Brandon Costa, Director of Digital
Brandon Costa is Director of Digital for the Sports Video Group, where he covers the sports video production industry, with a focus on game production, live streaming, over-the-top (OTT), social media, and other digital distribution technologies and platforms.
He also directs SVG's internal digital strategies launching the company's video platform, 'SVG PLAY,' and serving as executive producer and host of The SVG Podcast.
Costa serves as program director of both the SVG College Summit and the SVG Sports OTT Forum.
Prior to his time at SVG, Costa spent five years hosting programs, producing voiceovers, and writing editorial content for MLB Advanced Media in NYC. He has also served as community sports editor at the Asbury Park Press in Neptune, NJ. He began his career at WRHU Radio in Hempstead, NY as a sportscaster.
A native of Hazlet, NJ, Costa is a graduate of Hofstra University. He currently resides in Saint Paul, MN
Recent Posts by Brandon Costa, Director of Digital
By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Monday, August 28, 2023 - 2:36 pm
Over the past half decade, Epic Games’ Unreal Engine game-rendering technology has brought an entirely new level of realism to live sports broadcasts — primarily through the use of real-time […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, August 25, 2023 - 8:17 am
Harvard University’s athletics department is one of the busiest in the country. With a whopping 42 Division I intercollegiate sports teams, the Crimson’s internal content team has a goal of […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, August 24, 2023 - 11:54 am
Prior to the 2022-23 NBA season, ESPN’s graphics team was tasked with overhauling the end-to-end look and feel of its live game coverage. From a more minimal scorebug design to […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 2:56 pm
The collegiate fall sports seasons are already underway and with Week 0 of the college football season upon us this weekend, major game days on campuses across the country are […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - 10:23 am
The Stanley Cup Champion Vegas Golden Knights have further solidified their plans for in-market delivery of live games following their departure from AT&T SportsNet. The club, which brought its live […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Monday, August 21, 2023 - 4:10 pm
Following a wild Leagues Cup that saw Lionel Messi and Inter Miami steamroll to a trophy, Major League Soccer’s regular season resumed last week and the focus at Apple TV […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Monday, August 21, 2023 - 3:35 pm
Regardless of the size of the collegiate athletic department, expectations are set at a high bar when it comes to the live streaming of sporting events. Rochester Sports Network (RSN) […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, August 17, 2023 - 2:53 pm
The FIFA Women’s World Cup Final comes to a dramatic conclusion on Sunday and one of the countries – England or Spain – will hoist the trophy for the first […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, August 17, 2023 - 9:54 am
Last weekend, Sky Sports Germany broadcast its first vertical football match multi-screened on Tik Tok during the Super League match between Bayern Munich and Red Bull Leipzig. It’s just the […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, August 15, 2023 - 8:21 am
Colorado Avalanche: 2022 Stanley Cup Champions. Denver Nuggets: 2023 NBA Champions. To say it’s been a fun couple of years in the Rocky Mountain region would be quite an understatement. […]
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