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 | Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 10:20 am
While 4K continues to steal the headlines and hype in the television-entertainment industry, other formats — including 1080p and high dynamic range (HDR) — are pushing to stake their place […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 9:49 am
ESPN has launched the localized UK edition of its flagship app as it revealed strong growth across its mobile properties. UK traffic to ESPN’s mobile properties – including multi-sports hub ESPN […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - 12:45 pm
In no other widely produced major sport is RF more critical to a television operation than in golf, and, at last weekend’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, July 29, 2016 - 1:12 pm
Besides offering distributed 4K coverage of hole 4 at this weekend’s PGA Championship, CBS Sports and DirecTV are also taking part in some internal testing of high dynamic range (HDR).
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, July 29, 2016 - 12:28 pm
It’s another major golf tournament and another significant step forward in 4K production for CBS Sports. In partnership with DirecTV, CBS is producing five-camera 4K coverage of Baltusrol Golf Club’s […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, July 29, 2016 - 11:08 am
As a crew member put the finishing touches on an animated re-creation of a Matt Kuchar drive at the PGA Championship Thursday morning, Ken Aagaard, EVP, innovation and new technology, […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 8:50 am
Digital programming and internal operations and workflows have been dramatically changing how regional sports networks view content creation and distribution. The fact was evident last month during the inaugural SVG […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Sunday, July 24, 2016 - 5:57 pm
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, July 22, 2016 - 10:15 am
After years and rumors and rumblings, it’s finally official: ESPN and the Atlantic Coast Conference will partner up to launch the ACC Network. The announcement comes on the heels of last […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, July 21, 2016 - 3:42 pm
Asset management and storage is one of those pieces of the video production chain that has sluggishly trailed behind some other more front facing and flashier investments. However, anyone working […]
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