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 | Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 3:18 pm
CBS Sports’ philosophy when it comes to college football has long been quality over quantity. Never one to boast a large slate of games, CBS does hold the title for the […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 1:21 pm
With the introduction of the NewTek IP Series, NewTek is rethinking how video production is done while unleashing the full power and promise of IP. The modular video-production system is […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 9:59 am
In anticipation of the new college sports season, Big Ten Network (BTN) has launched a top-to-bottom revamp of its popular BTN2Go mobile application and TV Everywhere platform. The new version […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 11:35 am
VR may feel like an overnight sensation for the casual media consumer, but, for folks like Sankar “Jay” Jayaram, co-founder/president/CEO, VOKE VR, the medium’s burst into the (relative) mainstream has […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, August 26, 2016 - 9:53 am
The latest project in the virtual-reality partnership between Fox Sports and live VR giant NextVR will see the duo deliver the first-ever VR broadcast of a soccer match, today’s season-opener […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Sunday, August 21, 2016 - 10:48 am
Jim Eady is a multiple-Emmy Award winner and the founder/CEO of Broadcast Services International, but one of the roles in his career that have always been closest to his heart is working […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, August 19, 2016 - 1:11 am
Entertaining Canadian viewers is always a dual-front effort: there are your French-language customers (watching on Radio-Canada) and your English-language customers (watching on CBC). That’s the chief reason the CBC/Radio-Canada is […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 10:58 am
When it comes to finding cycling expertise, look no further than the Belgians. The nation’s Olympic-rights holder VRT (Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie) has played a major role in OBS’s production of […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 9:31 am
The Dutch Olympic team has enjoyed a super start to Week 2 here in Rio, and NOS (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting) was fully prepared to cover the celebrations.
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 4:44 pm
For the first time since 1904, golf has made its triumphant return to the Summer Olympic Games, and NBC Olympics and Golf Channel are giving the sport the royal treatment. Molly Solomon, […]
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