10. College Sports Video of the Year © Copyright 2006-2009 sportsvideogroup |
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